Until I get to Frankfurt.

	First, How to carry the bicycle to Narita. .... I usually go to the airport by train (holding the packed bicycle). But this time I was just after the illness cure, I wanted to preserve physical strength, I sent a bicycle to Narita airport by courier (3550 yen).
	I bought an air ticket in advance. About 120,000 yen in total. I designated the seat when I booked my ticket. The aisle side of the two sheets was already sold out so I booked the side of the window. I thought what kind of person reserved the aisle side. I took an airplane,found answer at once. When I got on the plane, that person was already sitting in a chair. That person was a young lady who came to Narita by riding a bicycle. I introduced myself that I will also travel with bicycle. And I showed the cleat attached to the back side of the shoes I was wearing. "Where are you going to go this time?", "What kind of place did you usually run in Japan?", "What equipment do you have for bicycles?" Such as, we talked a little. After arriving in Frankfurt., I thought that I may suffer from jet lag, but it was not the case. I was able to run as normal. Effect of time difference. The way back was bigger than going.
	The plane arrived at Frankfurt. The bicycle was placed quietly behind the distant pillar.

The airplane of JAL will arrive at Terminal 2. And the train leave from Terminal 1. I have to move from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 by the skyline.

	I move from Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 by the skyline.

	I could not find a direct elevator from the 4th floor to the 1st basement floor, so I changed the elevator several times and went down to the basement, and I got on a suburban train. . So I changed the elevator several times and went down to the basement. . We can buy the ticket with vending machine the first floor and the underground platform. It was 4.8 euros. I put coins in the ticket vending machine in order. When I entered up to 4.7 euros, I noticed there were no more coins in my pocket. "Wow, there are no more coins in my pocket, what shall I do" I thought that I want to redo it.. and just before pressing the reset button. Someone reached out from behind me, his hand put a 10 cent coin in the vending machine. "Please use this" "wow" I was surprised. In Germany there are people who are so kind enough to pay some of the ticket fee for strangers. "Wow thanked you very much"..I said so. He was a young man from Argentina. I handed the orange juice I bought for money exchange to that young man and said "Please drink." I took a train with a young man　while talking　together. and and parted at the Frankfurt Central Station. I found out that five cents were left in my pocket later, but if I added it it was not enough. I had 10 euros at first and bought two drinks for money exchange. The ticket fee was 5cent shortage. That means that it was 5.25 euros for two drinks. One 2.6 euros(500cc), it is quite expensive.Airports are expensive.
	The central station was the third station from the airport.

	And this is the central station. I came here walking down the underground shopping street of Central Station.
	It is hotel if we through underpass and rise with escalator .

	I arrived at Central Station, I came walking down the underground shopping street and have stand front of the hotel. After relaxing a bit in the hotel, I went shopping to the underground shopping mall. Since I was able to find a ticket vending machine even in the underground shopping center without going to the station,

	I tried to issue a tomorrow's German Railway ticket "Rail&Fly-ticket" on that ticket vending machine. Based on the ticket number sent by e-mail from JAL, I operated as per the ticket issuing guidance on the JAL homepage and issued tickets.
	A ticket for the German domestic train stations from such an airport was issued.

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