Zee Germans!

Boondoggle /ˈbunˌdɒgəl, -ˌdɔgəl/ Show Spelled [boon-gog-uhl, -daw-guhl] noun
1. a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation.

2. The United Airlines Economy Class International Check-In process at Dulles International Airport.

Following the inexplicable check-in and security situation at Dulles, Our Traveler has arrived in Frankfurt, Germany and spent the past few hours wandering the disappointingly sterile Frankfurt Airport. There were such high hopes for the diverse array of travelers bustling to and fro international points of transit. Frankly, (ha) is has nothing on Heathrow for the sheer level of chaotic, polyglotic humanity.

But, like I always say, when in Frankfurt...

...eat a frankfurter. Delicious.

And now, on to Doha.

T-Minus 7:40-ish

All packed and hopefully ready to go. Despite Erin's answers to my packing and attire questions, I still have no idea if I packed the right things. I did make sure that I left all of the usual pork products I bring on international trips at home. Some other items that are prohibited in Qatar:

Antiques
Furs
Gambling Devices
Ivory
Plant products
Playing cards
Alcoholic Beverages
Pornography

Playing cards....really? Really. Calvinists.



Man, this blogging thing is so self-aggrandizing.

HT: R.D. Barthel can claim naming rights to this little experiment.