Frankfurt to Nuremburg....2013

For two years I have been blocked  out of my blog...... then today it pops up and encourages me to post....go figure.  The timing however is great.  We just returned from a trip to Germany.

We slid into Frankfurt late in the afternoon...well, not that late, but considering it gets dark by 4 PM late is realtive.   The Freya was docked by the old medieval dowtown.  The Christmas Market was still at full tilt so we walked down the cobblestone walk by the river to the old part of town.  I have to say  I was not all that impressed. Perhaps because it was a small market, but it reminded me of the county fair with varieties of German food everywhere I looked.  Most impressive was the old carousel, blinking and playing its typical music.  There were as many adults riding it as children.

Jim and I were amused that Frankfurt is billed as a “bustling city of commerce, full of vertiginous sky scrapers, slick city bankers and vast international trade fairs.”  We did not see a building over 20 stories and only about 4 of those.  It is however the birthplace of Anne Frank..certainly noteable.