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Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 8:16
| A picture from Frankfurt/Germany. Lilo, this is one for you. |
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- Posted by lilosophie none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 9:19
| Oh Thank you Anneliese! Der Eschersheimer Turm! It is amazing that it survived the bombigs, and it still stands as guardian. A lot of bicycle traffic, as in most European cities. Brings back Memories! |
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- Posted by anneliese_32 6 (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 9:53
| The highrise behind it is the Nextower (don't know why the name). |
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| Beautiful, it is always interesting to see a juxtaposition of old and new and Europe has so much that dates so far back. |
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- Posted by lilosophie none (My Page) on Fri, Aug 31, 12 at 22:26
| In the thirties FRankfurt celebrated it's 1000 anniversary, until 1848 it was an independent City-State, lots of history, big commercial center. Frankfurters are very proud folk |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Sat, Sep 1, 12 at 19:33
| I'm so glad Germany decided to keep the old with the new, it is history after all. When I was in Singapore some 35 years ago, they were in the process of changing the island from it's somewhat "adventures" past to a state of the art financial center. On the chopping block was the old Raffles Hotel. I visited the hotel and sat on the bed where Rudyard Kipling wrote some of his poetry. I pulled the mosquito net around me and dreamed of his travels. |
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- Posted by anneliese_32 6 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 6:02
| The Raffles shows up in about every book written with a tie to Singapure, never mind whether it is adventure, spy, detective or romance and of ourse travel books about the area. Never met her, but sure know a lot about her. |
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- Posted by west_gardener (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 7:59
| When I was there, the hotel was was closed to overnight guests. It was more of a tourist attraction. Getting back to the photo you posted. I think the colors of the old buildings are beautiful next to the new building. In another photo, I saw what looked like an old hotel near the new building. Again the colors were beautiful next to the new building. I'm getting the travel bug, but I don't think another trip will happen. The next best thing is that we have a fantastic German bakery close by, last week I bought a "Sportler Brot Fitness Bread", and that was incredible. Up the street, is a place that carries all types of German cheeses, the one I bought was very good. I think it's time for another trip to the stores. I'm getting hungry. |
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