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Early to rise, Tim and I went to say our goodbyes to his grandfather and Aunt Barbara. We talked with them for a little bit, and then made our way to the Lorrach Train station. Leaving Lorrach was almost painful, I felt like I was at home there. We didn’t really know what to expect in Frankfurt, and I knew at Lorrach there was always someone we would know that was down to get down with the get down. My opinion of Frankfurt was skeptical, I didn’t know if it was going to be safe, fun, social, and clean. My opinion of the city changed about the time I stepped off the train. We got off at a massive train station. It looked like a scene out of Harry Potter ( and yes Tim and I went to platform 9 3/4 there wasn’t a lot going on ) Tim had never been to Frankfurt and obviously neither had I, so we just got off and started walking. Stubborn ass Tim thought he knew his way to the hostile so we blindly made our way out of the train station and into the red light district of Frankfurt. Sketchy place. I never
thought I would find a city that had more crack heads than Clarksville, but Frankfurt definitely pulled it off. They were everywhere. Not that they were dangerous, just cracked out. There were “adult” stores everywhere you looked. Just as every other part of Germany, words cannot describe what we saw and how I felt. It was good though, I was smiling the entire time, just looking around at the city and soaking it all in. We went to check into our hostile, and get everything squared away before we walked all around the city. We walked into 5 elements hostile to check in, and I was immediately in my comfort zone. It was very clean and appeared safe; even though it was in the heart of the red light district. The reception desk also doubled as a bar, so that was also good. We definitely took advantage of that later on into the night. They gave us our sheets and pillow case and we made our way up to the room to get set up. After we got our beds made we put our luggage in the lock boxes below and decided to go walk around the city, and see
what all there was to do. We walked through the red light district and into the cleaner part of the city. It was pretty normal for a big city. Skyscrapers, and stores everywhere. It was obvious when we walked into the older part of the city (Romer) however, the architecture and set up was completely different.
Side note: I just got called a woman by a 4 year old german boy on the train while I was typing. He was walking by, stopped, pointed, said “Frau”, and continued down the aisle about his business. What a little prick.
Anyways, we walked through the old city, and came to the Frankfurt Dome. An enormous, beautiful church towering above the rest of the city. The building is easier to describe through the pictures. It is truly amazing that the entire thing was built without the use of cranes, bulldozers, and other machinery. The detail that was put into the structure was astounding. Every corner, wall, window and door was unique. We toured the church and then made our way back to the hostile. While we were in the church, a man that worked there came up to me and asked
me to take my hat off. This sent Tim into about a 10 minute rant about Catholicism and religion. He was so mad, he couldn’t even read the map without going on another rant. It was ridiculous. On the way out of the church he told a statue of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior to take his crown of thorns off, because he was in a church. Yeah, he is going to hell. Anyways, we left the church and made our way back to the hostile. We stopped at a wine festival, in a market square, and got a bratwurst, fries, and a beer. There was a band playing and people dancing. It was really cool. The first song I heard was Achy Breaky Heart in German, so I knew we had to stay and eat. We ate and walked back to the hostile to meet some people and plan the night out. We met our first and only roommate ( we had 5 others but never met them because they were passed out when we came home late night. ) his name was Casey from Alabama. He had just graduated from West Point and had 2 months leave
before being deployed. The 3 of us signed up to cook dinner in the basement of the hostile with another guy and 3 other girls. We didn’t know any of them, but quickly made friends. We cooked potatoes, eggs, sausage, and a german cream sauce. It was delicious, and only cost 3 euros. I was completely stuffed and we sat in the hostile afterwards and drank beer, and apple wine and just talked about everything. There was one girl from Orange County, CA; one from Taiwan; one from Frankfurt, Germany; and the guys were from San Francisco, and Alabama. A few beers after dinner turned into a slosh fest of wine chugging, shots, and beers. The girl from Frankfurt that worked at the hostel (who really reminded me of Mary Metz, so she made me feel comfortable haha) wanted to go home, but with a little liquid bribes she stayed and was having a great time. She took us to a local bar where her friends were hanging out and we all kicked it into the early morning. The pictures will tell more than anything, but the people were extremely nice, and interested in everything we had to offer. We
left the bar late night, and went back to the hostile only to find a group of about 15 playing drinking games in the lobby. So, of course, we joined. I met people from America, Australia, England, Scotland, and Germany. It was a great time. Never have I ever is apparently a world wide game, and a great way to find out what kind of people you’re kicking it with so we played that and just talked and hung out till early morning. Tim and I made our way back to the room and crashed for the night. We woke up and headed back to the main train station in Frankfurt, and we are now sitting on a train headed to Koln. These germans really need to figure out the concept of air conditioning. Other than that, its a beautiful train ride right along the Rhine River. We have passed at least 5 castles and vineyards that go forever. It really is amazing. More to come later about Koln (Cologne) wish us luck.
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Im enjoying the blog Frau