The incredibly beautiful town of Marburg near Frankfurt

Marburg was an incredibly perfect German town, which I would think is so far the best place to visit around Frankfurt within an hour (maybe more so than Heidelburg). It was just by chance that we actually came here (because we were hungry) driving our way more north.

The added bonus is that it is a university town, so you can feel like a student again, which properly gives you the illusion to be relaxed..

At the Staedel in Frankfurt

 

Last summer's day

Another interpretation of ICH

The other day, I discovered Magnus scratching his drawing of Kurt (good, not the other way around), because he was not happy with the outcome. This ICH work reminded me of that moment - I know, different interpretation.

Festive buggie

At the Schirn Museum in Frankfurt.

The Perfect Match

At the Schirn Museum in Frankfurt.

ICH at the Schirn Museum in Frankfurt

I had some time with Kurt sleeping in the buggie in the afternoon, so dropped by the Schirn Museum in Frankfurt. I always like the way they display things comprehensively, even if it was quite an ambiguous topic such as this one called ICH. The theme was that we take so many self images today, that the face doesn't really matter anymore. This doesn't resonate with me, as in the last 5 years and especially after Kurt, I sadly appear almost never in my photos (except for the wedding photos!). In anycase, I thought the display of pickles (I assume the numerous selfies assuming the shape of pickles) looked fun to have at home.

Town outside of Frankfurt called Seligenstadt

 

This was an unexpectedly crowded town near Frankfurt that had such unexpectedly nice sites. The palace in the middle of the city started with a nice flower garden and housed some really beautiful hen & chicken.  

 

 

 

Tulips are so nice during this time of the year...

 

 

 

 

 

Frankfurt evening time

I have been seriously missing out (for more than a year!) of this vibrant life along the Main River in the evening here. It is nice to people watch and just chat about nothing after work, with some (ideally glass of wine for me but this is Germany hence) beer.

Goethe University

Today was such a perfect weather for a Sunday walk through Goethe University in Frankfurt. Funny how the feeling you get from a university ground is pretty much the same all over the world - students playing some kind of casual ball game on the grass.

The building construction was extremely impressive. It was the former HQ for the Allies after WWII where the Marshall Plan was implemented for Europe (sort of like the Dai-ichi Life Insurance building in Tokyo). The building was also where Nazi's lethal gas was created by IG Farben, the chemical company that originally built the whole ground. Some interesting reading here.