Frankfurt (apparently you're not allowed to say Frankfurter unless you are physically in Frankfurt - weird eh?)

My last post in Europe. I am going to try not to dwell on this sad fact while I fill my last night with as much excitment as possible. (But I'm still sad, I can feel Europe withdrawal already.)

Well, this night I spend in Frankfurt, since I am flying home from here. Frankfurt is not really "delivering" the way I thought it would. When I got here, I was positively surprised that my hostel was a stone's throw away from the train station and metro. However, there were some lewd pictures in some store windows on my way here, but I didn't really think anything of it. I mean, I'm in Europe right? Back to that in a moment...

I got to my hostel, and decided to go sightseeing right away. Frankfurt is a very modern-looking city, with ancient churches in between tall skyscrapers. I don't think I've seen anything like it in Europe yet! The nightlife here was great too - I walked downtown around 9, and there were already parties and people having fun in the streets.

I walked back along the river, and then along my street again, and noticed the number of neon lights spelling out words such as "sex", or "erotic", or "peep". I also noticed a high percentage of male visitors on the street, which were not there before. Upon looking in my guide book, I noticed that I was smack dab in the middle of the red light district of Frankfurt! No wonder there were pictures of breasts all around me... Dad and Mom, don't worry - this wasn't an "in your face" kind of red light district, it was... as decent and clean as a district like that can be.

Either way, I think I am calling it an early night - it's funny how midnight seems much too early to go to bed right now. My plane leaves early afternoon, but I've heard that the airport in Frankfurt is tourist attraction in itself, so I will count that in to my tour.

I don't want to dwell, but I will really, really, really miss Europe. My heart is not ready to go back, but unfortunately my wallet and career are. I also would like to mention that I have about 5 Gigs of media from my digicam, so be careful if you ask to see pictures, because I WILL show them all to you. Even the portraits I took of my "20 km a day" feet. A very detailed portfolio. Be ready!