Pictures from Frankfurt!  This is a very financial oriented city - lots of banks and skyscrapers, hotels, and a large redlight district.  For those of you that didn't know, Prostitution is legal in Germany and the government regulates the trade.  Frankfurt was mostly destroyed during WWII so it's pretty modern and pretty stale compared to everywhere else I have been. These pictures were taken with my iPhone so the quality is not nearly as good as with my digital camera...

This was actually from Sunday night before watching Spain defeat Italy in the Euro 2012 final

Occupy Frankfurt!

Skyscraper in Frankfurt

Statue with a stuffed animal in a Frankfurt Park

Side street in the redlight district - the neon buildings are Eros Hotels (Love Hotels)

Another side street in the redlight district - the America Erotica Shop and Club

We decided to stay one more night in Prague which gives us all of today to check out this incredibly beautiful city.  We are taking a "Sleeper Train" tonight to Krakow, Poland.

Down by the river with the Prague Castle in the background

PS - Nice work Italia moving on to the quarterfinals in Euro 2012!

Yesterday we arrived in Prague after a 5hr train ride from Berlin.  The train was awesome.  We had our own compartment, so we listened to some music, ate some snacks and had some adult beverages.  Once we arrived, we quickly found a place to stay on the edge of the "Old Town" district.  We also were lucky enough to arrive on the evening that Czech was playing Poland in the Euro 2012!  We found a bar and watched the game with some locals.  Luckily Czech Republic won or it would have made for a even more crazy atmosphere!  I think we have found the Beer Drinkers paradise.  Half liters of beer were only 30Kc which is about $1.50.  There is also places off the beaten path that have local brews for under 20Kc - that's less than $1.00 for a ,5L beer!!!

Rezene Pivo (a mix of light and dark beer)

Sean in Wenceslas Square

Hope everyone back home is doing well...we're headed out for the day, so I'll post more later...Na shledanau!

Off to Germany!

And so, let the adventure begin....

I'll be trying to leave Seattle first thing Wednesday morning (June 13th) heading to Philadelphia and then off to Frankfurt, Germany.  From Frankfurt, I'm going to hop a train (not Hobo style) to Berlin where I'll be meeting up with Sean.

I'll try to post as much as possible during my trip, but keep in mind that Beer may be an obstacle...in a good way...

Speaking of Beer, Germans really do love beer.  They rank second in world-wide beer consumption per person after Ireland. Bier is officially considered a food in Bayern, where the normal size beer glass, the Mass is 1 liter.

It gets even better...Germany is the cheapest place in Europe to buy beer, but also the most difficult in which to make a choice - there are over 1,500 different brands and types of beer in this country!

Also, Euro Cup 2012 is happening in Poland and Ukraine right now, so in the spirit of sport...

The official site for European Football

Well, that's all for now...keep your eye out for more posts coming soon...with pictures...and beautiful football fans...and probably Beer...

Wir sprechen uns bald!