We landed in Germany around 7:40 am to find it raining. The flight was very good...Mike did fine. He watched two movies which I think kept his mind occupied. Neither of us were able to sleep on the plane. We were basically up about 21 hours. We had to go though customs which we did with no problem once we found the right area. The next step was finding the area to claim our luggage and the way out of the airport, We walked out to find our driver holding a sign with my name on it. He was very nice, but unfortunately, he did not speak any English. We did a lot of shaking our heads yes and smiling. We had a slight detour on the way to the clinic, which the driver was not expecting. We had to go some distance out of our way so that we could get turned around and back on the highway. Due to the dreary weather and being tired, we both fell asleep on the drive to the clinic. We made it to Marinus am Stein around 9:10 upon which we met Dr Weber as soon as we walked in the door. Dr. Weber took care of our taxi fare and spoke with us briefly. He is very friendly and most welcoming. He told us that we needed to rest and that we would speak with him in the morning for Mike to have his blood drawn and to meet to go over his treatment plan. Danielle (RN) showed us around and found Richard who is here from Delaware. We first spoke to Richard and his partner, Glen, when they were here in Germany in May for his first treatment. We have been in contact with him by phone and email since he returned home. He has given Mike good information about the things to do to help beat this cancer. He has the same cancers that Mike has, We then came up to our room and took a 1 hour nap. Danielle had to wake us to tell us it was time for lunch, which is the big meal of the day here. As we were still very tired, we came back to our room and took a 3 hour nap. Then it was time for dinner. We were able to enjoy both lunch and dinner and have more conversation with Richard before his departure, Monday, 08/26. After dinner we went for a walk. Mike was in bed before 9:00 which is nothing new.
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