Flying North to travel South.

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That’s the Aldar building. Believe it or not it’s a government owned real estate development organisation. The Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund is a big investor. That whole precinct is full of very futuristic looking buildings.

It does look very striking. I assume the design was chosen as part of the ongoing effort by the various sheikdoms in that region to be one up on each other.

 

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It was pretty cloudy for most of the flight and basically all we saw was the tops of clouds until descent began.

The food was pretty good on this leg.



The Salmon was nice.



The ravioli was a bit different than what I expected but very tasty



For someone like me with a sweet tooth the Peach Cobbler was lovely



Our route



Descending into Frankfurt



The European Central Bank building. Our Hotel - a Marriott is just to the right of it in Frankfurt Ostend.



The Frankfurt Skyline with the Taunus Mountains in the background









We were through immigration in about 5 minutes but then there was a failure in the baggage system and it took close enough to an hour for the bags to come out. As we had to take a shuttle bus to change terminals to get to the railway station and do a change from the S Bahn to the U Bahn in Frankfurt it was not until around 22:00 that we got to the hotel so it was straight to bed.

 

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Our hotel, the grey/cream building, was extremely convenient to the U Bahn station. The hotel entrance is about 5 metres from access to the station



The next morning we went for a quick walk along the Main River promenade. It was a beautiful crisp morning

We passed by the European Central Bank



The Old Market Hall (Die Großmarkthalle) was built in 1928 and is a "listed building" it was incorporated into the new bank building and "accommodates the public functions of the ECB". In 1941 it was used as a collection point to transport Jewish men. woman and children to the concentration camps.

Großmarkthalle (Frankfurt am Main) – Wikipedia

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The Frankfurt skyline again





We looped back around through the streets to return to the hotel



Part of The Hospital of the Holy Spirit. The hospital presence in Frankfurt dates back to the the 13th Century.



When the old city walls of Frankfurt were demolished the land was turned in parklands. This is Obermainanlage which is a section of the Wallangen (Wall Park).




There were lots of ducklings along the river and lakes