Jim Dewald

Greetings,
I will be in the Frankfurt area in mid-July and was wondering if there are
any "ya really gotta see" sites nearby. Personal likes include: good german
food, castles, sandy beaches and the occasional zoo. I would love to find
some local cultural activities outside of the typical tourist realm. Any
ideas?

Sincerely,
Jim

"living in the US north central plains, but eager to visit Europe again"

Erilar

In article , "Jim Dewald"
wrote:

    > Greetings,
    > I will be in the Frankfurt area in mid-July and was wondering if there
    > are
    > any "ya really gotta see" sites nearby. Personal likes include: good
    > german
    > food, castles, sandy beaches and the occasional zoo. I would love to find
    > some local cultural activities outside of the typical tourist realm. Any
    > ideas?
    >
There are some great castles northwest of Frankfurt on the Rhein and
some less well-known but also interesting ones to the south along the
Neckar upstream from Heidelberg.

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Juliana L Holm

erilar wrote:
    > In article , "Jim Dewald"
    > wrote:

    >> Greetings,
    >> I will be in the Frankfurt area in mid-July and was wondering if there
    >> are
    >> any "ya really gotta see" sites nearby. Personal likes include: good
    >> german
    >> food, castles, sandy beaches and the occasional zoo. I would love to find
    >> some local cultural activities outside of the typical tourist realm. Any
    >> ideas?
    >>
    > There are some great castles northwest of Frankfurt on the Rhein and
    > some less well-known but also interesting ones to the south along the
    > Neckar upstream from Heidelberg.

SEcond that. you can take a quick train out to Bingen and take a Rhine Cruise
and see some spectacular castles, enjoy the local cuisine and wine in the
towns along the River Bank (BAcharach, St. Goar, Koblenz, etc. )

One of my FAVORITE plaes in GErmany.

Julie

    > Erilar's Cave Annex:
    > http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo

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Deep Floyd Mars

Jim Dewald wrote in message
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    > Greetings,
    > I will be in the Frankfurt area in mid-July and was wondering if there are
    > any "ya really gotta see" sites nearby. Personal likes include: good
german
    > food, castles, sandy beaches and the occasional zoo. I would love to find
    > some local cultural activities outside of the typical tourist realm. Any
    > ideas?

Sandy beaches? Have you looked at a map?
---
DFM

Sswitcher

Deep Floyd Mars writes:

    >Jim Dewald wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> Greetings,
    >> I will be in the Frankfurt area in mid-July and was wondering if there
    >> are any "ya really gotta see" sites nearby. Personal likes include:
    >> good german food, castles, sandy beaches and the occasional zoo. I
    >> would love to find some local cultural activities outside of the
    >> typical tourist realm. Any ideas?
    >Sandy beaches? Have you looked at a map?

LOL. Actually there is a smallish sandy beach - with separate nude
and textile sections - at the Langener Waldsee, about 20 km south of
Frankfurt.

http://www.pvfrm.de/freizeit/LangenerWaldsee.asp

There is a zoo in Frankfurt (http://www.zoo-frankfurt.de), but I've
never been there, so can't comment on its quality.

Frank
--
"We believe in a free Europe, not a standardized Europe. Diminish
that variety within the member States, and you impoverish the whole
Community."