The first day in Frankfurt, we woke up late to a breakfast of croissants and jams laid out for us. (Wow!) We took advantage of a free washer and did laundry, completely filling the laundry room with hanging clothes in the process. In the afternoon, we went for a walk up to the nearby town of Oberursel, bought some tasty candies (mmm… Ritter Sport and Haribo…) and generally enjoyed not having to worry about anything travel related. On our way back, we ran into Helena and she chauffeured us back to the house and another delicious dinner. That day, their son Dominic had arrived home from university in Switzerland after having to remain an extra day cleaning his apartment up to Swiss standards (apparently quite high and the exact opposite of how most college apartments are left back home).
After dinner, we went jogging with Dominic up into the forest nearby and came out into a field overlooking the Frankfurt skyline, which is quite impressive despite many assertions that it’s not impressive by American standards. Frankfurt is home to the headquarters of many European banks, the European Central Bank (like the Fed for controlling the Euro), and other financial firms that all feel the need for skyscrapers. As a side note, this short jog disabused me of the notion that I had become fit on the trip…
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