DRAFT - SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Frankfurt, Germany. Wednesday/Thursday 02/03-September-2026.
- London, England. Thursday/Wednesday 28 August/02-September-2026.
- Frankfurt, Germany. Wednesday/Thursday 02/03-September-2026.
- Nuremberg, Germany. Thursday/Sunday 04/07-September-2026.
- More to follow…
Wednesday 02-September-2026.
After a hectic bank holiday weekend in London we headed off on the Eurostar with a change in Brussels to get us as far as Frankfurt. Our target was Nuremberg but the German railway system has a reputation for unreliability so, rather than risk a very late arrival, we broke our journey. That would give us a short, two hour journey the next day which we paid for ourselves rather than use a day off the pass. You save the pass travel days for long segments to get best value.
The Meeting Place at the international departure platforms is is a 9-metre-high, 20-tonne bronze sculpture that is intended to evoke the romance of travel through the depiction of a couple locked in an amorous embrace.
Supper was at Klosterhof near the main station serving traditional German food and beer. I had a local speciality which comprised excellent roast potatoes and hard boiled eggs on a green sauce - apparently a seven herbs concoction developed by monks.
And, of course beer to wash it down. Mary prefers the weisse but the German red beer is more to my taste.
Thursday 03-September-2026.
We had the morning to explore before our train after lunch. Wandering the streets of Frankfurt you would never guess how badly it was bombed in the the Second World War. In the immediate aftermath of the war many building were reconstructed, intermingled with modernist shops and offices.
Looking around the town is is impossible to tell which are original and which restorations.
Views inside the relatively austere cathedral. Somehow it escaped the bombing with only damage to one wing. However it seems like only a few of the original stained glass windows remain.
Dreikönigskirche: one of the many, many pretty churches.
A view from the 54th floor of the Main Tower.
From there we could see size of the Frankfurt HBF. It was Frankfurt’s role as a transportation hub that made it a target for the Allied bombing raids.
Next stop: Nuremberg.
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