Fairly busy on the S8/S9 train to the Moxy hotel which was one stop away.

The hotel was an easy 5 minute walk when exiting the Garden Gateway station and quite easy to follow Google Map instructions. I was not keen on sleeping or lounging airside in FRA and was not keen on dragging my backpack and roller around in the city. Spooled up the Dayuse app, found a bunch of hotels available and ultimately chose the Moxy since close to the airport and there was a 10am-6pm timeslot available. This was perfect as I landed shortly after 10am and my outbound flight was after 9pm. I debated making an actual reservation through the Marriot app but I decided against it as I was not sure if they would allow an early check in.

Check in process was fairly straightforward. Initially, the agent said “Sir, there is no room available at this time for early check in” but then I said I booked through Dayuse and voila!, a room became instantly available.

I asked the agent if its possible to add my Bonvoy number to the stay to get the EQN and she indicated that she can but didnt know if it would count. Well, happy to say that it did add the EQN when I checked my account the next day! 🙂

Solid room for a short 8 hour stay, dumped my stuff, quick shower and back out again.

Back on the S8/S9.

Got off at Konstablerwache and followed directions towards the old town. Was lucky that the sun was out as the weather forecast showing rainy days before and after I arrived but to be honest, does anyone really trust the weather people?

As I walked towards old town, I passed by Frankfurt Cathedral and decided to quickly pop in. There was a service happening, so just sat in a pew to enjoy the calm before heading off again.

I came, I saw, I conquered? … and kept walking. Came to the river, crossed the bridge, took some photos. I had a restaurant in mind to have lunch but then found out if was closed on Tuesdays (all of the bad luck) and then said “F it, I’m going back to the room to sleep”. 😀

More bad luck followed and the trains were delayed due to a fire at one of the stations but I eventually made it back to the room and had a few hours of nappy nap time.