Window-Eyes, but there is a workaround.
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And no, I don’t like Paris either. ;))

Taking into account that you do might have a tighter schedule, ways to go somewhere might be limited, but you should try if you can.

Remember that despite having to factor in time to get to the airport, it is quite possible to have daytrip to nearly everywhere in Europe with 1-3 hours flying max ;)

1. In Frankfurt’s public transportation they announce the stations also in English so no problem for you there.

2. It’s very common to have larger groups in a pub and everybody pays for themselves.

Great idea, let’s connect! And don’t fret — most German bloggers speak English at least well enough to make some conversation.

An Upcoming page seems like the best way of collecting all necessary information.

Greetings from southern Germany,
Jochen

A friend of mine from Brematon — think it’s close to Seattle? — who’s in the army lives here in Germany in the same city I do and he doesn’t even speak a single word german. But he doesn’t have that much problems because most people are able to communicate in a minimal way.

Cheers
-f

But you will fine, trust me. ;)

The reason to suggest upcoming is to make sure that you actually get an interest count of people.

It is used already by many, so it makes it a much easier tool than others. I suggest that you set up the page because only the person entering it can edit it (but I can do that for you)

Enter dates 8-16th in it and use ‘tbd’ as the location in Frankfurt (there should be already one of those) and write in the text
- exact date tbd
- place tbd, make suggestions. ;)

Once that is in place we also can ping others to write about it.

As for finding your way and split bills – it is much easier and common in Germany to make sure that the locations knows how to deal with this as everybody will be paying for their own. ;)

Also as this is Frankfurt you will have no problem getting around with English, and public transportation in Germany has very often (especially in the big cities) announcements in audio and display of which is next stop. So as long as you take a look at the public transport map you know how many stop it takes and such. :))

Don’t be afraid, that is easy and actually works quite nicely ;)))

Please ping me back on the upcoming page if you are I should do it, because I would like to ask the German Frankfurt crowd for a sugegstion and make use of that upcoming link ;)

Whole western civilization and USA in majority are based on European civilization. Europe contains the biggest number of sightseeing sites too. You definitely should go outside of Germant too in Europe.

Personally I recommend you to go to your country of origin (I reckon that it is Italy? Visit in Venetia with Ponzi would be like going to fairyland) for one-day visit. Local European airlines are INCREDIBLY CHEAP and practically you can take one day free in your stay in Germany and go in the morning and come back in the evening and pay very very very little.

Personally also I don’t recommend Paris – I simply don’t like it and I was there several times, but I understand that in USA it has romantic value.

Frankfurt is a capital of EU when it comes to finances – central EU bank and Euro currency is done in Frankfurt. Also from German standpoint it is financial capital of Germany with several skyscrapers of banks. For sightseeing however Frankfurt is not the best German city…

Anyway if you need to know something, Chris, ask me over email!

Thanks ever so much for having Ronni Bennett at Gnomedex so she could discuss issues of importance to me. There are many sons and daughters, 30+, including my own, who do care about helping us elders join the computer world.

I delighted in adjusting my part time professional work schedule so I could watch the streaming video (first I’ve ever watched.) Found the T Flash Commenters of special interest to give me a sense of the changing attitude in the room. I wrote a well-received recap of that experience on my blog. I’m quite enthusiastic that some meaningful response has occurred for elders from Gnomedex as I read at “Time Goes By” today..

Thank you for giving us elders an opportunity to make our needs known. I’ve continued to enjoy “bLaugh” since Ronni first introduced us to you.