The old town
in Frankfurt, Germany/Carlos Pueblo
I asked the
information center at the main train station about visiting the
City, he
said to begin with the old town Frankfurt right around the corner
of the station.
I can walk on the street toward the River Main and see the
old
Frankfurt town with churches, cathedral, old and new city hall, market
square etc.,
see the colorful shape architecture. River Main is the major
branch of
River Rhine and still manage some major transportation duty
of the
central part of Germany. I ran into Maria Theresa river cruise disembark
on the north
pier that day of my arrival.
There are at
least 10 bridges across over the river within the city limit connecting
both sides
of the city, several parks located on each bank of the river with pedestrian
paths. The
river flows slowly with a dam to control the water level to allow all the
vessels
passing through, of course, there are radars on top of the cruise ships to
monitor the
height of the ship. I always ask people why the city can gather so many
residents,
what are the main industries to feed so many people. These questions will
lead to many
more additional questions involving the history. In 1848, all German
gathered
here to have a meeting of the Germany unification where the old church is
still standing
in the old town and is a museum nowadays.
I boldly
guess that Frankfurt becoming the major hub of Germany, or Europe is because
of U.S.
occupied of this part before and still with lots of military installation to
fully
utilized the
facility of the airport and German rail system. Some major finance head
quarters are
here, i.e., European Central Bank, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, and
Frankfurt
Stock Exchange etc.
It is
because of the plenty of job opportunity, there are many immigrants live here
to have
their new life in this country. I find very convenient to communicate with
them in
English, of course very easy to speak English with local German as well because
of the
fantastic schools system. I believe that schools have been free ever since the
Bismarck era
in the late 19th century.
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