Mar
21
Grüße aus Deutschland!!!!
March 21, 2009 | by Thomas Flannery | |
Hey everyone, greetings from Germany!!! Today is my 5th day in Germany and I am loving it!!! My dad and I spent Tuesday thru Thursday in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt is a really cool city, you can find skyscrapers right next to century old buildings. In Frankfurt we visited the Römer Platz which is the old city square in Frankfurt. It is a neat place with a lot of old half-timbered houses and a centuries old Church. Also while in Frankfurt we visited the Frankfurt Zoo, Städel Art Musuem, and then the house of Germany’s most famous poet Johann Wolfgang von Göthe. One thing that was interesting about Frankfurt (and Germany in general) is that no matter how cold it is outside people still want to eat outdoors. It has been about 40 degrees fahrenheit all week here and it amazes me how many people are sitting outside all bundled up in winter coats eating lunch and drinking beer.
On Friday dad and I took a train from Frankfurt to Erfurt where I will be staying. The train took about two hours and passed through some really pretty country. Interestingly enough as it turns out the man who was sitting next to me on the train was returning to Germany from a business trip in Cincinnati, my hometown, what a small world. After arriving in Erfurt I met up with my Tutor, Josie, who showed me and my father around Erfurt. Erfurt is a really charmning medievil town with lots of original old buildings and a very impressive Cathedral overlooking the town. Anyways I need to get going, I am in an internet cafe in Erfurt now, but I will write more and post pictures once I get situated into my Dorm room. Till then!
Tom
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