Auf Wiedersehen to Germany

Our last day in Germany and we woke up to a rainy day.  We weren't going to let that stop us.  Since we had to leave for the airport around 2pm, the decision had been made to explore Frankfurt on this last day.  We really hadn't ventured much past our hotel since we had arrived.

After enjoying another one of those awesome buffet breakfasts the hotel served, we checked out of the hotel.  They held our luggage at the front desk for us so that we could be free while we ran around town.

This time instead of traveling by train, we traveled by subway.  We were searching for Frankfurt's Old Town, which had a museum that we were interested in seeing.

When we popped up out of the subway....we had arrived:

 The buildings looked just like you would imagine German buildings to look

 

 Love this guy.  The rain didn't stop us.....we had come prepared and packed umbrellas

 Luckily though, the rain did stop a lot of tourists from being out and we didn't have to fight any crowds.

We couldn't find the museum we were looking for so we ventured towards the Rhine River, since we had only seen it by train.  Our good fortune brought us to the bridge with all the locks on it.

The idea is you are supposed to lock a padlock on the bridge with your initials (and date on it if you want) and throw the key in the river.  It means you'll be together for ever.  Oh...how romantic.
We did not engage in this activity, but now I'm wishing we had.  Guess we'll have to go back.

 Even in the rain, the scenery was beautiful

 We finally decided on another destination and headed towards the Goethe House. 

Apparently, Goethe is German's most famous author.  Personally, I had never heard of him, however, I really like to look at old houses.....so I was in.

 

Nice house.  Enjoyed my visit there.

 

By now our feet were tired from walking and we still had souvenirs to buy before we left Germany, so we found a nice place to sit for a bit and enjoy a beverage.  We found a Hagen Daz.

As we plotted our next move, we came up with a brilliant plan of something we wanted to do while we were in Paris.  So we sat there on our smart phones and successfully scored the tickets to something big.  (not going to tell you here......you'll find out later in this journey).

 

After picking up beer glasses for everyone and a few other cool German souvenirs, we made our way back to the hotel to pick up our suitcases and head to the airport. 

 

Because the taxi ride from the airport had been so expensive, we decided to be brave and take the train to the airport.  We were a little concerned about having to lug around the suitcases and backpack full of beer glasses......but we made it safely and with no broken glass. 

 

After checking in for our flight, we finally decided to grab some lunch while we waited for our plane.  Airport lunch that is.  Mine was a frankfurter.  Not just one frankfurther, they link them together and give you two on some kind of funky bread.  But it was delicious.  Paul decided on pizza and just ordered one without knowing exactly what all the toppings were.  It came with tuna on it.  I'm sure glad I didn't get that.  He said it wasn't bad.

 

As we waited for our plane, I took some pictures out of the airport window.

It really was a gray rainy day.

But we were only a 1 hour plane ride from Paris.

Can't wait.

 

We'll pick up this amazing adventure in Paris.