Hotel Zur Alten Oder

What to do in Frankfurt

by jo.reuters

Hi,

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Josef

European University Viadrina

by Mandy23

Its located in Frankfurt Oder and was founded in 1991. Ca. 30% of the students come from Poland, but there are many more from other countries, esp. European ones. Students can choose to live in Frankfurt Oder or its twin city Slubice/PL.

My Stay in Frankfurt Without Being a Tourist.

by videolady12

"Fritz and Renate"

My husband and myself met our longtime best friends on this planet in 1969; today they are 80 and we are in our 60's. They live in Ft Lauderdale, Florida, for 6 months, then in Frankfurt, Germany for the rest of the year. Frankfurt is Renate's home. She has shared stories with us over the years about her experiences going through the war. Fritz, also from East Germany, escaped during the war, ended up in Ft Lauderdale, then was drafted into the Army, sent to Frankfurt, and there he met his wife of 50 plus years.

We arrived in Frankfurt, early on October 30th, 2009. We have been planning to visit them for over 25 years, but work, money, etc, always preceded the visit. My first glimpse of Germany was our approach for the landing. As I looked out the window I thought of the history, the people, the conquerors that took part on the land below. What brought me to the present were the beautiful trees. The color of brilliant gold. Remember, I am from Florida, and have not seen the colors of autumn forever. I told my husband, if nothing else happens, I have seen the golden colors of fall.

Fritz met us at the airport, loaded us into a Mercedes Cab, and off we went with Fritz and the driver in the front seat speaking German, and me with my video camera pasted against the window absorbing Germany. I was expecting a big industrial city, a cold city, a "Germanic city". How wrong I was....it was clean, quaint, almost "gingerbready". Bicycles were everywhere, along with many BMW's and Mercedes Benzes. We finally reached our destination. This was my introduction and true immersion into what it is like to be a German, living the German life.

The apartment we entered is one of the only buildings not destroyed by the bombings. The building was over 100 years old. We entered with our suitcases, yes over packed suitcases, and looked for the elevator. There are no elevators in a 100 year old building, and we were about to walk up to the top floor. However, to my surprise, something only the Germans could invent, was a electric wheelchair attached to the staircase railing. This was put in for the lady who owned the building. When not in use, we loaded our suitcases to the wheelchair, and up the suitcases went. It took us about 30 minutes to get the luggage up to the top. My next awareness was the smallness of the living area. No wasted space and no wasted stuff.

Renate had a lunch for us. We lunched upon dark German bread, cheeses, salmon, and sausages. One type of sausage I could not bond with was a blood sausage. It tasted good, but I could not get the visual out of my mind.
We then napped for 2 hours after the long trip. Promptly around 4PM, we had our coffee and tea and sweet treats.

Fritz, Terry, and myself then took a walk while Renate prepared our dinner, which is promptly served at 6PM. We walked to a German market, which I had to touch, look at, and smell everything in the store. Another observance, people shop for their meals for that day. We in America, go to Sam's, and stock up for years in our weekly shopping.

It was very cold and damp to me, I had mittens, hat, scarf, and about 3 layers of clothing. Again, remember, I came from 90 degrees the day before in Florida. As we walked back to the apartment, Fritz, told me the bicycles have the right of way in sidewalk areas. Cars were parked everywhere. They seem to squeeze into spots so close to each other. I was very surprised the cars were not damaged.

We returned for quite an interesting dinner. We had something called a herring salad with boiled potatoes. Here is the recipe: chopped herring (fresh), 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 pak good seasoning, green onions, 1 T vinegar, 1 chopped apple. We finished the evening with good talk and a bottle of wine.

Love the boots; hate the food!

by kilpatrick

"Old Frankfurt"

Each year our company attends the Frankfurt International Book Fair in October. It is a wonderful, clean city and I enjoy shopping for my winter gear.

"Frankfurt Book Messe"

The world's Largest book fair, the Frankfurt Book Messe, is so big; it would take me a half hour to walk form one side of the building to the next. The fair is attended by Publishers, authors, media/press, reviewers and industry leaders. This years host country was the Arab World.

"Subways- Frankfurt to Meinz"

On the weekend I took the subway from the airport to Meinz which is a bout an hour away. I felt quite brave taking this trip alone, due to my not being able to read German.

Frankfurt

by snowwhitetan

Though I only spent all of 9 hours in Frankfurt during a layover on my flight back from Russia, I have to say I loved what I saw! What I saw of the city was amazing. We went to the Nutella restaurant (I didn't even know they existed), and visited an old Lutheran Church. I loved the architecture there. You can feel the history.