Frankfurt, Germany

We took a long weekend at the beginning of May and flew to Frankfurt, Germany for some relaxation and "normalcy".  It was fabulous!

We stayed at a hotel outside the city, using the trains, trams and metros to maneuver around the city.  It was so nice to be able to use public transportation.  Once we figured out a few German phrases, we were able to get where we needed to go!  We walked all over the downtown area.  Frankfurt is a very large, modern city.  We shopped, ate, ate and ate!!  There was a street festival going on in the "old" part of downtown.  We ate brats, potato pancakes with applesauce, fried potatoes and drank LOTS of German beer!!  I am not a big beer drinker by nature. I drank more beer in that 4 day weekend than I have in 5 years!  LOL  It was so good!

We found amazing German restaurants each evening. I ate every type of schnitzel available!  SO GOOD!  In Frankfurt, they serve it with a cold green sauce (made with sour cream and about 9 different green herbs).  I also had jager schnitzel and wiener schnitzel.  YUMMMMMMMM!! Kirk had pork medallions in a creamy mushroom sauce, german potato soup with sausage.  There were lots of American fast food options also but why eat fast food when we could experience the local cuisine at its best!! :)

We relaxed, we slept in, we enjoyed shopping and exploring and we even saw a movie!  It is the little things you miss when you don't have them.