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Frankfurt at a glance

2007 third morning, paying homage to the capital airport, not imagine more crowded, the customs, security check only takes 10 minutes, more than ever in each province time! Lufthansa Boeing 747 takeoff time, about 20% of the empty seat rates, middle-aged hostess, still has a beautiful face, shapely physique, elegant manners, of course, also provide attentive service.

9 hours after landing at Frankfurt airport security, Visa, checks on EU rooting is also present highly traveled, also 5 minutes before and after the unexpected success.

Haha, leaving the plane took off and Bilbao 5 hours, it was originally designed in this way, one is considered in Spain do not backtrack to save time, another is the Lufthansa airline ticket price, then you can visit in Germany.

Easily find the Metro station at the airport, on the platform is not a lot compared to the airport in the world of all colors, there is clearly a majority Germany local people, watching these people face and costume, mind Flash briefly words turned out to be Marx described the "working class"! 15 minutes car came to the city centre, only 3 stops to the station, and soon, we've arrived.

Take the escalator up to the station Hall.

Space it becomes suddenly see the full line of feet and the top of the wall relief supports high arch-shaped steel roof frame, glass ceiling rings in the hazy sunlight transmitted down, a word of the platform and turn to the station, the train left the station, the coming and going fast people, various kiosk and confusing merchandise, …. Here also, the noise, the flow of traffic building personality revealed no doubt.

East, West, look, first meet exotic initial curiosity, we almost lost, the good news is that soon, our aim is not to be here.

The station gate, streets, is clearly visible in the distance stands for the number of landmark high-rise buildings, it is the financial centre of Frankfurt.

Turn right onto southbound lanes, street, side looked the city, a will to us-Yin River.

This is flowing river in the South of the city of Frankfurt, is said to be a branch of the Rhine. Unfortunately, the late winter and early spring sky cloud looming around the Sun, the soft sunlight makes the water look not so pure and clear. The temperature is cold or hot, and the wind was slightly moist, very comfortable.

Cross the bridge to the South Shore, here the city scene is just around the railway station and the central business district.

On the South side of the road is wide, wooded, building mostly 0005 small-scale, only 4-6 storey antique houses and traditional architecture with local features and past imprinting, occasionally shuttle and vehicles, is not to disturb the quiet here.

Although not yet on the new signs of leaf bud, you can mind can imagine spring/summer season of share and neatly and beautiful.

This is a residential area, also with many small, each with characteristics of museums, art galleries.

Near coast of Scotty McKay road (Schaumainkai) have an alias called "Museumsufer", so that the us also have Yin Henan shore "Museum of the Bank's reputation."

Figure 1-Central Station Hall, station Plaza, South Bank of the river scenery, Jeanne

Find what you want, we soon found the first visit to the target — the Art Institute and Museum.

The Art Institute itself is building classical style of the old House, medium base, thick walls, love onek pillars with complex exquisite line of the eaves, elegant arch coupons, Emboss and statue decoration, …. History in the building's surface is clearly visible.

Additions section is concise and simple modern shape, the surface of white stone walls are handled flat and smooth, with window, door, steel and glass canopy, air seem cantilever, and more details, have become our observation of exploration, collection objects.

Additional parts are connected with the old buildings, is now a restaurant, restaurant-platform distraction of umbrellas and courtyard with lush foliage and branches of trees, the environmental analysis of responses is very elegant.

New from the old in the inheritance, old or new in radiating energy.

New and old, in perfect integration, height here... ...

Urban development, certainly not deny new thing.

Leave the Museum to continue eastbound, then came to the Museum of posts and telecommunications, which is building a fully modern style of small buildings! ground only second floor, street side is narrow, not big dimension, glass, steel, concrete, metal plates, and so on the application of modern materials, with a sharp angle.

Door bronze horse keg may be old and telecommunications equipment, and the entry hall group of coarse knitting wool weaving and old phone do the head, the receiver when the foot of the flock immediately attracted a multitude of sculpture, their lifelike, actions vary, immersing, looked up, HA HA, good fun!

Why do you want to use the telephone? does the sheep's head, the sculpture, the Museum's design concept and it shows all the posts and telecommunications, are metaphors to today's postal and telecommunications services have already passed from the Shepherd of the past into the booming Internet information era?!

Go to the corner of the film Museum, which is Germany's first Museum of this kind, using the old manor house remodeling.

Towards the river and away from the two facade is preserved, as urban history Association, and the rest were pulled down. The entrance to the building's lobby, sturdy red sandstone dolphins on the brass tubes, supports and mirror glass canopy, so that the original residence have characteristics of public buildings.

Unfortunately, time constraints, all seen in the Museum, you can only observe the building itself, but have no time to observe the inside of the exhibits.

