It’s three weeks since our trip to Istanbul to watch Liverpool play Galatasary in the Champions League. And now it’s time for our second away match, this time against Eintracht Frankfurt who are (obviously) based in Frankfurt.
The last three weeks have not been kind to us from a football perspective with last minute losses against Chelsea and Manchester United. Everyone is keen to get back to winning ways although I’m not sure this will be the match that does it for us.
Following with tradition I booked a cheap flight to Berlin when I discovered how expensive the direct flights to Frankfurt were. In retrospect it would have been a good idea to check how far Frankfurt actually is from Berlin before doing that. Turns out it’s nearly 340 miles : a 4 hour train journey costing the best part of 60€.
It would have probably been cheaper taking the direct flight but it’s done now. I’ve got plenty of time so I’m just going to relax and enjoy the journey across Germany.
This is the first trip where there has just been me and Jamie from our family, although we will also be joined by James and Henry. We met James at PSV Eindhoven last season and Henry is his brother who has only recently turned 18; this is his first away trip. In fact the combined ages of Jamie, James and Henry don’t quite add up to my age! 😂
We will also be meeting Avtar and Neil (Whose combined ages are more than my age thank goodness)
And of course there’s me and there’s Vince who will also be there.
So, as before, Denis is kindly running me to the airport early in the morning and the adventure will begin. I’m hoping we have as much fun as we did in Istanbul but with an improvement on the football front.
Next update from Frankfurt….
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