Getting Lost, Good Luck, and the Kindness of Strangers from a few weeks ago.

Traveling in a new place can be an adventure. There is so much to learn. Sometimes it can be fun to get lost. While in Frankfurt during the long weekend, that is something I learned well. Public transportation can be such a fun thing to do. It can also be a challenge when you don't know the language. At times, we got on the wrong subway (that's what I'm calling them because they are underground transportation) but it made it fun to go new places and find our way back where we meant to be. Most times we got on the right direction.

People are nice and helpful. There were many times when we were lost and someone noticed and helped us get somewhere. At one point in particular we were looking at a map trying to get to a specific museum but we were not sure where to go. I nice lady stopped us and asked if we needed help. We were far away from where we needed to be but we were close to another interesting site. She informed us how to get to the museums but also told us where the opera house (where we were closer to) was. Because we were lost, we were able to see so many new things we might not have seen otherwise.

Speaking of museums, we had a great experience at a specific museum. It was called the Dialogmuseum. In this museum, you are guided by a blind person through a blind experience. Basically you are shown what it is like to be blind and what their everyday life is like. We took a 90 minute tour (in English) through different everyday situations like a park, a city street, a market, and many other areas but in complete dark. It was such a phenomenal experience to see an all new point of view. I often found myself lost during this experience and just like being lost before, the guide helped us get where we needed to be. 

Through this experience I was able to get many new perspectives and see (or experience for the 90 minutes I couldn't see) so many new things. We were able to go to four museums and see many other areas as well. Throughout I have been able to gain new perspectives and learn along the way.