The standard tour for newly...
by lumberjack83
The standard tour for newly assigned people was Alte Sachsenhausen, which is a pedestrian zone consisting of cobblestone streets and a variety of bars. My favorite was Spritzhaus, which literally translates to Spray house and the motif is that of a house that stores firehoses. Used to enjoy the live music there immensely, as well as a Bitburger Pils vom fass. (draft) After several little biers, it was off to the main train station and Muenchener Strasse. If you head toward the North east corner, there is an escalator that will take you right up to the street. Walk about a block or so and you'll find Maier Gustl's Bayerisch Bierhouse. As you enter, there is a coat check on your right and a casual bar on your left. If you walk in further, there is a set of stairs leading to a balcony that surrounds the main part of the club. Every table has a numbered lamp and a telephone on it, with which a person can call other tables. A rather fun way to meet people, practice speaking German and just have a good time. Biers come in two sizes, the large being a full liter!! Driving on the Autobahn and convenient transportation to and from the city via the train. Great place to party. My fondest memory is dancing until the wee hours of the morning at the Bierhaus, eating at a nearby Vietnamese restaurant and pouring myself and my date into the compartment on the train home. If it hadn't been for an efficient conductor opening our compartment to check for our tickets, we might have had an extra special trip on the S-Bahn that morning!
See the Commerzbank building!!...
by codrutz
See the Commerzbank building!! It's the tallest office building in Europe..71th in the whole world (as of July 2004)..It has some special features that makes this a beautiful and distinct building:
- triunghiular section, it has three faces, three corners (every corner has inside a different colour..red..yellow..blue..to know where you are)
- nine very big interior gardens...every three with a different climatic zone vegetation
- original natural ventilation system...every windows opens and closes automatically
- transparency...in some floors you can see from one side to the other
- it's very tall and it's 15 elevators are very fast
Check out the travelogue for the Commerzbank building!!
If you are living in Frankfurt...
by amyhenderson
The Frankfurt lifestyle does not really promote exercise or sports. However, there are of course most people who use a bike to commute as the city is geographically a small and flat area. However, to really get into sports you need to actively seek a club of your sport of choice. Tennis, squash, volleyball, cycling... check this site for events and good links to sporting clubs http://www.frankfurt.de/sis/English.html
Alzheimer's Marker
by yooperprof
Dr. Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), the first physician to diagnose the dreaded mental condition which bears his name, was a neurologist at the state asylum here in Frankfurt in the late 19th century. The first real diagnosis of the dreaded "forgetting disease" was made by Dr. Alzheimer in 1901 for one of his patients, a certain 51 year old woman named Auguste D. This marker is a quiet memorial for the first person who began trying to understand the onset of adult dementia.
It's just a little bit to the west of the Poelzig building on the campus of the J.W. Goethe University. (Important for me in that my grandmother had Alzheimer's.)
Sailing ??????
by mauro_pd
Sailing 2-hours away from Frankfurt area ... pls check the dedicated travelogue.
The place is great and people are always friendly ... could be that they are so happy thinking to be almost at a seaside :-) ... It is EderSee</b
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Pathway through the park
The entrance to the Zeil from Hauptwache
Entrance to the Club
My Bacon Burger
