Frankfurt, Forget Me Not

Frankfurt, it's really sad we only had a few hours together. John and I came to you by chance, because the train through Berlin was full. You are such a relaxing little city, exactly what we needed. You even provided me with a little reminder of home.

I was so exhausted when we arrived, and for the first time since our trip started, I was a little bit sad. It's a lot of work to be a tourist everyday. We easily found a place to stay, but before we could do any sight seeing, we had one important task; Laundry. John and I gathered our things and tackled our verz first German task.... figuring out the washing machine. Thankfully, most of the directions for opperating the machine were in English. However, when we got to the part that said "choose the temperature!, there was a lot more to do than a simple C° conversion. There were four major czcles to choose from and each had three or four options as well. Here is what it said:

Koch-/Bunt- Waesche (numbers 30 - 95 C)

Pflegeleicht ( 30 - 60 C)

Wolle (kalt, 30 - 40)

Feinwaesche (kalt, 30 - 40)

Have I mentioned that I know absolutelz no German? What, no "Uber"?? John and I definately had an uber load. And wolle, does that mean wool? Does anzone wear wool anzmore?? We ended up picking Koch-Bunt-Waesche, which I just looked up does that actuallz mean cook or boil!? Oh well, when we came back our clothes seemed clean, but we had no further clues on how to opperate the thing. So we chose at random, and three cycles and three euros later, our clothes were actually dry.

After we finished the laundry we went out for drinks and dinner, and then walked around the town for a while. It was interesting to me much the banks of the Fankfurt Main, reminded me of the Seine. They are about the same width, and both have parks and walkwazs along them, but the banks of Frankfurt were sleepy. There were a few a bunch of runners, and a few picnickers here and there, but it felt very homey, and welcoming. It wasn§t the thriving seen we experienced in Paris (which I will tell zou about later). Of course, we did arrive on a Tuesday. I wish I had more time in Fankfurt, it was reasonably cheap, verz accomodating, pretty, and quaint. I would like to go back when I have more time. We skipped the bar scene in order to get a full night sleep in before an early train. I think it in the end it was a good choice, because I felt rested for once, but I am sure that one of you is going to say, "You went to Frankfurt and skipped seeing blah?!" To which I will respond, "I did not know it existed... I will just have to go back." :)

Until then Frankfurt, until then.