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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

2 days Impression on Germany

Okay, perhaps I should be more specific: impression on Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Wispertal.
Frankfurt is the capital of commerce of Germany situated in the federal state of Hesse. Frankfurt was practically flattened out during the second world war which shows from its (relatively) lacking-of-borjuis-style architecture that had been rampantly (in some parts) replaced by somewhat the so-called more modern style counterparts of architecture. A big euro building and the stock exchange are one of the few highlights in the financial department along with the old opera house in the more artsie fartsie department. Frankfurt is quite an international hub sheltering 40% of foreigners in its 700000 inhabitants. Heading West, Wiesbaden is the capital of Hesse where richer people live and reserved-heritage-of-old buildings are still existing. During the second world war the city was "lucky" enough to be considered (relatively) unimportant that it was not aggresively "flattened out" as the case of Frankfurt except for occasional missed-aim bombs which damaged relatively small parts of the city. It is a relatively rich residential area with facilities such as a Casino and century age old hotels.
Tomorrow I will be heading northwest to Paris.

PS: Pictures will be posted as soon as I arrive back in Zurich.

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