18:34 CET
Spent the day at the Frankfurt Weinnachtsmarkt (the one in Giessen is two or three blocks long, this was literally a mile long). More food, more wares, more crowds. Lots of tourists, Asians and Americans. In the middle of it, Mom and I rebelled and went to an actual restaurant.



Okay, we didn't rebel but the relatives had "lunch" along the streets and we planned early on to go somewhere with unusual things, like a roof and tables and such...



It was dreary gray but "warm" (6 to 11 degrees C). It made Frankfurt look like it needed a city-wide dose of Prozac. The cityscape is a combination of the very old and very modern.



In the end, it looked Christmasy but didn't feel Christmasy.

Tomorrow we get transferred to somewhere near Köln (Koiln) (nee Cologne) to The Cousin. Joy.