These themes every Museum, want to come inside the exhibition will also be a unique and attractive! this movie is in the basement of the MuseumA film projection room, really want to see the movie inside! and we can only take a few door hurried, went looking for the PP next focus on goals.

Figure 2-the Art Institute of additions Art Museum, Museum of posts and telecommunications and telecommunications Museum, Interior view, film Museum

Frankfurt Technology Museum, United States architect Richard · Mayer, one of the most important works are his "white party" personal style pure embodiment of project examples.

Critics say it is "modernism left Germany 50 years after two generations of the United States, and a product of Patria".

Remember many years ago, when it has just completed the Yan-sur, also in the University's own and the students, from magazines to see its picture, blue sky, pure white walls, structures, ramp, platforms, railings, stairs, handrails ...

The amount of geometry and building image, highly visual impact, it is carved into people's memory, the information that came with the drawings, and easily let people read, it immediately became we do of course design study, follow the object!

Now, you can zero distance to contact!

Museum main entrance facing the West side, this is a piece of Art Museum and Park, connected to the West, the ancient rattan green-haired, old, large tracts of green grass to the White House's feet in the afternoon sun is coming from the West direct, sky while no impression so blue, white and blue contrast is not very strong, pale blue background but let this building covered with a hint of poetry.

Striding up close, metal Panel walls, underground yard, crossed by pedestrian paths, soar far architecture, arcs and straight shape ...

From books, those memories in reality one was confirmed. This museum ground only three floors around the inner court layout, a public service area, the second and third floors of the exhibition area. Architecture of the northeast corner was originally a 19th century old House, appearance redecorating, from the new part of the air-frame over the glass corridor, making the old House has become the exhibition space. The insertion of the trail and see through the glass, Interior ramp so that internal and external space circulation, transform, blending, have a very rich sense of depth.

Wander in the building's perimeter, internal, and friend with careful research, surveyed, tasting local building as a whole and, somehow, to personally observe and touch it by hand, no longer have the original mood from understanding it on a picture.

Perhaps, after time makes, or compounds, remains unchanged, but people do, but have no longer the old simple, then look at this matter, more aware of, is a pragmatic and functional side.

Figure 3-Frankfurt Technology Museum

Although a long time here to stay, but we still don't have enough time to visit the in-house exhibition.

Leave the Technology Museum, look up, North Shore business district of Frankfurt Bank headquarters building, that building a railway station on the line of sight has been firmly grasp the people, and always occupy the vision of tall buildings, is next to the goal of the visit.

A walk through beautiful Yan River, not far from the Church sharp contours, there should be the old city centre of Frankfurt, unfortunately this time no opportunities to play.

Look back at technology museum, complements in dense jungle, slowly through the river of framed it .. ....

Frankfurt Bank headquarters building, United Kingdom architects foster and partners of the firm's work.

First name sounds may not be lay members are aware, but brought Hong Kong new airport and the famous HSBC headquarters building, as known, no one does not know! they are from the first hand!

Frankfurt, this building is the world's first "ecological" super high-rise building, (more than 100 meters is super), flat triangular's building, like the three-leaf petals with a flower, the petals are Office, middle end through flower stem from heaven hollow Hall, playing the role of natural ventilation for the internal architecture has created a rich landscape.

Three faces turn uplink and 4 storey elevated garden to the air inside each Office corner brings green things like.

This 53-300-metre-high tower, completed in 1997, has been the continent's highest skyscraper.

Its unique image and traveled in height, making it very eye-catching signs to Frankfurt!

Bypass streets, came to the foot of the building, entrance in the North, the spacious terrace of about two stories high, extending into the hallway, a bit of a solemn and dignified.

Entry hall, high width, empty, flat, smooth walls, floors, ceilings, apart from a small desk and several called humble armchairs, almost no slip of useless things, so the size of a building that is home to the usual office building lobby decorated with a variety of services and facilities, really simple simplicity to the extreme! surprised!

Look through the layers of glass of insulating Hall, clearly visible high in the sky, a subsidiary of coffee, but slack, the Museum.

The lobby of the corner are two statue, that on a door scratches the glass happy cleaning, have just come from outside climbing stairs is a real person when thought! maybe 911 incident management is here, there is no reservation, and therefore cannot enter the elevator on the floor, the sky garden we have seen.

Figure 4-Frankfurt Bank headquarters building

Commercial banks are in a region that is the financial centre of Frankfurt, and high-rises.

Through this period, many buildings from the side, many have met in information, Vu, hehe! that DG Bank building, a railway station on the left-hand side of the top has a semi-circular "which" seems to be toward us-Yin River greeting greetings!

Although this so-called European continent level and the highest concentration of super high-rise building, you can feel, intensive enough to hold a candle to Hong Kong or Shanghai Pudong.

It was getting dark, our visitors also come to an end.

