Thursday, 3 July 2014

7 June 2014 – 8 June 2014 - Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Frankfurt am Main is the business and financial centre of Germany, best known as an airline hub.  The Lonely Planet listed it as a highlight of Germany so we decided to spend a couple of days here and were very glad we did.

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The banks of the River Main

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An artisan at work on one of the many bridges

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Frankfurt has a very cosmopolitan feel and a great combination of new and old architecture.

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Romerplatz, the main square of Frankfurt, was surrounded by historic buildings in different architectural styles

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The Frankfurter Dom

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The Pied Piper of Hamelin

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We arrived in the middle of a heatwave with the temperature in the 30°s – so we had to keep our hydration levels up

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Cooling off in one of Frankfurt’s many fountains

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Kung fu rabbit?

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Original camouflage

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The bronze bull and bear at the Borsenplatz (home of the Frankfurt stock exchange)

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Where did you get that hat?

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The Alte Oper, a renaissance opera building in the centre of the city

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An artistic billboard

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Lunch at an Apfelwein (cider) pub called Zum Gemalten Haus

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Undercover moose

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