Sleepwalking through Frankfurt

Our flight was smooth but not sleep-inducing. We arrived in Frankfurt just before 7 a.m. exhausted and hoping our hotel had a room available for early check in. 

After clearing customs and snagging our luggage, we made our way to the airport's train station and grabbed the RE 2 train into the city core. Discovering that there was no room at the inn we checked our luggage, secured an offer to ask again about our room at noon, and wandered down Kaiserstrasse to find a restoring breakfast.

Fortified by an Americano and rhubarb coffee cake, Mom had enough energy to stroll to the Romerberg - Frankfurt's historic marketsquare. We discovered later that the heritage buildings were 1983-rebuilds following the destruction of World War 2, but it still has a classical ambience. And it's a great place to people watch, especially to spot newly married couples exiting city hall to cheering well wishers.

Increasingly tired but with a couple hours yet to spend we climbed aboard the Gray Line hop-on hop-off bus to get an easy overview of the city. We rolled past the opera house, museum embankment, several dazzling skyscrapers and the lovely river Main. Several fascinating facts were shared, most of which were not retained by our  sleepless brains.

Wandering back to the hotel we were told, to our great delight, that our room would soon be ready and after dropping our bags we reluctantly left the comfy beds until we could grab a quick takeaway lunch. 

Refreshed by a 2 1/2 hour nap we are awaiting Sarah's arrival!