Capt Lightning
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- Historic Buchan, Scotland
Back from our holidays in Germany. It's definitely our favourite holiday destination and as northeners,
we find the more guttural language easier to speak and understand than French.
Had a fantastic time, ate a lot, drank a lot, walked a lot and spent a lot.
Weather was great - coolish, but clear and bright. We spent the first part of the holiday in Frankfurt and the
surrounding area. We stayed in a small hotel on the edge of the financial district, but an easy walk to the botanic
gardens and the main shopping areas. Dianne is heading off to Porto with daughter no.1 in summer, and she took
the stores (Karstadt, C&A, Kaufhof etc.) by storm in the search for lightweight clothing.
Spent half a day at Frankfurt zoo, but although I support zoos, this one was disappointing. Being in a city,
space is limited and I think it would be much better to have fewer large animals with larger enclosures. It is
however a very popular attraction and not expensive.
For the second part of the holiday, we moved to Mainz where we had a great room in the Hilton,
overlooking the Rhine. Although the room and the view were great, it was impossible to keep the room cool enough for a good nights sleep and breakfast wasn't nearly as good as in the little Frankfurt hotel!
The border between Hessen and Rhineland-Pfalz runs along the Rhine and there are few crossing points.
Being in Mainz gave the best opportunity to visit Koblenz and the small Rhine towns These trips were purely for
sightseeing, but it was disappointing to find that the cable car climbing over the Rhine up to the
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, was not open yet.
I love Mainz itself, having lived and worked there. One night in Feb 1945, allied bombers dropped over 1500 tons
of high explosive and incendiary bombs on the city, killing over 1200 people and destroying 80% of the centre.
Most of the city centre is therefore modern and largely the same as I remember it, but the suburbs have changed beyond recognition. Blocks of apartments looking like giant sugar cubes are springing up all over the place.
If you were hoping to see some photos, then you're going to be disappointed. We've been to the Rhine/Main/Saar many times and we saw little need to take even more photos, except a few for our friends and family.
I will not be posting any further photos on this board.
we find the more guttural language easier to speak and understand than French.
Had a fantastic time, ate a lot, drank a lot, walked a lot and spent a lot.
Weather was great - coolish, but clear and bright. We spent the first part of the holiday in Frankfurt and the
surrounding area. We stayed in a small hotel on the edge of the financial district, but an easy walk to the botanic
gardens and the main shopping areas. Dianne is heading off to Porto with daughter no.1 in summer, and she took
the stores (Karstadt, C&A, Kaufhof etc.) by storm in the search for lightweight clothing.
Spent half a day at Frankfurt zoo, but although I support zoos, this one was disappointing. Being in a city,
space is limited and I think it would be much better to have fewer large animals with larger enclosures. It is
however a very popular attraction and not expensive.
For the second part of the holiday, we moved to Mainz where we had a great room in the Hilton,
overlooking the Rhine. Although the room and the view were great, it was impossible to keep the room cool enough for a good nights sleep and breakfast wasn't nearly as good as in the little Frankfurt hotel!
The border between Hessen and Rhineland-Pfalz runs along the Rhine and there are few crossing points.
Being in Mainz gave the best opportunity to visit Koblenz and the small Rhine towns These trips were purely for
sightseeing, but it was disappointing to find that the cable car climbing over the Rhine up to the
Ehrenbreitstein Fortress, was not open yet.
I love Mainz itself, having lived and worked there. One night in Feb 1945, allied bombers dropped over 1500 tons
of high explosive and incendiary bombs on the city, killing over 1200 people and destroying 80% of the centre.
Most of the city centre is therefore modern and largely the same as I remember it, but the suburbs have changed beyond recognition. Blocks of apartments looking like giant sugar cubes are springing up all over the place.
If you were hoping to see some photos, then you're going to be disappointed. We've been to the Rhine/Main/Saar many times and we saw little need to take even more photos, except a few for our friends and family.
I will not be posting any further photos on this board.
