A last day spent in Frankfurt

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Germany is a country of middle sized cities. No sprawl such as is seen in Shanghai or Istanbul, rather a city seems to be an extension of the village feel. A church or two or five, a market place or a few and shopping streets rather than massive indoor malls everywhere.
I spent my last day in Germany in Frankfurt and Kronberg with my hosts Connie and Jonas. They live in Kronberg which is an easy 20 minute commute on the S Bahn from the centre of Frankfurt.
Kronberg is a small village with very narrow old streets, famous for its apple wine festival which lasts a whole week, and the whole area is famous for its green sauce.
This sauce was invented by Goethe's mother ( Goethe is known as the genius of modern German literature)
Its a savoury dish to accompany meats or boiled eggs and salad, made of quark (curd cheese))and various herbs.

Frankfurt is one of the few German cities to boast skyscrapers which sit alongside the old churches happily.
The river is a feature now and back in the founding days. Villas and tree lined streets which housed the elite in the early years are still standing beside the river, most of them now museums and such like.

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Photos

Old and new
Frankfurt's famous skyscrapers

Townhall
An old building which is still used today as the town hall

Locked in
Attached to one of the main foot bridges are hundreds of padlocks. These have lovers names inscribed on them, locked to the bridge and the keys thrown into the water

Locked in
not too sure if a set of bolt cutters is used if the relationship breaks up?

World bank
The Euro statue outside the European Union bank

Childrens activities
Holiday program in the park utilising one of the fountains

Old and new
The opera house and the tourist travel contraptions

Italien festival
In one of the market areas there was an Italien festival

Italien festival
the band were a singing nun (not sure if she was real) and two boatmen

my hosts
Connie and Jonas

Gallery of modern Art
this was about 4 metres high and 6 metres wide

Kronberg
Vogelsangstrasse named because canaries were sold here