Blogs from Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe - page 6

Finally – Deutschland, and the longest bloody Monday I’ve ever had. (32 hours to be exact – as we flew to outrun the sunset) After disembarking at Frankfurt International Airport, I couldn’t help but recall a story from Keith Richards (a close personal friend of mine who also just happens to play guitar!) as to how someone threw a frankfurter at him on stage in Frankfurt, and then at a concert in Hamburg (well you can guess what was thrown at him whilst there!). Fortunately, we didn’t have to duck from any flying German cuisine. It was with baited breath that I waited for unsere Gepäke (our bags) to discover if they had made the connecting flight and also as to how the grog survived. My day-pack was the last to come off the carousel, and.................... ... read more

Frankfurt am Main. So named because there is another Frankfurt in eastern Germany lol. We came here with our hearts in our hands and sharp whitt bubbling across our lips. Our lives were going to change, for better or worse, and Frankfurt was the place it was going to happen. A couple of young go getters, with naught but a prodigious banking knowhow and a zest for corporate life. The centre of finance for europe was our ladder, we were on our way to the top... of a building with a lookout, see photos attached. Our plans to conquer this city of banking failed to take shape however, mainly because they were and are imaginary. We did come here not expecting much and instead were welcomed to a bustling red light district on the cusp of ... read more

Moving back west, my last destination before I headed back to England was the emerging European financial capital of Frankfurt. Not an obvious destination, but I headed there specifically because a friend from London had recently moved there and he had invited me to come and visit. Frankfurt was basically what you would expect from a financial centre; office buildings and more office buildings. Mind you, these office buildings were one hell of a lot more attractive and spectacular than the ones in London. There were lots of glass-clad skyscrapers, which were actually in tune with the more historic buildings and multitude of green open spaces. The underground network couldn’t be less like London’s, with clean, spacious stations and clean, efficient trains. The really surprising thing was that it seemed to be down to people’s honesty ... read more