Germany: Must-do's?

[furtech]

I'm going to be in Germany in late August and was wondering if anyone had any cool must-do's or see's in the Frankfurt area. I'll be travelling with someone slightly familiar with the country, but who is gimpy and slightly allergic to unnecessary-fun (tourist traps, wine tasting, sight-seeing). So ideal suggestions would be cool destinations-- like the ultimate flea-market or surplus stores or used book districts. Super ideal would be "the museum of werewolf costumes and wolf puppets" (but I'm not holding my breath). Unfortunately, the one big festival around that time-- Museumsuferfest Frankfurt. -- occurs directly opposite the event I'm going over for. The "Fairy-Tale Road sounds neat-- but that's for a longer trip. Also falls under "unnecessary-fun". We have maybe a day or two extra that we could add. Anything great in the (stage) theaters in Frankfurt this summer? Anything? Hello?

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[kyyanno.livejournal.com]

If you're in the area of the event I think you're talking about in the day or two before, gimme a shout if you want to meet for drinks of an evening, as utlah74 and I are going to be there from the Sunday evening.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Yup-- that event! Considering how much Jagermeister was consumed at the con, drinking and socializing shouldn't be much of a problem! We're going to try and get in a day early to see Suhl and hang out, so I'll probably see you!

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

Frankfurt zoo?

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Oooh-- hadn't thought about the zoo at Frankfurt! Last time we went to the little zoo in Suhl, which is nice (probably lots nicer if it isn't raining). Must research Frankfurt Zoo!

[featherlady-jt.livejournal.com]

It's quite a ways west of Frankfurt, but I've been to this one it's a good one - the Bad Duerkheim Weinfest is held in late August. And if ya don't mind wandering 'round the R.-Pfalz, I've got more - you can schedule a tour of the tunnels and catacombs beneath Emperor Barbarosa's castle in Kaiserslautern - you can actually see the bones of a knight and his horse down there. Further west in the town of Homburg are the palace mountain caverns which are 11 levels of totally hand-dug caves and tunnels, and entire city underground. 4 of those levels (at least when I was there) are open for tour. Frankenstein castle is near the town of Hochspeyer - it was just ruins when I was there but I understand now they have tours. Tip of the iceberg.

sorry I wish I knew more about the immediate Frankfurt area... I did spent 2 years living in the Pfalz west of there and did a LOT of exploring. So if ya have any possibilities of heading out that way, I can definitely give you some ideas... well, *more* ideas. :)

[furtech.livejournal.com]

Oooh-- cool suggestions! I have this fantasy-vision of the horse and knight skeleton standing in the catacombs just like in a horror movie...but I'm guessing that they are more respectfully interred. Frankenstein Castle looks really cool (I peeked at Google). Definitely tempted (not too far from Frankfurt!).

[fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com]

Use this search form to search Frankfurt, Germany and you'll turn up around 25 book stores and book dealers in Frankfurt. Mind, some of these may be "by appointment only" places so you'll have to flip through the listings to find open ones.

And here's a different list of Bookdealers in Germany The ones marked "open store" have physical locations with regular hours. All the rest are by appointment only places.

[kvogel.livejournal.com]

"Gimpy"?? and I love wine tasting. Did Bad Dirchiem way back when, weee!

[albrecht-fur.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm assuming you're heading to that particular Suhl based happening in the bond villains hideout that is the Ringburg. Nice to see you enjoyed it enough last year to come again.

There's always the Sachsenhausen district if you're in a museum kinda mood, including the Liebieghaus (ancient sculpture), the museum of applied art (textiles, ceramics etc.) and the German Film Museum.
It's also very good for apple wine :P

[doco.livejournal.com]

If you're in a group, an interesting place to visit that is close by is the Waldgeist Hofheim (http://www.supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20060321183608672), although they apparently do need a reservation beforehand...