Wednesday morning early, I departed from the Paris international train terminal and started my journey to Frankfurt where I was going to be meeting up with family friends from my Dad's side (Katharina and her family). I got in around noon-time and Katharina was there waiting for me on the platform! We started to walk around the city and she had planned a little walking tour of Frankfurt which was a suprisingly small city. After seeing some of the major sites (churches, bridges etc.) we sat down to a light lunch of bratwurst and frenchfries. We did some more touring, making sure to see the opera house and then headed home to her hometown which was a small German "village" right outside of Frankfurt.
As we walked up from the car (her dad had picked us up from the train station) her mom and brother came out to greet us and the first thing she noticed was that I "had a Guinee face". It was great to be with some great friends again for a night of great food, conversation, and great people. Her mom made us a traditional German meal that is one of Katharina's favorites of: salmon, spinache, rice, and a really great garlic cream sauce. The food was awesome and the company even better. After a great meal Katharina and I just had a relaxed night leaving only to get some "kinder chocolate" to bring home for the family.
In the morning we woke up early because Katharina was going to be driving back to school so we ate breakfast together and then her parents took me to the historical city of Mainz, home of Gutenburg and the first printing press. Although it was not the greatest of weather we walked around seeing the various churches and other sites. Additionally we ended up going to the Gutenburg musem where I got to see some of the very first Gutenburg bibles as well as some handwritten Bibles from before the printing press. After a nice lunch the VanWickerens dropped me off at the train station in Mainz and saw me off as I left for Vienna. It was a great trip to Germany, although I wish I could have stayed longer. . . but just another reason to come back!!
peace and love to you all
xoxo aisling
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment