One Day in Frankfurt, April 2024
We got a great deal on premium economy seats on Condor Airlines from Seattle to Frankfurt, so we decided to fly them and…you get what you pay for. The seat is the same width as economy, but you get about 5 inches more legroom, which is great for Nick.
You also get a more premium food option, which we experienced about 90 minutes into our flight. At our seat was a small menu showing that our option for dinner was ravioli or chicken cordon bleu. All four of us went with the pasta dish, but I was actually stuffed from eating at the lounge beforehand, that I couldn’t eat much of it:
I think for the 9.5 hour flight, Nick and I got like 90 minutes of sleep, meaning that we were very jet lagged once we arrived. About two hours before we landed, we were offered breakfast. I forgot to take a photo of it, but it was a cold cheese croissant sandwich with a small fruit bowl, yogurt, and a blueberry muffin.
Getting through immigration at Frankfurt airport was easy because there was no line, and we didn’t have to wait long until our bags arrived on the carousel. There was also no wait at the taxi stand, so off we headed to our hotel for the night: Roomers Frankfurt.
The entrance to the hotel is cool with the two large sculptures flanking the doors:
Inside, the design of the lobby was full of blacks and dark purples, with some gold and silver accents:
And then I noticed this next to the check-in counter:
I love Haribo gummies, and since they’re a German company, it makes sense that the hotel would feature them in their candy bar. Anyway, I couldn’t say no to making a small cone of gummies to take to our hotel room.
Once we got to our room, all of us conked out for a much needed short nap. After resting up, we headed out into the city to see as much was we could during our one day in Frankfurt.
First, we walked to the Euro Skupltur, which is a large sculpture of the Euro symbol in a small park:
Since Frankfurt is a major business hub for Germany (and by extension, Europe), it makes sense to install this to commemorate the birth the Euro. There was also a pretty fountain nearby. At this point of our journey, we all started to feel like we were in Europe:
Next, we headed off to Römerburg Plaza, which is the main public square in Frankfurt, with numerous wooden homes and shops all over:
We didn’t have much of a plan here other than to walk around and take in the sights, but we soon realized that we needed some coffee to keep us awake. After some quick research by Tiffany, we found this cute coffee shop nearby: Hoppenworth and Ploch.
We ordered some delicious coffees, but had to stand to drink it because all available seating was taken:
Eventually, we found a small bench to sit and enjoy the rest of our coffee:
Since it was late afternoon/early evening on a Sunday, many of the shops were closed, so we continued to walk around, primarily as a way to keep us awake.
There’s the Frankfurt Cathedral, which is next to the plaza:
From there, we headed south to the Main River, which runs through the city of Frankfurt:
We then crossed the river using the Eiserner Steg, a popular bridge in the city as evidenced by the multitude of padlocks attached to it:
It’s typical for couples to carve their names or initials into a cute little padlock and affix it to a bridge as a symbol of everlasting love, but there was also one of those large lock boxes that you put a key inside on the bridge. It seemed a bit out of place…
We continued walking along the river on the other side, and discovered this awesome looking Döner restaurant on a boat docked in the river:
We were sort of tempted to stop there for dinner, but we resisted. This beautiful swan, however, definitely knew where to stop to get some food scraps though:
We then walked over a small suspension bridge to get back to side of the river with our hotel:
It was so invigorating to be surrounded by water and to see so many people enjoying it, either by having picnics on the grass there, or by walking next to it with friends and family.
At this point, we were starting to run out of things to do, so we wandered around a bit more, but decided to find an early dinner spot: Frittenwerk. Tiffany and Mike ordered on one machine, and Nick and I ordered on another, and without discussing with each other, we managed to order the exact same three items: Chicken avocado balls, Currywurst with fries, and Chicken Shawarma Poutine:
The chicken avocado fries were cold, and we weren’t sure if they were supposed to be served that way, but we ate them nonetheless. They weren’t awful, but they definitely would have tasted better warm. The Currywurst was what we thought it would be, but I think my favorite was the Chicken Shawarma Poutine. I think any Canadian would have been appalled by their menu because they had many ‘poutine’ options, such as the Brooklyn Poutine and Tijuana Poutine, neither of which contained any cheese curds. Just because it’s stuff on fries doesn’t really make it a proper poutine, but still, it was pretty good for what it was.
At this point, we all decided it was time to get some actual sleep. Nick and I tried to stay awake as long as possible, but we eventually went to sleep at 8:30. We’re prepping for our lives a seniors I guess…
Tomorrow, we head off to Munich for a few days!