Frankfurt-Am-Main, Germany

We arrived in Frankfurt on Monday night and were greeted by Mariella’s friend Katie. We traveled about 11 hours from Gothenburg to Frankfurt on four trains. Going from Denmark to Germany was an interesting experience. The train we were on, drove onto a huge ship. We were asked to exit the train and go up to the top deck of the ship for a journey across the Baltic Sea to Germany. I included a photo of Mariella as she was walking next to the train in the belly of the ship. One of our trains arrived late to Hamburg, Germany so we missed our connecting train, which increased the duration of train travel. Katie’s friend Romi also greeted us as we arrived and we had a beer and fries at a pub across the street from the train station. We spent a couple evenings with Katie and Romi sharing stories and discussing the dynamics of male-female relationships, a conversation that seems to be a constant for Mariella and I.
The city of Frankfurt is located on the Main (pronounced ‘mine’) River. After London it is Europe’s centre of finance. The city skyline is blanketed with skyscrapers, a setting found nowhere else in Europe. According to the travel book, “about 80% of Frankfurt was wiped off the map by two Allied bombing raids in March, 1944. We have included some photos of Romberg, the old central area of Frankfurt, next to postcards that we bought showing what the area looked like after the WWII bombing. On Tuesday we spent most of the day meandering through the city enjoying the warm weather (compared to Norway and Sweden). Katie and Romi met us after work and we enjoyed spending time together eating bratwursts and drinking apple-wine. Hanging out at apple-wine taverns are a local tradition here in Frankfurt. We enjoyed our short two days in Frankfurt. Today (Wednesday) we are driving with Katie to Weimar, located three hours driving time to the north east. We will visit Katie’s sister, hang out with her, and check out the town.