Weekend trip to FRA: slim pickings

I'm stating the obvious here, but not every aircraft photography outing can be considered a resounding success. Our latest weekend trip to Frankfurt am Main is a case in point. We chose to stay at the b'mine hotel, because the Zeppelinheim viewing platform is only a short bus ride from there. Except there were no busses running on this particular Saturday, because farmers, yet again unhappy about something, used their stupid tractors to block roads around FRA to make their point. And on top of that, the S7 line was still not running due to track repairs. It should have been operational by January 21, but when is anything done on time here in Germany?

Usually, I'm fine with plans that don't pan out. But it was difficult not to feel frustrated with missed opportunities when there were so close yet out of reach.

Anyway, that left me with only available option: photograph approaches on RWY 25R, which is to say very few aircraft from less that ideal position.

The next day was somewhat better, as buses were running again. So at least I was able to spend a couple of hours on the A5 bridge in strong winds, even though my catch wasn't all that impressive.

To top it all off, pretty much all trains from Frankfurt were delayed due to vandalism, but we lucked out and grabbed the last remaining table in the onboard restaurant. The food was pretty good, and — dare I say it? — we actually enjoyed our ride.