Frankfurt
Saturday, May 10, 2008
3 days in Frankfurt is definitely an overkill. Frankfurt is the Shenton Way of Germany. Financial hub. Business district. Touristy-nilch.
Day 1
After touching down and smooth passage through the customs, we found our hostel all too easily and was greeted with fantastic first impression of our hostel. Techinically, it was a Hotel. Private rooms, private toilets, buffet continental breakfast.. even a TV in each of our rooms. Sweet.
The first day was spent walking around aimlessly in Frankfurt. We visited this old town called Rohmer.. probably the only tinge of history left in this commercial place. After which we went to this Botanic gardens called the Palmengarten which was closed. So we spent the afternoon walking around the adjacent park beside it.. which was nothing much. Just that European grass is so lushous and green and juicy and oh so delicious. I coined the term 'frolicking in the grass' which would come to be used much in the trip. Haha.
We hollanded in the park. Took long before we found a way out.. took a metro to beside the Main River. And had dinner on a boat. Sounds atas? Well, actually the food didn't cost much. But the ambience was good. The weather was fantastic. And guess what? The sun sets at 9.30pm! That's like a whole lot of sunlight!!
I love summer. (that's without the capital S you assholes)
Day 2
Probably the best 3 Euros I have spent so far was on going up the observation tower on the Main Building in Frankfurt where we could see a birds eye view of the whole city 200m above it. We spent the whole morning there. Whole morning! Can ya believe it? And what did we do? Snapping picture.. jumping shots.. random shots.. zi pai shots.. stupid videos. Celebrating the Singaporean camera culture.
Weijian and Meiqiang joined us in the afternoon. The afternoon was spent strolling along the main shopping areas of Frankfurt. Ok, they weren't really like shopping areas coz the things there are not worth buying at all. So expensive and not nice. Haha. It was only until we reached the Zeil when we suddenly saw like more of the Frankfurt population than we ever saw in the last 24 hours. Like the whole Frankfurt was there!
Zeil is like the Orchard road of Frankfurt.. like Regent Street of London or Diagon Alley in.. London? Haha. The street was filled with buskers, children.. Oh yes children. Did I mention that I never saw like a single kid/baby until Zeil? I wonder where they were all hiding previously. The girls broke off to do their girly shopping while the guys just walked around. Had more bratwurst aka Gernan Sausage and ice cream while we waited for the girls to be done with their H&M.
It was atas dinner night. Every city we will try to have an Atas Dinner night.. where we just splurge on authentic local fare. Adolf Wagner is a place highly recommended by Lonely Planet and our hotel reception. So there we were where I had the best Pork Knuckles yet. Yum yum. Fatty and Crispy on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside. The potatoes were interesting too. And it wasn't terribly expensive. Compared to dinner the night before.. it only costs a little more.. but the food was so so much better.
We were approached by 2 Bachelor party groups during dinner. Germans have special way of celebrating the night before marriage. They go out and saboh the would-be groom. One of them asked us to give him money to snip off a piece of his pants. Another one got 1 euro from us to bite a piece of gummy candy safety pinned to his shirt. Xiuying didn't bite it off. She just removed the pin. Kayping ate the candy. Haha.
The table beside us taught us how to toast in German. In return we taught them how to Yam Seng. And they had so much fun! Yes, cultural exchange rocks.
No photos sorry. Check back again later. I'll decorate the posts with pictures once we get the chance to upload them.
Signed off at
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The first day was spent walking around aimlessly in Frankfurt. We visited this old town called Rohmer.. probably the only tinge of history left in this commercial place. After which we went to this Botanic gardens called the Palmengarten which was closed. So we spent the afternoon walking around the adjacent park beside it.. which was nothing much. Just that European grass is so lushous and green and juicy and oh so delicious. I coined the term 'frolicking in the grass' which would come to be used much in the trip. Haha.
I love summer. (that's without the capital S you assholes)
Weijian and Meiqiang joined us in the afternoon. The afternoon was spent strolling along the main shopping areas of Frankfurt. Ok, they weren't really like shopping areas coz the things there are not worth buying at all. So expensive and not nice. Haha. It was only until we reached the Zeil when we suddenly saw like more of the Frankfurt population than we ever saw in the last 24 hours. Like the whole Frankfurt was there!
It was atas dinner night. Every city we will try to have an Atas Dinner night.. where we just splurge on authentic local fare. Adolf Wagner is a place highly recommended by Lonely Planet and our hotel reception. So there we were where I had the best Pork Knuckles yet. Yum yum. Fatty and Crispy on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside. The potatoes were interesting too. And it wasn't terribly expensive. Compared to dinner the night before.. it only costs a little more.. but the food was so so much better.
The table beside us taught us how to toast in German. In return we taught them how to Yam Seng. And they had so much fun! Yes, cultural exchange rocks.
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