Frankfurt, Germany

The next day saw us furthering our train trip through Germany, this time heading for Frankfurt.

We arrived fairly early and after finding our hotel (Europa Life), we headed off down the street to the River Main. Our hotel being located on a tram line on a major street and not far from the river, it was a good choice.

A beautiful day, we strolled along the footpath admiring the views, the flowering trees and the local geese. Lots of people out and about, also enjoying the sunny weather. We finished our river walk at the entrance to the old town (Altstadt). We enquired about times for river cruises and found that they weren’t running until later in the season. So we wandered into town to the main square (Romerberg) which wasn’t particularly large but surrounded by an array of what appeared to be old medieval buildings. We soon found out that all we could see had been rebuilt after the destruction of the historic old town during an air raid in 1944. A little bit of souvenir shopping (T-shirts for the grand-kids) and some photos.

Outside the square, we found some churches and museums. We popped into the Church of Old Nicholas (Alde Nikolaikirche) – a relatively small and reflective place and St. Bartholomew Frankfurt Cathredral – with its soaring pillars and high vaulted ceilings (though nowhere near as ornate as others we have seen).

Home again for some take-away from a small restaurant next door that sold Turkish, Persian and Arabic food.