Snipet from Germany-Day One -Frankfurt

I'm going to try to catch up on Germany in little bits here and there.
-I was surprised at how frustrated I was not being able to read the language...and they have SO MANY LONG words--poor children in spelling bees. Michael assures me they just like to put several words together to make a word so it's not as bad as it looks.
-The Hostel we stayed in the first two nights was impressive considering the price. It was RIGHT on the Main River...and i will try not to make you crazy telling you about EVERY run...but my runs were AMAZING. In Frankfurt I ran along the river. The trees were in full fall glory and the HUMONGOUS leaves would waft down on me. It was dark and I was amazed that I wasn't afraid--the path was so well lit and you could see the other side of the city all lit up and the other running and walking path on the other side of the River. I couldn't believe that the whole world wasn't joining me. I passed very few bikers . They aren't like Americans---they do not say Hello --they pretend you aren't there. The weather couldn't have been more perfect--cool, but not cold. The walking and biking path was incredibly beautiful and these huge barges would come up beside me and they were so quiet I wouldn't know they were there until they got ahead of me. I saw swans sleeping while floating in the water. I never knew they layed their necks back on themselves like they did. In the picture at the bottom you can see the path and it was taken just outside the Hostel.
-EVERY morning we awoke to find breakfast in one of these bakeries...oh I LIKED that!
-EVERYWHERE is this amazing architecture...I felt like I was in a Disney movie. We look hashed in these pictures because we'd just gotten off the plane, left our stuff at the hostel and were trying to stay awake to get on their time. I am old. It took me 4 days to start feeling okay.