Here and the time difference in Beijing, 7 hours to figure out is 1 am Beijing time, no wonder kunyi difficult to gauge! take the subway back to the airport. In fact, half an afternoon stroll, never forget to watch the car on the street. Most notable is the Mercedes-Benz "SMART" car, sit, styling are also open very fast! very cute drop!, of course, all new Audi is also very rare, Mercedes and Audi's rental, must sit spacious and comfortable!

Airport security is no longer the customs, but may not, in harsh, coat off, everyone was up and searched, bag backpack across the monitor also be turned off at the end, even shoes also off the afternoon arrival inspection! has seen the airport diagram, know the Frankfurt airport is large, this is imparted! airport is divided into A, B, C three district, from A1 to A30 gate, although all have automatic transfer belt, but we all felt they walk down the long road, endless, judged to have more than 1 km, it is no wonder that all staff have seen riding a bicycle to and from A district's only! 42 gate!

Figure 5-Mei yin River Scenic North coastal scenery and Frankfurt skyscraper district

Cheap flights to Bilbao is still a Lufthansa, local night 8 point 25 take off on time, no dinner, just send a dry bread, wading, with hot coffee, but also feel quite delicious!, all the way without landing sandy and airport on time.

The airport also plan to visit, but also for time, departure waiting for clearance of checked baggage, hand clap point internal photos.

Add our endeavor and the car early, get on the train, to urban areas.

Out of the airport, the road becomes the twists and turns, Switchback continuously down the original airport is located in the mountains of the Plains. In fact, the airport is only 16 km from the town, will soon see the stars in the flickering light in urban areas, there are fireworks in the sky, in the discharge of interplay, the color, the city seems to be put on a sparkling dress suit. A housing on both sides, looks are sagas about 10 storey residential building, into groups and built on the hillside of oblique inclined to form very large living area, walk through intervening, remains bent slope. This kind of terrain and topography, reminiscent of Chongqing.

To the hotel, car, the crowd a commotion, side of the road in front of the Cross River, the gugenheim Museum, that through various media are so familiar with building image, appeared in our eyes a little excitement, mood!, original trip to Bilbao Hotel is the most important goal so close! night deep, but the extraordinary profile is so clear!

Enter the hotel, there is also a bright lobby space, the colors, decoration, decoration, furnishings, are full of modern design concept! anyway to stay two nights, have plenty of time to watch carefully.

Quickly run in, get into the room, the night of 11 points, the distance from Beijing, has more than 24 hours awake, trapped! even if so, wash up on the bed before the curtains on the outside of the sky, just when you get off the ground is wet air floating slight rain, or heavy clouds, but in my heart, I hope tomorrow is a good weather so we can see the splendid Sun of the gugenheim Museum!!

Tips:

1, Frankfurt airport is Europe's busiest transit airport, now established mobile Chinese public information, any different from the domestic to the Airlines flight arrival, in a machine mouth following has China service personnel in waiting until people go out to the point, and so on other flights to undo.

Of course, the airport has the "I" in the Help Center, you can get a free city map.

2. go to other cities in Europe in Frankfurt turn is often the case, if you like we do a bit of time, can take the subway to the city centre.

Airport to town centre line is S8 and S9 line, the airport has a distinct identity, it is easy to find. We sat 3 station from the Airport (journey time 11 minutes) at the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof), the old town center 5 and get off at station Hauptwache, there is the famous Goethe's former residence and Frankfurt Cathedral.

3, S8 from the airport, passing and S9 "S-Bahn" is actually a suburban railway, on the ground, to the city to underground.

Airport station and the central railway station platform 2, 3 lines with the same platform, take a close look at the platform at the top of the screen, so that on the wrong bus. Platform on airfares are punctual.

4, shown on the ticket is too complex, Germany Metro should be different according to the mileage partition, such as fares have no time to look at.

The airport has a artificial ticketing, going to a destination, there are five collective votes, average down about cheaper than single 30%. Metro didn't export import machine no one ticket, reportedly with the tickets, and never vote or votes and were riding trips, be penalized.

5. about Lufthansa.

Prior to accidentally see online Terai from Shanghai to Frankfurt, Lufthansa economy class seats on the plane, I knew the crowded. Fly between Beijing and Frankfurt, or 747, the spacing before or after the row is very tense, barely sit straight. Then fly to Bilbao and flying from Frankfurt, Barcelona, relaxed, although it is a small aircraft.

This is the most I sit uncomfortable airplane, go back in time, will be in big trouble, this is the time to sleep, simply sit down, 9 hour flight time is 3 hours standing! suffering! many other aircraft were also so!, next to those who sympathize with high horse big Germany Devils! think airline airfare benefits but to resist it! if you separate to Germany, it is best not to sit Lufthansa!