Hi
We arrive at Frankfurt airport this Sunday at 9:40 and then depart for Barcelona at 12:45. We%26#39;d like to try to see the Musuem which is only 19 minutes away according to Google Map. Is this duable or unrealistic. I hate to waste 3 hours in the airport when I may never see Germany again. Also...what would a taxi cost for this distance? I just reran Google Map and now it says that it is 21 km and 26 minutes.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Kathy
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A taxi will run about 30-35 €. Less traffic on Sunday, so this might not be overly accurate. I do not think you will really have time, since if you land at 09:40, you might not be through the gate til earliest, 10:15. You will need to go through security again for a flight at 1245? You need to be going back through security around 11:15 at the very latest. It is doable, but sounds kind of stressy for me. I dont know how many of you there are, but if you want to try the S-bahn, buy a %26quot;gruppenkarte%26quot; which runs around 13 €, it will get up to 5 of you to Frankfurt and back, and would include riding the tram from the Hauptbahnhof if you wanted to take that to the Römer. It is Tram #11. Otherwise, stay on the S-bahn and get off at the Hauptwache.
If you are going to go the taxi route, I think I would leave the Historical Museum, and just spend time in the area directly in front of it. The Römer, Alt Nikolai church, the Kaiserdom, the Roman bath ruins, go up on the bridge - Eisener Steg for a quick look around. You might be able to squeeze this all in about an hour and then race back to the airport. There is a taxi stand right there on the street.
Who knows, maybe you will get lucky and arrive early. I got in an hour early the last time I arrived from the states. Flights often do, due to the tailwinds.
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Hey Bornheimgirl
WOW....I can%26#39;t thank you enough for this great information. I think your suggestions of staying close to the airport is best. I didn%26#39;t even think of all the time to get off the plane...go through security, etc. Plus, I could probably spend a whole day in the museum rather than an hour or so. Plus, I%26#39;d probably be a mental mess worring about missing the plane.
I%26#39;m going to print out your suggestions and check them all out to see which would be the best. We (2 of us) want to experience at least a little of Germany. My Dad was in a POW camp during WWII However, when my Dad came back from the war, I was concieved......so there is a sentimental bond to your country.
Thanks again Bornheimgirl and if you have any more suggestions, I welcome them!!!
Kathy
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Hope you will plan to spend some time here your next vacation to Europe. We have some really marvelous museums. I do like the Historical Museum, but also the Archaeology Museum, and the Judengasse Museum, and for the really unusual, the Leather Museum. If you come to Frankfurt the last weekend in Aug. they have this HUGE Museum Riverbank Festival. You buy a button for 4€ and you can get in all the museums in Frankfurt during all 3 days of the Fest. Everyone has a blast. We have had over 3 million people show up the past couple of years, so this is one of the premier events in Germany.
I used to work at a small Army post called Camp King and this used to be a German POW camp, and then later the Americans used it as a POW camp for the Germans. It had quite a history and they have a website for it too. Do you know where your dad was?
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Hi againBornheimgirl
Are you German? You %26#39;talk%26#39; like you could be the girl next door here in Seattle, Washington. Actually I%26#39;m in Bellevue which people know now because Microsoft is about a half mile down the street and Bill Gates lives here....although officially Microsoft is in Redmond Washington because of a weird borderline between cities.
Anyway, I don%26#39;t know where my Dad was but it was near the stalg that the Great Escape took place. They made a film about that and it was a very popular film. I could find out but I%26#39;m frantically trying to get ready for our trip. His plane crashed in Hungary and he was brought to Germany. There is a great book about his experience. It was written by a fellow Seattle-ite and I guess it was pretty accurate even though he combined several people into one character in the book. It%26#39;s called MAYBE I%26#39;M DEAD by Joe Klaas.
Have you always lived in Frankfurt?? Do you speak as well as you write? My niece was an exchange student in Germany and lived there even after. She loves Germany.
Gotta go....lots to get done.
Kathy
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Nah, I am just an old Buckeye that has lived in Frankfurt for a really long time.
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That was at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III
It was near Sagan, now Żagań in Poland, 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Berlin.
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Wow Bornheimgirl it is a small world. We had friends that lived in the housing area at Camp King in Oberursel when we were stationed in Germany from 1986-91. The entire Camp was like a large park. My friend and I both worked at AFN when it was on the Bertramstrasse. Bornheim is one of our favorite parts of Frankfurt. We used to love to eat and drink on the Bergerstrasse during the summer. Cheers and thanks for all the good information.
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