For this trip, in order to travel Business Class, I used miles accumulated on a credit card. Somehow, in order to make it work, I got routed to Frankfurt, Germany. That meant taking South African Airways to Johannesburg, SA and getting a connection to Frankfurt. That being the case, I decided to spend a couple of nights in Frankfurt. I haven’t been to Germany for about 40 years and thought it might be a good place to transition for my return to the USA.
Frankfurt is a business city more than a tourist city. I’m thinking that the destruction during WWII probably left it as a revival project rather than an historical site. Still, it is an impressive place. All the Major “stylish” stores are represented and in the major shopping areas it is all pedestrian traffic. Cars are prohibited. There are numerous construction cranes which are an indication that the economy is good.
At the hotel they gave me a pass that allowed me to use the public transportation at no cost. How civilized!
A modern structure in the shopping area. Note how the glass is designed in a spiral that creates a hole through the building. Innovative and creative!
The official city bird is the construction crane.