Frankfurt, Germany

Frankfurt Main Train Station


Aerial view of Frankfurt from the Heleba building, 650 ' up


Well, the guide book was pretty accurate about very little interest in Frankfurt. We managed to get our hotel close to the train station, very nice people and clean as well; the area was another question? Wow!!!!


Our day was spent catching up on sleep, and then we were off for another day of walking all over town. We began at the city center, Romerberg; it was amazing what the models looked like, reflecting how the city looked early on and then again after the damage that took place during WWII. We learned that the city actually earned their name when the Franks and eventual King Charlemagne fled the Saxons, they observed a white deer that "guided" or Ford them across the Main River, thus the name Frankfort.


street level sky level

We found a few very interesting buildings, one that had a piece of art at their entrance, in the shape of a tie? The top of the building has something like a crown or visor the guide says.... it is heated so that ice will not form and lead to crystals falling to the ground, injuring people below. We couldn't figure out how that could be seeing that the crown is rather large.



While in the center, Romerberg, we saw the few houses that have been restored to share what the home of Anne Frank looked like while she lived there in Germany.



Luckily, there was a bit more activty, or maybe not so lucky...... We ran into the Iron Man competition... major traffic jams with spectators and huge camera lines. We stood along the route to watch the riders come in on bikes and then again later when they dropped their bikes off and began to run, in major heat!!!! Unfortunately, we never found an American or someone we recognized. They did zip by pretty fast.



To end the day, we headed back to get our luggage and sit in the Frankfurt station to drink iced coffee. The inside of this train station is huge, all kinds of stores and restaurants.

Our train to Paris went well, and we are here. My turn to shower and get some sleep.
Lots of hugs to all. :-)