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

I'm in Frankfurt for the night, but here are some cool pictures from the past few days I wanted to share...

Locals playing table tennis at the Tiergarten

Produce stand at the the Hackeshermarkt in Berlin

Reichstag Dome

The statue on top of the Brandenberg Gate

Underground station and train at Alexanderplatz

A Pug who warmed up to me while I walking the Kururstendamm - a lengthy shopping avenue

Cool building and Tram in Berlin

I made it!  Just arrived in Berlin after 29hrs hours of traveling! To top it off, Sean walked into our room at The Circus Hostel literally 20 minutes after I did.

Here's a quick recap of my 29 hour journey to Berlin...

I left my house in Seattle on Wednesday morning at 5:00am.  Got on flight to Philadelphia with no problems.  Once in Philly, I was flying standby to Frankfurt and the first flight was fully booked.  No luck for me - didn't make the list to get on.  The next flight to Frankfurt was in two hours and my chances were looking pretty slim.  Here's the plane that showed me no love...

So, I started looking into my other options...I could fly into Munich, Amsterdam, Brussels, or Zurich.  All of the flights were fully booked as well due to some bad weather the night before.  As I waited for the flight to Munich, my chances kept dwindling as each late passenger they paged eventually showed up...until, the very last guy...he didn't make it in time, so his loss was my gain!!!

After an 8hr flight to Munich, my next challenge was to get on a train to Berlin.  No sweat!  I made it to the city center and main rail station, got my German Rail Pass validated and was off to Berlin - this was a 6hr trip with one connection in Nuremberg.  Of course I had to have a beer while traveling on the Deutch Bahn!

Once in Berlin, I took a local train to Aleanderplatz and then the subway to my final destination.  I checked into the Hostel, walked into the room, threw my bag down and took off my shoes.  And, like clockwork, Sean walked in shortly after me...holy shit what amazing timing!  Now he's telling me to stop typing so we can go get a beer or 4...Prost!