One of the annoying aspects of this trip was that there were few toilets in the street. We used the toilet in the station out of curiosity just before our departure though I knew there was one in the train. The picuture is of the toilet under renovation. You need 80 cents to use it. I got a kick out of "center" on the sign at the entrance. What did it mean? I thought that only "WC" was enough.
By the way, we got on ICE 74 that started at 11:49, and the itinerary was in the second picture. All the stations that this train would stop at were ones that I knew. I really wanted to visit them and the train would go to Kiel that is noted as the site of the sailors' mutiny that sparked the German Revolution in late 1918, just before the end of World War One. There must be historic monuments around the city. We took seats in the first class on the return journey for fun. I was going to have
lunch in the buffet, but it was crowded and I gave up. The cup in the picture was delivered by a staff member from the buffet. A coffee was offered at a reasonable price in our own seats. 
Our seats were at the side of the column between the windows and were rear-facing. In the Shinkansen, the Japanese superexpress, passengers can change the direction of the seats as they like, but I couldn't in the ICE. It was really uncomfortable. Additionally the data logger couldn't catch the wave from the GPS satellites. Consequently, today's route was incomplete. however, luckily, the passengers behind us got off at Karlsruhe and I moved to the seat where they were sitting and could take some pictures. Nevertheless, the data logger didn't work either. It has to detect its own position at first, but it couldn't because of the high speed of the ICE.
I noticed the red point on the window glass. It was for taking off the glass in case of emergencies. At first I thought that a man had to break the glass with the red hammer-like staff with brute force, but it looked like it worked electrically.
We were going to get off the train at Frankfort Airport, but the travel agent made a mistake in the reservation of the train, and our train didn't stop at the airport and we had to go to Frankfort and come back to the airport. The last picture is of the signboard at the entrance of the coach. 
It looked like this train would also stop at Hannover and Hamburg before Kiel. As I wrote before, train trips in Europe must be fun. As soon as we checked in the Sheraton Frankfurt Hotel & Towers at the airport, we went out to the Old City of Frankfort for sightseeing. (Vocabulary)
aspect [C] (状況・問題などの) 一面, 側面
Dealing with people is the most important aspect of my work. 人間関係が私の仕事でいちばん重要な側面です．
itinerary 旅行計画, 旅程
mutiny (兵士・海員の) 反乱
for fun 面白半分に
rear-facing seat 後ろ向きの席
with brute force 力任せに
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