Frankfurt, Germany Travel Blogs

Germany - where they actually can pronounce Schewe
Mar 26, 2005 (9 photos)

... first thing in the morning and it was already wonderfully hot and muggy and we flew for over 12 hours arriving in Frankfurt via Bangkok later that evening. As we collected our luggage and headed outside to catch our shuttle the first thing that struck me ...

England 1 Paraguay 0
Jun 11, 2006 (37 photos)

... their city. They joined in the fun with us, congratulated us, ignored the German Bombers chant (considering half of Frankfurt was destroyed in the war this shows impressive restraint). The police as well were cracking. There were probably a thousand or ...

In The Shadow Of The Valley of Death
Jun 10, 2006 (12 photos)

... up, liqoured up, show the colours and behave like complete twats, and so far we haven't let ourselves down. Frankfurt is like nothing else. Germany's 'victory' against Costa Rica meant that spirits were high and to be fair most of the England fans were ...

Frankfurt
Sep 19, 2006 (10 photos)

... we booked earlier. If you book early enough then you can get the 1 cent fares and just pay the tax. We landed in Frankfurt at about 6pm. We called a hotel that was advertised in the airport. They picked us up within about 10 minutes. Ryan air doesn ...

Bankrupt
Jan 24, 2006

... ve got the plane tickets re-routed and are missing out India for the time being, only for the time being mind! We arrived in Frankfurt to a rude awakening, it was cold -2c to be precise and having being used to the high 20's flip flops weren't going to ...

flight home
Jan 17, 2006 (2 photos)

From Tbilissi to Frankfurt travel information carrier: Georgian Ariways (Airzena) duration: 5 hours price: 260 USD hints book the tickets in advance! try to get a student discount with your ISIC card! a helpful tourist office ...

Last day! Noooo
Sep 3, 2008

... ticket and safely arrive in Frankfurt.  Frankfurt seems to be a financial district with sleek skyscrapers.  The people in Frankfurt seems to be either in suits or dumps... this is kind of what I imagined Berlin to be like: silver, futuristic ...

New Year
Jan 1, 2008 (30 photos)

New Year in Frankfurt. More soon

Volksschädlinge
Nov 10, 2006 (3 photos)

... a couple of cold ones and a small snack with Tammi in 'O'Reilly's', an Irish bar just across from the Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt. When I say knackered... After another bout of baggage check-in hassle (listen to this:- they wanted $2000 for the 'extra ...

Sour Kraut
Nov 11, 2006 (17 photos)

... here. See, the corners of my mouth point to the sky. The corners of theirs point to hell. Which is why here in Frankfurt I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm an Englishman in the morgue. As much as I needed the sleep I didn't get it. The lurgy has ...

Chapter 54: Reunion!
Sep 19, 2004

... and his friend Sabina drove it to pick us up at the station. We relaxed in her apartment for a while, and then took the car to Frankfurt for the day. Frankfurt was a cool city, partly because it had the first real skyline I'd seen in Europe. The EU ...

Frankfurt - the sausage city and site for ...
Jun 9, 2002 (1 photos)

... was a large Euro symbol in the business district. It was nice, but I still think sausages are the way forward for Frankfurt tourism. Email fiasco, communication breakdown and I arrived and left Frankfurt without finding Mike. To say my 24 hours was a ...

Get me outta here!
May 26, 2005

Just a word to the wise - unless you are visiting the beautiful city, never EVER go to Frankfurt airport. Ever. No food, no fun, no newsagents, no smoke-free zones. So long to wait, so little to do except puzzle the difference between the recyling bins ...

First Pitch at the Last Stop
Oct 7, 2006 (10 photos)

... hourly between the cities. Not so fast. In one of the most foolish, inexplicable, obnoxious moves possible, Germany named two cities Frankfurt. One is a major international hub and one of the most important financial centers in Europe and the world. ...

Western Europe - been there, done that
Nov 2, 2004 (24 photos)

... to see a couple things before it got too dark out. Trier used to be a Roman capital so has some good ruins. I'm in Frankfurt visiting my friend, Diana, again. I stopped here before after Freiburg and Heidelberg. Getting here by train from Trier was an ...

To the Letter
Jan 17, 2007 (4 photos)

... time I'd dragged my pack off the carousel it was 9pm, and with three trains to catch through the chilly tunnels of downtown Frankfurt, my destination was still well out of reach. The flight was fantastic, one of the best so far. I found myself sitting ...

Fichte Kränzi
Nov 13, 2006 (18 photos)

... feed with excellent company - the perfect round off to my Deutsch experience. Daniella's an art historian and lectures at Frankfurt University. I know nothing about art and very little about history so offered next to nothing in the way of stimulating ...

Tearing around Western Europe aimlessly
Jul 3, 2004 (4 photos)

... I randomly stumbled upon a free ride to Germany... So the night before last we drove from Torino, Italia, through Switzerland, to Frankfurt. And here I am. And since I´m stuck here until at least Wednesday when I can get the next flight to Bangkok I may ...

Around we go!
Aug 11, 2008 (9 photos)

... 50E or $80 bucks )we find the building I have the address for. The driver only had to stop once and ask for directions (Frankfurt has a huge controlled access cargo area) to the building. The driver has to get an access card to get to where we have to go ...

Frankfurt
Oct 26, 2007

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The Expedition Begins!
Aug 10, 2008

Made it! 9.5 hour flight. no sleep. Awake for over 30 hours. Time to rest.

transit
Mar 8, 2007

  

The coldest Australia Day EVER
Jan 26, 2006 (10 photos)

... things. There was a postal stamp press there that worked and a modern mail sorting machine. Put simply, if you are ever in Frankfurt, it is worth seeing. Although Frankfurt is a cool city, I plan to be moving on soon so my next entry will probably be ...

Right Back Where I Started From!
Oct 2, 2008

I have made it back to Frankfurt.   It's been 7 ½ weeks of riding over 8000 kms through 10 countries, walking hundreds of kms, staying in innumerable beds, meeting 100s of people and experiencing so many amazing new things. I saw so much and ...

Definition: character building
Dec 1, 2006

I got to Frankfurt after my first hitch through Germany, which was completely different from Poland and Lithuania because you are not allowed to stand on the freeways there - it is illegal. The way you have to do it is to go to a petrol station along the ...

take this job and shove it--part deux
Aug 5, 2005

... had amused me so before (and pictures are actually available today, because I uploaded this photo from the last time I was in Frankfurt). We finished up the day with a German meal: liver and various schnitzels and bratwursts for Josh, and ox for me. The ...

Frankfurt Flughafen
May 30, 2008 (1 photos)

Umsteigen in Frankfurt. Abflug mit einstündiger Verspätung..... reicht die Zeit für unseren Anschlussflug in Vancouver Richtung Whitehorse?

Pendeln - das wahre Sterben
Apr 22, 2006 (1 photos)

... ist ja immer so. Schlimmer schon: Jeden Tag bis Potsdam-Golm zu fahren. Morgens, zur Uni. Noch schlimmer. Jeden Tag bis Frankfurt/Oder zu fahren. Abends, nach haus. 5 aus 24. Das sind immerhin über 20% meines Tages. Ich dachte, Berlin, da findste ...

Back to the West!
Jun 2, 2009 (9 photos)

More pics!

Lay-over in Frankfurt
Aug 10, 2007

Saa er vi naaet til foerste stop paa turen. Jeg var blevet advarret af min Far om at Frankfurt lufthavn var ret kedelig, men jeg blev alligevel overrasket; og saa blev indtrykket jo heller ikke bedere af at lufthavnen var under ombygning, og toiletterne ...