After two days of walking in Frankfurt City Forest and the Taunus mountains, I looked for something different to do, preferably away from the heat. It was getting hotter. I opted for visiting Städel Museum, which was a short walk from my hotel. It had paintings by old and new masters. I especially wanted to … Continue reading / view photos Monet at Städel Museum
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Frankfurt City Forest
Apart from the rain in Krakov, it has been relentlessly hot since I started this trip a few weeks ago. Having done some gentle hiking with Helene and Cath, I thought a woodland walk would get me away from the heat of the city. Several websites mentioned Frankfurt City Forest. This was only 25 minutes … Continue reading / view photos Frankfurt City Forest
Reading Stefan Zweig in Frankfurt
Our time near the Black Forest was over. Cath and I drove back to Frankfurt. Driving in a foreign country is stressful, even when you’re not doing the driving! Despite asking, we had been given a car without GPS. The car hire company was supposed to enable it. I registered with VW and connected to … Continue reading / view photos Reading Stefan Zweig in Frankfurt
Frankfurt district hopping
On my way to an indoor market, Kleinmarkthalie, I passed through a shopping district. It looked like Frankfurt’s version of London’s Oxford Street. Apart from a large department store, I saw a Woolworth store and a C&A. This was a trip down memory lane. These stores disappeared from the UK high street many years ago. … Continue reading / view photos Frankfurt district hopping
Bockenheimer Warte and riverside dinner
Bockenheimer Warte has a metro station whose entrance looks like a crashed tram! I also had a quick look at the clock tower then took the metro to the ECB Japan Center. This turned out to be close to where I was yesterday evening. If I’d ventured a further 100m, I’d have seen the building, … Continue reading / view photos Bockenheimer Warte and riverside dinner
Palmengarten
My next stop was Bockenheimer Warte. On my way there, I came across Frankfurt’s botanical garden: Palmengarten. From the entrance, it looked quite pleasant so I paid my €9. The cashier was knitting something and I asked her what it was. She showed me a pattern. It was a sort of toy for her friend’s … Continue reading / view photos Palmengarten
IG Farben Building
I bookmarked a few placed to visit today. It turned out to be a very packed day, which I’ll split into a few posts. There was a bus close to my hotel that went directly to my first stop: the IG Farben Building. IG Farben used to be the world’s largest chemical company and the … Continue reading / view photos IG Farben Building
Train to Frankfurt
To get to Vienna’s central station from my apartment required two trains. The first ran late. I was in danger of missing my train to Frankfurt. On the second train, I asked the person next to me if she could find out which platform the Frankfurt train was leaving from. One of the few transport … Continue reading / view photos Train to Frankfurt