So Frankfurt, we have finally decided we will need bikes and have organised to have them delivered to the marina in Frankfurt along with some other stuff Martin needed.
Martin was expecting his parcel after 3:00pm we made it to the marine by 2:30pm. It arrived at around 4:00pm.
The bikes were expected Tuesday 2nd August 2022 between 8:00am to 6:00pm, should not be a problem. We had a walk around the area and got back way before 8:00am, thinking we could be waiting all day for the delivery.
At 8:30am we received an email from Amazon, our parcel is on hold because UPS couldn't find the address, and to contact UPS.
Before we called, we looked on Google maps and OK it showed the marina further down. We call UPS and change the address to the restaurant near us.
The drop pin marks the actual marina location and
where we are, waiting for our bikes, further up on the map it shows the marina,
which it’s not there.
We now have the day, what to do, laundry what else.
Wednesday 3rd August, today we are hoping to leave, with bikes, but like yesterday we are expecting a delivery between 8:00am to 6:00pm. This time we are not going for a walk we are going to wait, then at 8:45am again we received an email to say our parcels are on hold.
Time for a walk and we will call UPS and organise the parcels to stay at the depo and we will pick them up.
On our walk we see an UPS van, while waiting for the driver to get back to his van, saw the sidewalk rise.
Driver is back. The marina isn't his area. Damn.Walking back to the marina to leave and we see another UPS van, start running to catch it, we see where it's going and catch up. The driver did try to deliver but he couldn't give them to us because he has already signed it off. Back to plan B.
So we decided to leave and head to our next stop in Mainz about 35 km down the river.
We have called UPS and organized to pickup at their Customer centre on the 4th August 2022, opening hours from 7:00am to 10:00am then 4:00pm to 7:00pm. The plan is to get there before 10:00am.
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We have confirmation they are there. |
Organise tomorrows trip, see below. |
We leave the boat a 7:30am, thinking we will get a croissant and coffee at some point for breakfast. |
We make it the the UPS Customer centre at 9:30am, found coffee on the way, still no croissant.We were told the parcels are not there, while we wait for someone to find them, I receive an email from UPS to say they tried to deliver but no-one was there, they will try again later.
Showed the email to the lady behind the counter, she rings the driver and we organise a time to meet him at the marina (now that he knows where it is).
We know there is an Italian restaurant near the gate to the marina, we make the time for 12 noon and we will have lunch at the Italian restaurant, in case he is late at least we have wine.
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12:15 - we have bikes. The boxes have seen better days, first we will finish lunch.
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On first look all looks good, one bike has a bent rack. Quick assembly, now time to go back to Mainz, we had a lucky break, it was bin day for this area, so we binned the boxes early in our trip. We can take the bikes on the train but will need to walk them home as the tyres are flat. (I did take our bike pump but it was very hot 35 and it is a small pump)
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