Frankfurt Consul General

Frankfurt am Main is the financial capital of Germany; its nickname is Main-hattan. It is a pretty standard "international big city"

Walked by the Altstadt (old city)

Visited the Frankfurt Dom. I think they realized there was too much competition downstream in Cologne.

The church was much simpler and brighter than Cologne's. Very pretty.

Massive Organ ("the lungs" of the cathedral- get it?).

After our short 1hr run through the city we headed to the BBQ at the American consulate.

Subway art. Das Weisse Album.

At the Consulate they have an American quickie mart filled with hard-to-get products in Germany.

We met and had a BBQ with 15 or so PPP alumni. We played football, soccer, volleyball, tisch tennis, and eating a lot.  It was cool hearing all of the absurdly small towns they were place in within American and what their impressions were. I made a couple friends and think we'll be crossing paths again while I'm in Germany!

We got to meet the American Consul General

The American Consul General and his wife stopped by our BBQ to meet CBYXrs and PPrs.  It was pretty awesome that he made the time to come by and acknowledge the program. Additionally, it was very interesting and amusing to imagine what his life must be like as a civil servant. For example, he was naturally very political in all of his chosen conversation topics, which was somewhat out of place for the casual event. And, he had 5 of the most stereotypical body guards you could imagine follow him around and maintain his exit from the party. 4 were wearing suits and paced anxiously or stood with their arms crossed evaluating the situation. The 5th was dressed normal and looked like he was trying not to be a body guard. And his car was awesome and had 8" thick with body armor. His intern, from Michigan State, was there and had a lot of interesting stories about life at the Consulate.

Breakfast

This morning I made a huge breakfast. I finally ponied up the money and bought avocados.