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Frankenstein’s Castle

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NO! Nope! Something’s not right, Let me think……. Wait, I got it – hold on a second, lets reset. Frankenstein’s Castle When Jessica told me to start looking for things to see while I was in Germany I came across Frankenstein’s Castle. You know, the castle that was the supposed inspiration for Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. Who could pass that up? I was really looking forward to that, but when I got to Germany and started looking deeper, it seemed like this was just another tourist trap. Yes a castle, but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do it. Luckily, … Continue reading Frankenstein’s Castle

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Memorial Neuer Börneplatz

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The Neuer Börneplatz memorial in Frankfurt  commemorates the Jewish community of Frankfurt that was destroyed in the Holocaust. I can’t really do any justice in describing it, as I really had no idea of the full story of what I was photographing until I researched it later. I did a Google search and there are a couple of sites for you to read, but I will go to my old fallback of Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Neuer_B%C3%B6rneplatz Continue reading Memorial Neuer Börneplatz

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Main Tower – Aerial view of Frankfurt

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One of my jaunts around the city took me to the Main Tower, the elevator ride took only 45 seconds to the top – from Wikipedia: Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. It is the only skyscraper in Frankfurt with a public viewing observatory. It is the 4th tallest building in Frankfurt and the 4th tallest in Germany, tied with Tower 185. Continue reading Main Tower – Aerial view of Frankfurt