Frankfurt in 2 days

"Mince"

Well, I guess that is phonetic. It's Mainz. It's west of Frankfurt on the main S-Bahn line that goes through FRA. And you can read about things to see at www.mainz.de.

I think of Mainz as a convenient and relatively inexpensive place to spend a last night before flying out of FRA. However, it does have at least one attraction, that being it's 800 year old Cathedral. I think there is part of an existing Roman wall there, as well as a museum to Gutenberg, who "invented" printing.

Thanks for the info Lee.

Do you or anyone else reading this know of any famous old bars or breweries in or around Frankfurt?

Seeing how Rick decided that Mainz wasn't worth visiting, here are some reasons why you might want to visit.

• The cathedral is actually 1000 years old. One of Charlemagnes wives, Fastrada, is buried here, as she died in Frankfurt while they were living there in 794.

• The Chagall windows in St. Stephens are amazing. You step into a glowing blue space.

• The temple ruins to Isis and Magna Mater in the Romer Passage. This is a pretty cool experience and free.

• St. Peters, beautiful Baroque church

• St. Augustiner, Baroque church with original painted vaulted ceiling from the early 1700's

• Roman ampitheater

• Antique Ship Museum

• Landes Museum Mainz

• Roman ruins scattered through-out the town

Now, for historic places in Frankfurt:

• St. Leonards, built in 1219, home of the only "hanging vault" ever built (all original except for part of the roof)

• Deutsche Ordens Church, (Teutonic Order of Knights) built in 1309 (all original)

• Alte Nikolai, built in 1270 (all original except for the roof)

• Kaiserdom, Imperial cathedral location for electing over 30 Emperors and coronations for 10 Emperors

• Karmeliter Cloister and the 150 meters of Jörge Ratgeb wall frescos painted 1513-1519

• Eschenheimer Turm, guard tower built in 1425 (all original)

• Jewish Holocaust Memorial Wall, over 12,000 names of the Jewish citizens of Frankfurt who were killed by the nazis. Includes Anne Frank, her sister Margot and their mother, Edith. Surrounds the medieval Jewish cemetery, one of the oldest and largest in Germany. Do visit the Judengasse Museum next door. Has 5 cellars from the Jewish Ghetto where the Jewish Community was forced to live from 1462-1810.

• Alte Oper, built in 1880, and very beautiful

• Höchst, neighborhood of Frankfurt, lots of cobblestone streets lined with half-timbered houses and home of the Justinus church built in 850, one of the very few original Carolingen churches in existence.

• Klein Markt Halle, wonderful indoor produce market

• the neighborhoods of Bornheim and the Berger Strasse and/or Sachsenhausen and the Schweizer Strasse.

Where is the holocaust wall? I would like to see that..

As far as a resturant i loved Adolf Wagner's in Schweizer Strasse, i think its there if Im not mistaken. Maybe Jo can help.. I enjoyed the Pork Schnitzel and fried potatoes with "green sauce" and a glass of Apple Wine.

The Jewish Holocaust Memorial Wall is about 3 blocks from the Kaiserdom. If you walk down Braubach strasse past the Museum of Modern Art, you will run right into it. It is also next to the Judengasse Museum, one of my favorite museums in Frankfurt.

Adolph Wagners is ok, but have heard a lot of complaints lately about them. There are tons of traditional German restaurants in Frankfurt to choose from though, most notably in Bornheim or over in the Sachsenhausen applewine pub district. One of my faves is Dauth-Schneider. The Schweizer Strasse though, is a beautiful street to walk down and set in a lovely neighborhood. Nice, late 1800's architecture and unique little stores, cafes and restaurants.

Stick with whatever Jo says. She's always been right and really is most knowledgeable. To her recommendations add Berger St. in Frankfurt-Bornheim, which is a great neighborhood restaurants and pubs street. It'll be a very, very long walk as the street is longer than the Champs Elysees in Paris but start at Merianplatz (Merian Square) and walk up (NE-bound) all the way to "Zur Sonne", a restaurant built in the 1500s that's been there ever since. Tiny rooms inside as the building is that old, but great local food - and great beer garden (or better: cider garden)!!