Frankfurt '11 - Repezenting Deutschland!

[mthq]

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We'll start with some sunny weather and then move on into the overcast rainy days that frequent this city. After two previous trips to Europe, I should probably give a shoutout to Condor Flugdienst for providing Anchorage with direct nonstop service to Frankfurt (as weird as that is) for the last ten years as of 2011. Thanks to Condor, we Alaskans can bypass Seattle or other US connecting airports altogether and get a roundtrip ticket as low as $500.

Here's to another 10 years with a great airline --and yes, the 9 hour flights are worth it.





















































storing beer in an underground bunker to assure a supply for future generations



















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[aspiringArchitect]

Ich möchte so gerne nach Frankfurt besuchen!

[RobertWalpole]

Nice city! I like this boulevard. What's it called?

[mthq]

Originally Posted by RobertWalpole

Nice city! I like this boulevard. What's it called?

That's the Zeil, Frankfurts main shopping drag. Here's a picture of it pre-WWII before Frankfurt was leveled (too big to post here)

the little building on the bottom right corner of that photograph is the lone survivor that you can see toward the bottom right of the picture I took.

[ColDayMan]

I dig Frankfurt.

[Travis007]

I love Frankfurt, beautiful mix of modern and classical architectural. It's actually my favorite European skyline.

[Sekkle]

Looks awesome. too bad it looks like the weather was shitty aside from the first few photos. How long were you there? Great set of shots, by the way

[UrbanImpressionist]

Originally Posted by Travis007

I love Frankfurt, beautiful mix of modern and classical architectural. It's actually my favorite European skyline.

Couldn't agree more Travis! I was bummed out to hear recently that some Europeans disparage Frankfurt as 'Mainhattan' because of all the modern finance skyscrapers but the city has done a great job preserving the old German culture. And unlike U.S. and some European cities the skyscrapers are tightly zoned into one small area. That said they do have the ugliest ducks I've ever seen, lol (see mthq's 13th pic).

I only got to spend a half day on a layover from Helsinki; but am def looking to return. My capture below:

"Main in der Abenddaemmerung"

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[Expat]

Beautiful city and photographs!

[Boroda]

So little size of photos
WHY???

[10023]

Originally Posted by mthq

storing beer in an underground bunker to assure a supply for future generations

This is actually Germany's equivalent of Fort Knox. It's a little known fact that beer is a better store of value than gold.

[Lipani]

Sweet tour, man. Frankfurt looks great (apart from the rain).

[Serenade]

Love it. Frankfurt is the most underrated city in Germany. Most tourists and conservative Germans hate it because the city isn't your stereotypical prewar city. Instead Frankfurt is the perfect representation of modern Germany where castles and skyscrapers, falafels and pretzels, schnitzel and sushi, beer and wine, and people of all diverse multicultural backgrounds coexist to make it a better place.

[Danny]

Stunning city and photographs, mthq!

Frankfurt looks very nice, and we would like to go there.

Thank you for your pictures and thread!

Congrats and greetings from Madrid, Spain!

[mthq]

Looks awesome. too bad it looks like the weather was shitty aside from the first few photos. How long were you there? Great set of shots, by the way

Thanks! I stayed in Frankfurt for two days upon arrival to Europe and another two days before catching my flight back home. Of course I visited other cities and countries inbetween.

So little size of photos
WHY???

I post my pics from flickr which has either a modest medium size, or much much larger. I'd like something in between, but in the meantime I just leave large ones for pics that I think really deserve it.