E-Ticket

     As I wrote before, my second daughter Yuri and I are visiting Germany for the first time in autumn. If I'm rich enough, I will buy the air tickets right before departure, but I'm not. I had to get the discount tickets far ahead of the flight and I bought them today.
     Though I have visited Canada every two years in the past ten years, every detail of the trip was done by my friend, who is teaching English in a college in Kobe. She was remarkably talented and when she took charge everything was perfect. However, this time, I had to do it all myself.
     I asked a travel agent, HIS, to get our air tickets this time because I've used this agent when my family traveled in Alberta and British Columbia in Canada in 1995 and they did their job admirably. I sent a lot of money from my bank to the agent and received air tickets and documents for various procedures at that time. The thickness of all the tickets and documents was irritating.
     To my surprise this time I sent the tickets' fee on the internet from my desk and received tickets via an e-mail! The air ticket is called an e-ticket and was added to the e-mail. I have only to print them out and take them to the counter of the air company with our passports.

(Vocabulary)
act one's part admirably  自分の役割［役目・務め・任務・責任］を立派に果たす

Comments

[KUMO]

Hi, Klaus

Vielen Dank für alles.
I'm going to stay Freiburg for five days and wander around. I'm thinking of the sightseeing of Strasbourg, Basel and Bodensee. I have some guidebook from the tourist information center of Freiburg, but I don't know the way around, and even how to get on the train! I might ask you some help later. Please give me some advice at that time.

[Klaus]

Hi there Doc!

Yes, very convenient those e-tickets. Last time I went to Germany I also got this for the first time. What would we do without the internet?!?!?!

And if there is anything I can help you with concerning your trip to Germany, just let me know. I will be "in the area" here another almost 3 weeks before we go to Hokkaido!