I had a concern about Frankfurt Airport since my last trip to Germany. I couldn't get souvenirs after the embarkation procedure on the last trip because the duty-free shops were closed due to the renovaton of the airport. The massive renovations were still under way this time, and I couldn't find any good items for my family again. I'd like to show you what the airport was like and took pictures for you. The first picture was taken just while I was waiting for boarding. You should know that the space I was in was make-shift. Most passengers couldn't sit down and had to look up if they wanted to watch the T.V. As you can imagine from the high number of the boarding gate, B60, my gate was far away from the center of the airport and moreover I had to take a bus to reach my plane. I turned on my data logger just before the departure of my bus to know where we were heading for later. The last picture is of the breakfast I had just before my arrival in Japan.
I felt that the bus moved a considerable distance, but it was only a small part of the runway judging from the following map. I realized the vastness of the airport was to be expected as it's one of the three biggest airports in Europe.
http://kumo.typepad.jp/Euro10/Frankfurt_Airport.html
(Vocabulary)
embarkation procedure 出国手続き
make-shift 間に合わせの, 仮の
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