Europe in 4 parts

Part one: Germany


First place: Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt was a nice city. I flew into there, because, well, it was cheap. Everywhere else was a few hundred dollars more expensive. I also had to fly in and out of DC because it was again, a few hundred dollars more to fly from local airports.

However, my outgoing flight was from Dulles -> Charlotte -> Frankfurt. If I'd gone directly from Charlotte -> Frankfurt, it'd be $15 cheaper, but a 5 hour drive opposed to a 2 hour drive. So technically my flight from DC -> Charlotte only cost $15? I don't know. Fuzzy logic is involved.

Anyways (hello ADD) I flew into Frankfurt. It was different from the rest of the cities on the itinerary because it was more like a modern city: it had tall buildings. Buildings that were taller than the churches.



Train station

It was busy. Good lord, it was busy.

But, it was at least centrally located to the hostel I was staying at.

Saw the Goethe Museum, a few churches, and the Main river



Not to mention a MJ shrine





I took a short nap in this park. What can I say? I was jetlagged, and it was shady, green and had some seriously, irresistably soft grass :D






Then, I went to Munich



Munich was cute and charming. As with Frankfurt, it was a very compact city. When you look at the map, you think it's huge. Imagine walking from SOHO to Central Park. That's what you imagine. Then you walk from one main spot to another and it takes only a jiffy.

Visited the Residenz, former home of some German kings.











Found another park, but this time for a picnic, not a nap.






Traveled to Würzburg, where I was born almost 20 some years ago...





Another angle of the Neu-something castle in Füssen.






I started stalking met up with David in Munich. David was one of the first people I met in Korea, and he was in the middle of an epic, jealousy-inducing, round-the-world trip. We did a few trips in Korea, like Gangneung and Deokjeok-do, and had planned to go to Jeju-do in the fall. Europe isn't quite Jeju-do, but eh, I guess it'll do :P And if you look back here and scroll down to the crossword picture, yeah, cool kids!




I miss Cat.


Next up: Amsterdam




Addendum:

I googled "nomadicduck" and then it asked me if I meant "Nomadic Duck" which came up with this


I'm wondering if I like it enough for the $25..