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Autumn in Frankfurt

October 20, 2012 /

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. -Albert Camus

Autumn is the best season of all and probably the best time of the year to travel the world. Photographers love autumn as much as painters do and being an enthusiast in capturing nature at its best as well as paint them, I am truly thankful to have visited Frankfurt. The credit all goes to Malaysia Airlines and the people behind it who are willing to sponsor me the flight ticket to Frankfurt and back. I was flewn to Frankfurt to attend Frankfurt Book Fair and gain knowledge about book and illustrations licensing as well as to build network and promote my artworks across the globe but hey, the idiom ‘kill two birds with one stone’ really applies to my visit here. Achieving two objectives at the same time seems like a good idea; visiting book fair and explore Frankfurt! In autumn!

And so, in between book fair, I went wandering around the city of Frankfurt with two things on my mind; go find trees (and flowers) and old buildings/houses. Being born in a lush tropical forest in the heart of Pahang, I have always been in love with  nature and as for the old buildings, it must’ve been the architecture; it is every bit as artistic and creative as painting or drawing. I’m drawn to anything artistic.

The city
Frankfurt is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and a city that has some of the highest, most avant-garde skyscrapers of Europe next to well maintained old buildings. The down town area, especially Römerberg draws millions of tourists every year. Frankfurt is the place where Germany’s major autobahns and railways intersect. More than 600,000 people commute to the city each day, not counting the 691,000 people who really live here. With a huge airport — the third-largest in Europe — it is the gateway to Germany and for many people also the first point of arrival in Europe as well as a prime hub for interconnections within Europe and for intercontinental flights.


Frankfurt cityline.


Autobahn.

Autumn
Autumn in Germany starts around Sept. 23 – Dec. 21 as it is in the northern hemisphere. I enjoyed the colours of autumn leaves and the changing fall foliage never fails to delight me. I think I went crazy snapping photos with my two cameras. In total, I have 1494 photos captured!

Below are some photos that best depicts autumn in Frankfurt (imagine me walking with one camera hung on my neck and the other clung to my right hand).


By the Main River.


Orange needles of a pine tree.


Oak trees.


Red climbing vine.


Palmengarten Botanical Garden.


Rose seeds.


Maple leaves.

Autumn was also known as the harvest season as this season provides the ideal conditions for harvesting crops. Here’s a picture of pumpkins and gourds and its by-products.


Zierkürbisse.

Old buildings
Frankfurt’s history can be experienced today through a large number of historical buildings. In addition to the city’s world-famous landmarks such as Römer, Frankfurt Cathedral, Hauptwache Police Station, Goethehaus and many more. I captured a lot of old buildings photos and here are some.


Römer Town Hall building. This oldest section of the town hall consists of three different structures with stepped gables, originally built between the 15th and 18th century in Gothic style.


Frankfurt Cathedral is a Gothic church dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.


The baroque Hauptwache is a former police station turned into a cafe.


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born here in 1749.

Inspiration
Such images around Frankfurt inspired me to paint some watercolour paintings for my personal keeps. At first I just wanted them to be in pencil or pen sketches but that will not do justice to autumn and I decided to have them coloured.


Buildings in Römerberg.


Autumn leaves.


Pumpkins and gourds.

Travel to Frankfurt with MAS
If you are planning to go somewhere and experience autumn, Frankfurt is one of the best places. You can fly with Malaysia Airlines (MAS) as it offers daily  non-stop flights from Kuala Lumpur to Frankfurt. Saves you the hassle of stopover problems.

Check out some of MASholidays most exciting travel deals online where you can choose combinations of Flight + Hotel, Flight + Transfer, Flight + Tour or Flight + Car. Tours in Frankfurt by MASHoliday includes Frankfurt Hop-on Hop-off (9 hours) and Wertheim Village Outlet Shopping (5 hours).

 

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