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September 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Part One of my journey was Florence, Italy (or as the locals would say with a thick accent I could not imitate: “Firenze, Italia!”).

But, the trip actually started with a short introduction in Germany! While layovers are typically just an annoying roadblock on your path to your much anticipated vacation, a 12-hour European layover isn’t so bad when you take advantage of all it has to offer.  Tom had been to Germany before, and I had not. So when our cheap flight landed us in Frankfurt, we saw all there is to see in this fifth-largest German city in one day.

So to start…a budget-friendly stop over in:

FRANKFURT

With one of Europe’s largest airports, Frankfurt is a pretty popular layover pitstop. Fortunately, a very foreigner-friendly train system takes visitors from the gigantic airport to the city center for only a few Euro.

Römerberg, Frankfurt

Römerberg, Frankfurt

The Sites

  • Römerberg (Roman Mountain): the historic heart of Frankfurt and often the first stop for tourists.  A great spot to get the first taste of German culture, and a few great pics, too.
  • Frankfurter Dom/Cathedral: main church of Frankfurt. From the 14th century onwards, kings of the Holy Roman Empire were elected in this Catholic church. From the mid-16th century to the late 18th century, emperors were crowned here.
  • Grosse Bockenheimer Strasse: one of several areas for food and shopping.
  • Senckenberg Natural History Museum: great natural history museum for only 8 Euro. We were fortunate enough to see a traveling exhibition with Lucy, the world’s oldest known human remains.
Grosse Bockenheimer Strasse

Grosse Bockenheimer Strasse

Senckenberg Natural History Museum

Senckenberg Natural History Museum

For our brief tour of the city, we really only spent the 2 Euro to get into the city and 8 Euro for entry into the museum.  Oh, and of course the food ….

The Food

  • Breakfast: cappuccino – the jet lag cure when you skipped an entire night of sleep and face unnaturally early sunshine
  • Lunch: sausage and baked potato with fresh sour cream, paired with sparkling wine
  • Snack: beer, beer, beer!
German sausages with a big baked potato

German sausages with a big baked potato

There were a few museums that we didn’t have time to catch, but overall we covered Frankfurt in about 8 hours. Definitely the perfect layover city so that next time I visit Germany, I can focus on Munich and Berlin!

Beer at a real beer garden.

Beer at a real beer garden. I got my banana beer!

Next, the real vacation begins ….

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