Does the pedestrian bridge over the Main River qualify as being tethered I wonder? What is it about bridges that lure me to walk to the middle, pause for a bit and gaze into the distance? We don’t have too many bridges over rivers here. Most of them are over freeways and the nearest river is 100kms to the south. There is a pull of opposites, a gravity-defying act that lures me to bridges and a need to see what’s on the other side.
Suspension pedestrian bridge over the River Main in Frankfurt Bridge.
Tether .
(Scroll down to see the gallery, click on any photo to enlarge).
I got blissfully lost in Frankfurt whilst searching for the Goethehaus. Enjoy the gallery of the pics I took – living in Johannesburg, Frankfurt is deliciously orderly.
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
Close up detail of the statue atop the main entrance of the Frankfurt Am Main Hauptbanhof ©2017 Regina Martins
Close up detail of the statue atop the main entrance of the Frankfurt Am Main Hauptbanhof ©2017 Regina Martins
Westendstraße 1, the crown atop reminiscent of the Statue of Liberty, but is also intended as a reminder to Frankfurt’s history as the city where German emperors were crowned (Wikipedia) ©2017 Regina Martins
Westendstraße 1 ©2017 Regina Martins
The crown of the Westendstraße 1, the third tallest building in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Sunday festivities by the side of the Main river ©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Sailing on the Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
Walking towards Westhafen Tower ©2017 Regina Martins
Westhafen Tower ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Pedestrian bridge over the Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Rowing on the Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Sunday afternoon river walk ©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Walking by the side of the Main river in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
©2017 Regina Martins
Pedestrian bridge over the Main river ©2017 Regina Martins
A perspective of a street ©2017 Regina Martins
Looking out from the Main river side ©2017 Regina Martins
Pedestrian bridge over the Main river ©2017 Regina Martins
More beautiful sights in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
River cruise – this was a huge barge-like boat ©2017 Regina Martins
Another view ©2017 Regina Martins
A festive restaurant is housed in this historical looking building ©2017 Regina Martins
The sun was begining to lower when I took this photo ©2017 Regina Martins
Through the trees ©2017 Regina Martins
Commerzbank Tower ©2017 Regina Martins
Commerzbank Tower ©2017 Regina Martins
Gutenberg Memorial ©2017 Regina Martins
Gutenberg Memorial ©2017 Regina Martins
Gutenberg Memorial ©2017 Regina Martins
Gutenberg Memorial ©2017 Regina Martins
Japan Center ©2017 Regina Martins
Old and new ©2017 Regina Martins
Goethehaus, Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Goethehaus, Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Goethehaus, Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Goethehaus, Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Looks who is welcoming visitors to the Goethehaus… ©2017 Regina Martins
Welcome to the Goethehaus, Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Outside the Goethehaus, Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Buildings, older ones in a street in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Contrasting colours ©2017 Regina Martins
Solid and stoic it stands ©2017 Regina Martins
Wonderfully dramatic ©2017 Regina Martins
Willy-Brandt-Platz, Euro Bank sculpture ©2017 Regina Martins
And yet another, coexisting quite comfortably with the modern skyscrapers next to them ©2017 Regina Martins
Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt’s central business district, statue next to the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt’s central business district, statue next to the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt’s central business district, statue next to the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
Dramatically ornate building ©2017 Regina Martins
Off the beaten path in Frankfurt ©2017 Regina Martins
There’s something to be said for getting lost in a city of magnificent historical buildings ©2017 Regina Martins
Another find whilst looking for the Goethehaus ©2017 Regina Martins
This building was being renovated, one of the finds whilst looking for the Goethehaus ©2017 Regina Martins
One of the road I got lost in while searching for the Goethehaus ©2017 Regina Martins
The colours of the older buildings contrasting with the monochromatic steel and glass of the modern towers ©2017 Regina Martins
On my way to the Goethehaus ©2017 Regina Martins
One of the road I got lost in while searching for the Goethehaus ©2017 Regina Martins
Bicycles parked in front of the Frankfurt Am Main Hauptbanhof ©2017 Regina Martins
Looking out at the Westendstraße 1 from the Hauptbanhof ©2017 Regina Martins
Main entrance to the Frankfurt Am Main Hauptbanhof ©2017 Regina Martins
Clock at Frankfurt Am Main Hauptbanhof ©2017 Regina Martins
Frankfurt Am Main Hauptbanhof ©2017 Regina Martins
I love the orderly architecture of this building ©2017 Regina Martins
Eurotower, the seat of the European Central Bank ©2017 Regina Martins
One of the things I love about Frankfurt is the old buildings coexisting harmoniously next to tall modern skyscrapers
Eurotower, the seat of the European Central Bank ©2017 Regina Martins
Order.
Mozambican-born Portuguese South African; reflecting on travel, writing, editing, life, family and change that has social impact; chief wide eyed in wanderer, wonderer and bottlewasher
