Tour of Frankfurt

We finally saw some of Frankfurt.  You know how it is -when you live somewhere, you figure you have plenty of time to see that city's sights that, often, you never get around to seeing.  Well, this week, we saw the Goethe house - where he was born and grew up.  I haven't read anything by Goethe, but it was still interesting from a historical perspective.  Also, we finally made it to the Frankfurt on Foot Tour.  Although the rain cut it short, it was a fantastic tour that I highly recommend and will definitely do again.  I learned all sorts of interesting factoids and gained a better appreciation of Frankfurt.

DISCLAIMER: the facts below are what I remembered them being - I easily could have remembered incorrectly.

 Above: Goethe house (like the window treatments)

 Above: Goethe house - astronomical clock that reminds you to wind it when the bear lies down.

 Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome

 Above: Model of what the Roman ruins once were

Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome (inside) 

Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome - grave of remains from a five year old girl dating back to 680 A.D. 

Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome - organ 

Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome - painting behind choir chairs dates back to the 1500s and survived fire and bombings because it was painted over (and protected) with white paint (which has since been removed). 

Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome - original stone sculpture protected from bombing by sandbags.

Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome - stained glass 

 Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome - painting of St. Bartholomew who was skinned alive.

 Above: St. Bartholomew's Dome

Above: a street designed in the 1980s inspired from medieval homes in Frankfurt. 

Above: St. From the pedestrian bridge built by wealthy merchants unwilling to walk down to original bridge with old and new Frankfurt in the background. 

Above: A fresco from the 1500s of the life of Jesus within Architectural museum. 

 Above: Site of Nazi book burning, includes books by Jack London and Upton Sinclair.

Above: Memorial to Holocaust victims; designed to emphasize the individuals from Frankfurt who lost their lives (part of the Ann Frank family is included, but we didn't get to see their names).

We missed the last part of the tour due to the rain but I hope to make this tour soon again and see it all.  

By the way, when I say it rained, it actually poured.  We were so lucky because we happened to see a bike taxi (we didn't have carseats so we could not take a regular taxi and we didn't have umbrellas).  It was sort of a fun, even if unexpected, way to end the tour.