Frankfurt - Great Day Trip

Sunday, Mother's Day, the 14th of May. We attempted to take the bus to the train station, but the Sunday schedule wasn't compatible with ours, so we walked. The train ride along the Rhein to Frankfurt was beautiful, and made us realize that we may want to extend our stay in Germany a bit longer to take advantage of the beautiful mountains, small towns and wineries along this fantastic river. We'll see. The day would be mostly warm enough, with some spotty rain and alot of big fluffy clouds. Actually, at times, the sun would be so strong, that it would make it quite difficult for Vee's sensitive eyes since her sunglasses broke yesterday. Once in Frankfurt, we got a small map, and walked into the center using a little plan I had formulated from our Lonely Planet book earlier in the morning. I found Frankfurt to be captivating, and quite beautiful, with fantastically modern high-rise office buildings right along side historic cathedrals, parks, fountains, and buildings. We went into a few of the cathedrals, and took a nice long walk down the river, across the bridges, into another very typical German pedestrian-only part of the city, and back to the beautiful square and eventually back to the train station. Along the way, we had a nice lunch at Maredo's, the same place we had lunch in Berlin, and it was delicous, as before. The train we had picked for our ride back to Bonn was late, and when we tried to board, we realized it was standing room only, so we decided to forumlate our own custom itinerary home instead, and got off. We ended up taking a super-nice train to Koln, and then another really nice one from there to Bonn. Eurail pass rules! With a full day of walking beautiful Frankfurt, and another walk back to the hotel, we had worked up our appetites again, and finished the day off with a few small pizzas at a local italian restaurant. Then, finally back to the hotel, to do some late night laundry in the bathroom sink, and catch up with CNN news.