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Freizeit im Frankfurt, Mainz, und Hanau
Jun. 25th, 2018 07:35 pmWith a free day and weekend before the International Supercomputing Conference, the opportunity was available to have a micro-holiday. The hotel room at the Hotel Adler wasn't available at the early hour of arrival, so in a half-asleep state took the opportunity to visit the impressive Naturmuseum Senckenberg. The following day went the nearby town of Mainz, which just so happened to be hosting the 50th annual festival for Johannes Gutenberg. Took the opportunity to visit the Mainz Citadel and the Gutenberg Museaum, an exceptional place for bibliophiles. which seems to have expanded since last year with a section for Arabic and Egyptian writings. I was fortunate enough this time to have a try at a reproduction early movable type press and printed an indulgence against printing errors, which I could certainly do with! I will have to check, but it may be a version of one of the earliest movable type documents.
Being creatures of some culture, after returning to Mainz we took the opportunity to frock up a little and go to the Frankfurt Alte Oper. Rather delightfully, the show was no less than the Rocky Horror Picture Show. There was a degree of audience participation, and the live band was particularly good, but the performance came across as a little flat to me and surprisingly tame in terms of innuendo. Afterward went to Sachsenhausen for dinner, and found a delightful little dining establishment, 38 Grad. Recommended for those who find themselves in the area.
For the third and final day before ISC (I did complete registration in the morning), decided to go the neighbouring town of Hanau, in particular to visit the Schloss Philippsruhe a grand late baroque-early neoclassical manor house, and the beautiful surrounding grounds by the Maim. The Schloss also includes an excellent collection of paintings from the era and a collection of paper-theatre. The other claim to fame for the town was being the birthplace of the Grimm brothers, and the numerous dense woodlands around the town obviously provided some good source material for their work. This was also the day where I completed the Englische baume (i.e., from German) for Duolingo.
Being creatures of some culture, after returning to Mainz we took the opportunity to frock up a little and go to the Frankfurt Alte Oper. Rather delightfully, the show was no less than the Rocky Horror Picture Show. There was a degree of audience participation, and the live band was particularly good, but the performance came across as a little flat to me and surprisingly tame in terms of innuendo. Afterward went to Sachsenhausen for dinner, and found a delightful little dining establishment, 38 Grad. Recommended for those who find themselves in the area.
For the third and final day before ISC (I did complete registration in the morning), decided to go the neighbouring town of Hanau, in particular to visit the Schloss Philippsruhe a grand late baroque-early neoclassical manor house, and the beautiful surrounding grounds by the Maim. The Schloss also includes an excellent collection of paintings from the era and a collection of paper-theatre. The other claim to fame for the town was being the birthplace of the Grimm brothers, and the numerous dense woodlands around the town obviously provided some good source material for their work. This was also the day where I completed the Englische baume (i.e., from German) for Duolingo.