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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Travel Snapshots from Frankfurt, Germany

This is where I first landed when I arrived in Germany last July 2003. This is also the reason why this city is very important for me. I really don't expect that this country will be my second home. It is in Frankfurt International Airport, where someone very dear picked me up...and the story is still having its happy moments until now.

I was in Frankfurt three times already.But still a day visit is not always enough to see everything there. During my third visit in Frankfurt, I was alone riding the ICE or Inter City Express train, the fastest train in Germany. I ended up booking the first class ticket since the second class were already out. I had to meet with some friends and kababayans there who were in their Europe tour during that time. I actually met the current Congressman of North Cotabato, Philippines and his family. It was so far a wonderful trip with them. I showed them some sights in Frankfurt and we also made some trips in the nearby cities like Wiesbaden and Heidelberg.

the German ICE or Intercity Express train..the fastest train in Germany.

The tower of Saint Bartholomeus' Cathedral during our visit last November 2010.

A fountain at the Römerberg in Frankfurt's Altstadt or Old City.

29 comments:

SmilingSally said...

Love your blue skies.

Happy Blue Monday, Ruby.

Mhie Lee said...

This is a nice photo

Indrani said...

Great shots. I must see if I am there.

Gaelyn said...

I loved everything I saw during my 7 hour walking tour of old Frankfurt. Thank goodness for my very knowledgeable CouchSurfer guide.
Great shots and thanks for the memories.

Gemma Wiseman said...

An intriguing area to wander that looks laden with history! Love the shadow cast across the cathedral tower and the variety of creative building facades in the last photo!

sarah said...

I rememberd that I rode on that ICE from Frankfurt to Vienna. It's comfortable.
Thank you for sharing nice pictures.

Kelly said...

You found some nice shadows in these lovely shots. The cathedral is beautiful!

anne said...

The cathedral is very beautiful, I love all the shots especially the train. Visiting from Tuesday Travel mine is here thanks Points of View of Travels and Places

Bless said...

Europe's architecture in general is amazing. Thanks fir sharing.

Visiting for Tuesday Travel.

☆Mama Ko☆ said...

I wonder how tall that building is. what an amazing architecture isn't it?

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Anonymous said...

Our cathederal in Fribourg Switzerland looks very much like this but not with the red stone. St. Nicholas we call it and it was built over 1000 years ago by a german.

Unknown said...

The color and light in the tower shot is lovely. Thank you for sharing!

Emzkie said...

that train must be really fast! i remember riding a bullet train in Taiwan. because of the bullet train, you can get to the end to end of Taiwan in 5hours only. hehe. pretty fast.
btw i love the cathedral photo, so magnificent. and love the photo of the town. look so peaceful.

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cassandrasminicorner said...

Magnificient tower! Beautiful photos..

Visiting for Blue Monday! Hope you can stop by:)

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cassandrasminicorner said...

Back again:)

Visiting for MYM! Hope you can stop by:)

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Chubskulit Rose said...

That second shot is majestic.

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Tatjana Parkacheva said...

Very nice shots.

Regards and best wishes

mommy Orkid Belle said...

Oh how beautiful! That is why I love traveling. Visiting via TT!

Adin B

Costin Comba said...

Beautiful photos. Have a nice week. Greetings from Romania

Jessica said...

beautiful buildings and shots Sis :-)
Visiting from Blue Monday, hope that you can return the visit too.

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Jessica said...

Visiting this time from MYM :-), hope that you can return the visit too.

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cassandrasminicorner said...

That was a very nice train..


Visiting for OT! Hope you can stop by:)

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Jessica said...

beautiful building of Germany :-) Visiting from Orange Tuesday, hope that you can return the visit too.

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cHeErFuL said...

beautiful pictures...with lots of stories to tell! great architectures too! visiting from OT, hope you can visit me back. thanks and have a great weekend. :)

Unknown said...

Those were indeed beautiful structures.. Visiting from TT.

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Jessica said...

beautiful pictures and tall buildings in Germany :-) Visiting back this time from Tuesday Travels, hope that you can return the visit too.

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Claire said...

Dropping by for TT.

""rarejonRez"" said...

Great shots! Beautiful share! My Europe fascination continues until I can really step in there someday!

Hope to see you again for this week's TT! :)
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Claremont First Ward said...

I changed planes in Frankfurt a lifetime ago, but didn't get to see the city. Would love to visit there someday!