Saturday – to Frankfurt

With many construction projects on the autobahn, we arrived in Frankfurt an hour later than expected. We stopped by the temple which was beautiful as all temples are

Even the home provided for the Temple President was true German style.

Our GPS got us to the hotel easily. I had marked a route from the hotel to the Avis car return at the airport on a map. The hotel clerk first indicated a more major street then said that the one I had marked was a good shortcut. Halfway to the airport we saw an Avis location but it looked like an off airport service facility and I drove on. Carole suggested we go ask the best route to the car return. The security guard said that we needed to take it to the airport and that one of their drivers would be going there so we could follow. On the way I realized that I had not filled the tank and stopped at a station. It was a Lufthansa company station. The Avis driver turned around, got us and had us follow him to the other side of the airport to a gas station. He waited while we filled then led us back to the airport car return. We gave him a nice tip. I have never driven in such a complex of winding access roads and roundabouts before. This is one huge airport.

We took the S-Bahn into downtown Frankfurt.

We walked the park around the opera house.

Even the big cities have their pedestrian only streets.

On this one, they have a traveling beer parlor. One of the people in the front is the driver. The others sit, drink and peddle.

We even ran into the annual apple wine festival in the one of the plazas.

We are settled in the hotel for the night and leave in the morning. We have had a great time.