Frankfurt - Post Report Question and Answers
What have been the highlights of your time in this country? Best trips or experiences?
You can fly anywhere. The airport is a 30 minute taxi ride away. Flights to just about anywhere, so starting saving those miles! - Jun 2024
The Christmas markets were magical, and the children also enjoyed the Kürbis festivals all over town. We visited what felt like a million castles, but the best was getting the chance to stay overnight in one. I believe my children will never forget that experience. Legoland is worth the trip, and the trip to see the mud flats in the North Sea coast was awesome. - Oct 2022
Frankfurt is the geographic center of the EU, so you can be anywhere you want to be by car, train, or plane, in 3 hours or fewer. Take full advantage of that. The best experiences are any regional event: Carnival in Koln, Hogmanay in Edinburgh, Silvester in Vienna, etc. - Feb 2022
Frankfurt is the best for young families and we'll never forget all our amazing weekends spend biking around the city and the greater Frankfurt area. - Oct 2021
Munich October fest, Heidelberg, Strasbourg France Christmas market, Rothenburg ob der Tauber is an amazing little town to see over spring or christmas, Christmas markets in general are beautiful and amazing to see, Rudesheim has a neat cable car view of the Rhine river. The list can go on and on. You have so much access to not only Germany but several other countries. - Mar 2020
Traveling outside of Frankfurt. Get in your car and just drive. It's fun. - Mar 2020
Local soccer. Street Festivals. Spring and October Fests. Christmas markets. Honestly, if you can't have a good time in Germany, you might want to rethink whether you want to be an expat anywhere. - Feb 2020
Living in a first world country after Africa is such a relief. You won't save money here but it is almost like being on home leave all the time. Life is easy. - Sep 2019
Soccer. Oktoberfest. Street festivals. Wine festivals. The Rhein Valley. Trains to anywhere. Easy flights to anywhere. - Apr 2019
Travel, travel, travel. Be like the Germans and take advantage of the fact that Frankfurt is the rail/air hub of Europe. We saw much of Europe and beyond. - Jan 2017
There are lots of fun festivals in and around Frankfurt. As an air and train travel hub, it's very easy to travel in Germany and internationally. - Aug 2016
Traveling! - Feb 2016
Traveling Europe - Dec 2015
Touring old Rhine valley castles, checking out the frequent street festivals, weekend trips to France, Switzerland, Prague, Munich, etc. Cheap and plentiful beer, and pretzels sold almost everywhere :) - Jun 2014
Travel opportunities, great biking trails and beautiful outdoor cafes. - Mar 2014
Some of the highlights have been attending the Oktoberfest in Munich, visiting many castles, and trips to Budapest, Paris, and Rotterdam. - Nov 2013
See above. Moselle Valley, Alscace Region, Munich, Hamburg, cheap travel. Great parks within Frankfurt. - Mar 2012
Traveling around Europe, and driving on the Autobahn. Compare with its neighbors, I don't find Germany to be that charming, and Frankfurt as a city is very dull. - Oct 2011
Traveling. Although it's expensive, you have to get off the compound and travel. - Jul 2010
