Blogductivity recently took a vacation with the blogger. In the company of her graduate university's namesake, our heroine explored Frankfurt, Mainz, Köln, Utrecht (in Niederland!), and Amsterdam (You know where that is). Before describing the her visit to Frankfurt to fetch our hero, who saved this blog by rescuing her camera that she 'tossed' over the fence into the ruins of the Roman Theatre in Mainz, let's take a brief look at her independent exploration on 24 September, more one month ago.
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| Upon arriving in Frankfurt, a preview of what I see later in the day |
First, she wandered to the Goethe Haus. Having never read any of his work except for some long forgotten excerpts in high school history, this was a damn touristy move, and she refers the interested reader to the Wikipedia et al, for related history and literature. J. W. Goethe descended from the Imperial Councillor and daughter of the mayor of Frankfurt, and the furnishings, architecture, and library of the house indicate a comfortable dwelling where a classical education was prioritized for him and his younger sister, the only sibling who did not die at a young age.
Brilliant wood work and an astronomical clock
Each room had unique wall paper, sometimes very intricate, or an exquisite gallery of paintaings
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| My favorite wall paper in the sunlight |
Two places to oggle beautiful people are at a rock gym and at a car show. Hence, our heroine stumbled into a small outdoor sports store, spoke her wishes "Ich suche Kletterschuhe", didn't understand the instructions, then asked the nice attendant "entshuldigung, können Sie mit Mir englisch sprechen", the phrase I use most often.
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| Kletterschuhe |
Lastly, I had to drop in on the final day of the IAA (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung). I'm probably a middle-of-the-road car lover, I would like to drive them in the middle of the road, but know better. I appreciate them and understand the basic mechanics and mechanical qualities, more than just the aesthetics, like I do for most sports, without becoming part of the entourage for any brand, although I have some preferences. This experiment was an also excellent demonstration of Lianephoresis, the affinity of Liane to move through the matrix of an energetic crowd more easily than larger persons due to her small size. I took pictures of cars, and not the models who probably don't drive them, until my camera battery died. Sorry guys.
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| The exhibitors in hall 3, out of ELEVEN! I think I hit 4 of them, in 4-5 hours |
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| Engines! |
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| Ist grüner! |
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What's with Germany and bananas? See the future Frankfurt and Köln posts to see what I mean
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Some oppressively pink vehicles
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| Audi now manufactures space ships....it's a test driving track |
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Lianephoresis brought her close enough to reach her camera high over the crowd to shoot these Lamborghinis.
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If you know what this symbol means, comment here
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| Porsche race car |
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| Electric vehicle |
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| Volkswagen confused my camera... it died during this segment |
Upcoming: an awesome week of natural and architectural beauty, history, food, churches, train rides in good company
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