Day in Frankfurt

We took the train to Frankfurt on Saturday to get passport photos made for our photo health insurance cards. The day was simply gorgeous. I felt a little guilty about not going to a museum or something, given we were going in to the "big city," but on the train, my German-educated sons were able to tell me Goethe was born around 1750, and that that was the year Bach died, which in turn meant the end of the Baroque Period. Then they identified paintings in my Goethe-Haus brochure as being in the Classical Period and the Romantic Period, so I agreed they were "cultured" enough for the day and could spend it shopping.


Nick came home with sunglasses he'd been eyeing since last summer...and a very large canvas for painting. Patrick came home with a Hollister polo shirt and shorts...and electric socket covers. Michael found a postcard with a nice saying on it...and after some searching, a pair of new jeans. I enjoyed walking around town in the sunshine and getting some peppermint ice cream at the Römer...and a white-board eraser for the kitchen shopping list.


With all the fun we had, we forgot about getting the passport photos!