Frankfurt, Germany

I know I know, Frankfurt was so long ago but all sorts of craziness has happened since then preventing me from blogging. That whole Pope thing happened (more to come on that later). Also I moved... again. So that's fun. And finally, I leave for spring break on Thursday. CRAZY. So let's get right into Frankfurt, Germany :)

The first day Jaime, Lauren and I went galavanting around with no plan! 

Frankfurt was much more metropolitan then I expected, but of course as much of Europe sits amongst historic buildings. This was the view from the Old Opera House which we tried to enter but got very confused and left... oops!

Here is the Old Opera House!

 After being defeated by the sites in Frankfurt we stumbled upon a Häagen-Dazs restaurant. That's right. There was a menu, and servers who took your order. Needless to say we needed it. 

So we got it.

And devoured it. :)

We then went on and saw this very small, very intricate church nuzzled in the bustling city. 

We then found the Birkenstock's store where my roommate purchased some sandals (spoiler alert: I immediately regretted not buying a pair, we went back the next day). After much walking around and stopping in small shops we stopped for lunch at the nearest cafe. We had the most amazing traditional potato soup and a very refreshing wheat beer. With all the delicious beer I've tasted abroad thoughts of studying beer have arisen in my mind. I don't know, just a possibility but I am very interested. 

The next day we started our day off in the Hostel with a free breakfast took a wonderful quick nap and then straight on to lunch. In every restaurant we found in Frankfurt was of course, schnitzel. All different kinds of it as well. I've always thought of schnitzel as a sausage time of dish but in fact is a breaded cutlet made of veil or pork. Traditionally served with a slice of lemon but can be found with many different toppings...including bacon. Obviously I had to give that one a try and of course another wheat beer. 

After lunch we wandered some more and found ourselves by another Häagen-Dazs, weird. So we stopped again :) I got the same thing as I did before...It was heaven. NO REGRETS! 

All in all, my trip to Germany was a little less educational then my trip to Sweden but I ate delicious food, drank heavenly beer, and had pleasant conversations. I'm a world traveler now, WATCH OUT. Next stop spring break.. Manchester, Brussels, and Dublin :) 

Until next time, 

Emily :)