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Exploring Germany: Goethe Atmosphere in Frankfurt, eating strudels in Mainz and visiting a fairytale in Heidelberg.
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Frankfurt am Main
"Interesting" was the first thought I had when we went out of our bus in Frankfurt. We were told that it is the main port and business centre of the country. One of the stereotypes that Germany is superclean was totally destroyed in the first 10 minutes of walking through the nearest streets. Frankfurt is one of the best-known cities in Germany, since here they have the main Euro bank and the biggest airport in Europe. ( as I was told a bit later, every 30 seconds some plain lands or sets off there)
First thing we did was crossing the bridge with a lot of "Love locks" to the other side. We headed towards the main bank of Europe, where we found a bunch of protesters, who were surely angry with something. 
After, we finally went to the main square Römerplatz. I liked it since it had my favourite Fachwerkhaüser (those white buildings with wooden framing), that were assotiated for me only with Germany. There were loads of tourists, souvenir shops and strange "magicians" to attract people's attention.
Mainz
The firts thing we did when we arrived to Mainz was feeding swans. Those cute creatures were so used to people's attention , that they weren't hesitating even for a second to come closer to people and eat right from their hands.We were to be quite in a hurry, because we had only some hours in the city and after we had to return to Darmstadt again.
Nevertheless, we tried to take the best out of the trip.
We visited Mainz Cathedral, that was over 1000 years old. It looked more like castle rather than a cathedral. We also visited St. Stephan's Church, which amazed us by its unique blue-glass windows. When there was sunny outside, the whole church was lit up by amazing blue light and created a mysterious atmosphere.
Wandering through the city centre I accidentally found "my prince" :)
After leaving Mainz itself we went to the Lorelei Hill. The hill was also called a "murmuring rock". Lorelei is a fictional character, that became an inspiration for Clemens Brentano and later, in 1824 was adopted by Heinrich Heine in his famous poem "Die Lorelei". The view from the hill was hilarious.
Heidelberg.
Probably one of the most picturesque places I've visited. Heidelberg was a very green city and the most remarkable landmark of this city was its castle from which we had a stunning view upon the valley. Heidelberg Castle represented the ruins since the 18th century and was built in Reneissance style.Heidelberg was quite expensive due to its popularity with tourists. The main street reminded me of one in my hometown.
Zwingenberg
We visited this little town on our way to Darmstadt. It was tiny, indeed, but very interesting. There wasn't much life on the streets, but streets themselves were as ones in fairytales. Here they had shops with different sorts of wine. I had never knew till that time that one can make a wine jelly. It was completely non-alcohol, but turned out to be a tasty thing!
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