Taber stayed another week after Greece so he could explore this area of Germany with me. He studied abroad in Germany, so he has seen most of the bigger cities, but not Wiesbaden until now.
The first night after we got back from Greece (Monday July 13) we went to Mainz, which is across the Rhein River from Wiesbaden, but is in a different state. And, like Wiesbaden, it is the capital of its state.
We got off at the Roman Theater train stop, which is called that because there are ruins of a Roman theater right next to the station. And people just walk right by it like it's nothing. That's what I love about Europe.
We had dinner at a brewery called Eisgrub-Brau. Good beer and tasty schnitzel.
Then we wandered around and found some cool stuff.
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| The Zitadelle (Citadel) |
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| Altstadt (Old city) |
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| Gutenberg Museum |
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| Mainz Cathedral |
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| The Rhein (Rhine) |
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| part of a fort now attached to a hotel |
The next day, Tuesday July 14, we went to Frankfurt. From the train station we headed toward the Main River, walked down to the Altstadt, then walked across the river to the Sachsenhausen neighborhood in search of the famous Frankfurt Apple Wine (a hard cider that is so dry it is more like a wine than a cider).
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| Cool skyscraper (might be the Main Tower, but I am not sure) |
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| Main River |
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| A cool skyscraper next to an old church. |
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| Old City Hall |
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| Romerburg - the old city center |
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| The Cathedral is in the background, but it was under restoration or something. |
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| Eiserner Steg - famous pedestrian bridge |
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| Frankfurt Historical Museum |
On the other side of the river is the Museumufer, or Museum Embankment. Because there are a bunch of museums right in a row. I only took pictures of a couple of them.
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