16-22deg, cloudy but fine. Our last day in Frankfurt started with a leisurely brekkie in the hotel. We had all day to sort and pack. Greg decided to walk to the Palm Garden and then take a look through the Botanic Garden. Wendy opted for a walk along the river and chilling out at the hotel. The gardens were excellent, especially the climate controlled tropical glass houses, some dating back to 1869. The Palm House is the largest building of its kind in the world. On the way back to the hotel Greg happened upon a media scrum around the Euro Statue, an iconic sight in Frankfurt. It had become shabby over the years and it was being dismantled for renovation, just when the whole Greek crisis is putting pressure on the Euro's survival. So the media are very into it's dismantling as it may be a "sign" that the Euro and the Euro Statue are on the way out. Sadly it was finally time to pack up and go to the airport. The maxi-taxi arrived at 5:30pm and after loading our two bike boxes there was only room for one passenger. Luckily Gunther and Yvonne's taxi was bigger (like we'd ordered) so Wendy went with them. We all met up at Terminal 2 Gate E and progressed to Check-in which opened 35 minutes later. Stewart and Alison, who had come to the airport earlier, were also there. In no time at all we'd checked in, cleared immigration and was sitting down to dinner at Burger King. It filled the gap but wasn't all that nice. We boarded our Emirates Boeing 777-300ER at 9:20pm and pulled away on time at 10:20pm. 4,846km and 6 hours later we landed in Dubai, at 6:25am, 30 minutes early. No gates available so we were bused to the terminal which took 15 minutes and then another 10 minutes to walk to the Emirates Lounge; Dubai Airport is huge! Two more legs before we are home.