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Thursday, December 4, 2008 – Finally Here

I arrive in Frankfurt approximately 6:30 am, over 30 minutes ahead of schedule. And naturally due to time zone difference and a plane’s comfort or discomfort ;-), I didn’t get any sleep. Passing through customs was a breeze and I picked up my luggage where I was one of the last to get mine. Around 7 or so I make my way through the airport over to the train station. There I have to pick up my reserved tickets through a machine :Now I have to wait until 9:54 which is the time my train heads down to Mannheim. For whatever reason, whoever booked my ticket had me switch trains in Mannheim to continue my travel to Ulm…what a PITA.

At 12:06, I make into the Ulm train station. From here I hail a cab who takes me to my hotel, the Comfort Hotel. I arrive about a quarter after noon. My room is actually considered an apartment here as it has a small kitchenette. I unpack some things and decided to try and catch a quick nap. After about a 30 minute nap, I wake up and shower and eventually meet up with the relocation guy around 2:30. We head down to a local photo shop where I get my mugshot to hand over to the “home-office” for my work and residency permit. At the home office I fill out paper work which includes residency permit and police registration. After this I head back to the hotel where I finally fall asleep for the evening around 5:30 pm local time.