The start - Düsseldorf 29/12/2012

Arrived at airport at 12.00, had 9 hours to kill. What better than a tour of the city. Took the "sky-train" a sort of metro shuttle, why they call sky? Because it is hanging like a ski lift. Few minutes later we are on board of the train. Oohhh wait, Germans are building things to last we give them that but concerning the way it works only a German knows (stayed 20min in front of the info panel to understand the train ticket system).
Few minutes later we are in the city.
Charming city but before starting the discovery we need to feed the gremlin otherwise the party is over. Burger King will do for now. Then a nice walk on the bank of the Rhine and a hopon-hopoff, which was more of a cradle for grownups than anything else with a scary German voice which was waking us up every few minutes.
After the tour, picked an XXL bucket of Dutch French fries with German "currywurst" sauce, a warm caramel chocolate which had nothing to do with warm chocolate (we believe it was coffee, but not so sure) and to top that a nice cheesecake. After this recreational break, time to rush to the airport.
One Moroccan + one Lithuanian in Dusseldorf lost in translation. Nobody w/could understand English, we were just asking our way to the main train station nothing more. Time for Asta to debunk her German skills, which actually was a good idea after all. We at least got the right directions to proceed. Train, Sky-train, a little run and we are at the airport again. Did you know: Düsseldorf airport is the 3rd biggest international airport in Germany.