Day One...sleep lack!

Good morning to you all.
How's your day? Mine is fine.
It's a bit cloudy here. Since yesterday the sky is covered by those white grey blanket. My coming was even welcomed by drizzle in Frankfurt airport. Good sign.
I'll tell you about my journey. It was a long one, longest I've ever had. The flight was at 15.15 from Cengkareng and reached Abu Dhabi at 20.00 local time or at 23.00 Jakarta time. After 5 hours transit, the flight continued. Started at 01.40 Abu Dhabi time and reached Frankfurt at 6.30 local time, or at 11.00 Jakarta time, so it is about 20 hours flight. Hah...
Frankfurt airport is surely a huge airport with thousands of people come and go. First thing I did after claiming my baggage was looking for train schedule. I couldn't find the schedule for Goettingen at first that I even read it three times. I sat down and thought. I had to find the train station to get information.
To get to the train station I had to walk, go up and down, follow the sign. And I had to take skyline to get there. When I got there, another walk, up and down, till I found ticket reservation. After having the ticket, going to the line was another walk, up and down (when was this going to end??). My shoulder was numb! And my arms were really tired (Michael and Geoffrey's performance - ELR). Plus I looked like refugee who hadn't taken a bath for a week. I washed my face in the rest room and put some powder on, then continue my walk to line 5.
The station was clean and cold - not talking about the weather. I really felt being in another country.
There's ICE (fast train) to Goettingen cost 60 euro and plus the reservation 4 euro (if you don't have reservation seat, the other people with reserved one can kick you out). My seat number was 77, in wages 6.
The trip was two hours and it was quite quiet.
Yes, yes. Major difference between ICE and any train in Indonesia is the sound. ICE is very smooth, almost no sound, while Indonesian trains are noisy. But somehow, sitting in a silent train, looking at the view outside, which also seemed silent, brought lonely feeling in me. I saw houses, mostly more than one story building and they were pretty similar. It's kind of...pale and cold (maybe because of the weather too). Suddenly I miss my colorful, warm Indonesia. Yes, yes...
The view was dominated by hills, houses, field, and forest. Horses on the field, tunnels, parked cars, and very little people's activities. I really wondered. Was it because of the academic holiday season? Or it was just quiet place. Ghost town...
It's good thing I had good companion. The woman sat beside me was Ms. Caroline, she's from Melbourne, Australia. She came to Hamburg to stay with her family. We spoke a lot, talking about Germany, study, her family. She's really friendly. She even offered to help me carry my baggage when I got off the train. I only brought one travelling bag, one backpack and paper bag, but they were heavy and it was pretty hard to drag the first one through the alley full of other's bags.
My companion in plane from Abu Dhabi was from Australia too. Her name was Ms. Maria, a very nice lady. She would go to Kroatia, her origin to meet her family. She had longer flight than me. Transit for 7 hours in Frankfurt before taking other one and a half hour flight to Kroatia.
I got up from my seat and took my baggage ten minutes before reaching Goettinge. Waiting near the exit door and trapped with other's baggages. When I got off, Ratna and Antje were already outside, right in front of the door. They welcomed me and helped me carry my traveling bag. Thank you, guys.