My trip to Bavaria Germany started with a direct flight from Calgary to Frankfurt on October 26, 2007. We arrived in Frankfurt half an hour early, collected our luggage and went to the meeting point to wait for a Globus representative, Sheryl. We were taken to our first hotel, the Sheraton Congress Frankfurt. This hotel is in Frankfurt’s business district and has a Straßenbahn stop directly in front. Sheryl suggested that if we weren’t too tired, we might want to catch the number 12 train and go to Römer Platz. A group of us quickly checked into our rooms and then met at the station.
We missed the first train because we couldn’t figure out how to get the ticket machine to work. After hitting every combination of buttons on the machine, we finally got our 2 Euro Einzelfahrt tickets. We all boarded the next train and took a twenty-minute trip to the Römer Platz.
Frankfurt was almost completely leveled during WW2. The majority of the city was rebuilt to modern standards and very few old buildings remained. Römer Platz, the historical old town centre, including its splendid half-timbered houses, was rebuilt according to the original plans in 1986. We wandered around, took pictures and stopped at a Café for a coffee and our first slice (of many) of real Black Forest Cake.
After our trip on the Straßenbahn we returned to the hotel for a special welcome dinner. Sheryl went over several tour ‘rules’ and told us what we might expect over the next few days. She called herself our mother hen, we were her chicks and that we wouldn’t have to worry about anything until we would fly the coop in seven days. She truly did take care of all our needs… from getting non-down filled pillows for those who were allergic to down, finding inexpensive phone cards for those who wanted to call home… to taking one of the girls to a doctor when she twisted her ankle.
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