Around Frankfurt

One holiday when there wasn't much traffic, I jogged downtown.  

Cities on rivers are so picturesque.

Especially when summer comes. This is one of the first blue-sky days. 

Look at everybody enjoying themselves.

Within walking distance of us is this house with a moat - right near the city!

Here's one of many fun sculptures in a wading pool

And Preungesheim Prison, right in a residential area. They even have a section for mothers of children aged 3 and under. They like to keep them together.

 

Some of us went to the Monet exhibit downtown. Jack and Vonnie Sharpe, June Smith and I loved it.

Wonderful!

Brother Blacoe gave us his last tour of downtown Frankfurt.  Born in Ireland, married to a German woman, he has educated missionaries and others for years.  Nickname  "Blacoe-pedia."

He showed us where the original Jewish synagogue was downtown. When it was burned down, after the war, young men salvaged the bricks and walked them out to our cemetery to build these walls around their Jewish section.

Cute Bella and Mia (via Rachel) sent us these "hugs" for Mother's and Father's Day.

We love thinking of their hugs when we go to bed every night.

 Here's our address. You can send us letters using a US stamp through the pouch anytime.  (hint hint)