Thursday was our last touring day in Germany. In Frankfort we started with the Deutsche Bank and listened to two lectures on the structure and history of the bank. We then walked over to the Commerzbank and he answered questions about the current global economic crisis. We ate lunch as we met and after this speaker we met with Elmar TheveBen the talking head for the equivalent for PBS Germany. He was very interesting and he spoke on the topic of Terrorism and Media - New Ethics in Journalism. We then walked back to the hotel and had about 2 hours to shop before we traveled to a dinner party. 2 trams, one train trip, and a taxi ride away we arrived at our hosts house. To be real honest I would like to have missed one of the connections but I was so glad I didn't. The dinner party was very nice, the company great, and a wonderful way to end our trip to Germany. Thank goodness I didn't get that wish. lol Yesterday we traveled home. We ate breakfast together and gave Jurgen our parting gifts. Much to our surprise he wore his new tie with the stars and stripes to the airport. We all cleared security and Jurgen gave very nice parting comments. He said although he enjoys all his groups and you can never compare groups he said he laughed with our group more than any other and as we look back it's no wonder. We had an uneventful trip home and after leaving the hotel at 8:00 a.m (2 a.m. Indiana time) we arrived back in Indiana at 9:00 p.m. A long day but what an experience. It was the trip of a lifetime.
