I chose the latter, what made me enjoy of a 4 hours trip through the Mosel and Rhine valleys. However, it was getting dark and I could not see much from the train. Besides, I was quite tired and not really looking forward to sightseeing. Anyway, my question is how it is possible that the only train link between two European financial major cities such as Luxembourg and Frankfurt is so slow. 240 kilometres in 2 hours does not look like a good average...
Just after arriving in Frankfurt, I went to dinner with Anda to a Mexican restaurant, where I had a burger, not very Mexican, to be honest.
On Saturday, Juan and I rented a car and went to Limburg and Weilburg. Limburg has a beautiful cathedral on top of a hill, what gives the town its famous image (see picture in this post). The city centre (Altstadt) is also remarkable, very typical with timbered houses and paved streets. Limburg is part of Jakob's Way ("Camino de Santiago" in Spanish) and that day it was a Jubileum day, so we might have won some indulgencies, after all.My Lonely Planet guide of Germany said that it was possible to take a road following upstream river Lahn, reaching Weilburg in the end. This road is supposed to be very enjoyable (at least, much more than the highway). Well, our navigator did not agree with this idea and just sent us through the highway. So, we had a boring trip to our next destination: Weilburg.
Weilburg was quite an important city in the Middle Age, as it was home of the Nassau-Weilburg families. However, in current times, this significance has disappeared and one can feels that it is a city in certain decadence. However, the baroque palace uphill and the views of it from the hill in the other side of the river deserve the visit. From a certain point of view, Weilburg is like a little Heidelberg, isn't it?
But the most surprising of all is the shipping tunnel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weilburg#Buildings. The ruling governor of the city decided to built it in order to avoid going around the peninsula in Weilburg and when we were in front of the tunnel, we both thought that it was too much, just too complicated for the XIXth century.Saturday finished with a nice dinner in Wagner's, my favourite German restaurant in Frankfurt, where no other drink but "Apfelwein" is served, je, je, je.
On Sunday, I had a busy day: I had breakfast with Dominik and his 3-year-old son Luis; it is amazing how much Luis has changed since March, when I last met him. Nowadays, his German is much better than mine, for example. Then, I had lunch (or "brunch")
in the city centre with Urszula, surrounded by runners of the marathon. We were supposed to meet in Alte Oper but that was also an important point of the marathon and, in the end, it was not that easy... Finally, in the evening, I went back home to the aiport, since I was not feeling very well. In the VIP lounge, I met my big boss, who was in Frankfurt because he had taken part in the marathon, but could not finish it as he was injured: after 18 kilometres he had to give up...By the way, can you see the runner to the right flying? He is not touching the ground at all.
To sum up, I had some great and amazing autumn days back in Luxembourg and Frankfurt...
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