First Stop Frankfurt

We flew in over night from Seattle. arriving on August 29, 2025. Joan slept a few hours on the plane, I was unable to. Once arrived we Ubered to our Hotel, Ruby Loise Hotel, just on the outskirts of the bustling downtown Frankfurt. We got our room and decided to hit the town. We were no more than a 15 minute walk from most sight seeing activities. Since we are joining our Rick Steeeves tour in a few days, we had his Germany, Austria & Switzerland book so we did the Frankfurt self guided sight seeing walk mentioned in his book. We didn't get to the two stops by the train station as that went through the red light district. It got a little skechty. We went down the Zeil area. A store named the Galeria has a restaurant at the top. Did not eat there as it was cafetera style. We had drinks at the roof top bar. Awesome view of Franfurt skyline from there. Continue through the self-guided tour which ends on the pedastrian bridge (Eisernier Bridge) that goes to the south side of the Main River to Sachsen-Hausen. An area known for its apple wine (not hard cider). The bridge was loaded with 1000's of locks of love. We wander over to Sachsen-Hausen and went to an outdoor beer garden, Dauth-Schneider. Had beer, apple wine and schnitzel. Joan was not a fan of the apple wine. Weather was comfortable. We just got back to the hotel just as it began to rain. We headed to bed early as we pretty much pulled an all nighter being a head by 9 hours. Most the people we came across spoke English and were really nice. We were amazed at how many people smoke and and how thin the population is compared to Americans. There is a large number of bicycle riders everywhere. This weekend is some sort of festival so there are lots of tourists and Germans from outside Frankfurt. Franfurt is a large fiancial district. One bank has more money than the whole Germany economy. We were walking through Fressgass (a pediestrian street with food vendors) when some college graduate students in finanace stopped us. Theyy were doing a group scavenger hunt and needed a picture with tourists. I looked like a tourist with my backpack on. A fun exchange with them. A good day.