Frankfurt am Main

tags: PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, flower porn, nature, environment, image of the day Fern Blatt. PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 24 February 2010 [larger view]
tags: PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, flower porn, nature, environment, image of the day Palmwedel. PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 24 February 2010 [larger view]
tags: PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, flower porn, nature, environment, image of the day Daffodil PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 24 February 2010 [larger view]
tags: PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, flower porn, nature, environment, image of the day Flower Porn 2 PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 24 February 2010 [larger view]
tags: PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, flower porn, nature, environment, image of the day Flower Porn PalmenGarten, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 24 February 2010 [larger view]
tags: Frankfurter Sonnenuntergang, Frankfurt Sunset, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, image of the day Sonnenuntergang aus Reidberg (Sunset from Reidberg) Reidberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: Bob O'Hara, 29 November 2009 [larger view].
tags: MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography, image of the day Weihnachten in MyZeil Einkaufszentrum. MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. I love this photographing shopping center because it is so architecturally interesting. I plan to return often to snap more photographs to share with you.
tags: MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography, image of the day Weihnachten in MyZeil Einkaufszentrum. MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. I love this photographing shopping center because it is so architecturally interesting. I plan to return often to snap more photographs to share with you.
tags: Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt Subway Art, photography Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst. Hauptwache, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. One last look at the completed work.
tags: MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography, image of the day Weihnachten in MyZeil Einkaufszentrum. MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. I love this photographing shopping center because it is so architecturally interesting. I plan to return often to snap more photographs to share with you. I already have planned a few images I wish to capture of the outside of this building during specific weather conditions.
tags: Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt Subway Art, photography Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst. Hauptwache, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. Here's a closer look at the completed chalk art on the floor of the Frankfurt subway station in Hauptwache.
tags: MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography, image of the day Weihnachten in MyZeil Einkaufszentrum. MyZeil Einkaufszentrum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. I love photographing this shopping center because it is so architecturally interesting. This is the first of another series of images snapped shortly after Christmas.
tags: Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt Subway Art, photography Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst. Hauptwache, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. You can see the pencil sketch on the artwork on the right side. I wish I could have returned later to photograph the finished piece. More artworks, drawn in chalk on the floor of the Frankfurt subway station in Hauptwache (more photographs of these works in the days to follow, same time, same place).
tags: Tractor Track in Mud, Traktorweg im Schlamm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography, image of the day Traktorweg im Schlamm (Tractor track in mud). Reidberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 31 December 2009 [larger view]. New Year's Eve day was so misty that I could barely see out of the window of my flat, so I grabbed my cameras and went to a nearby farmer's field to photograph trees. Unfortunately, the fog was thicker 40 meters above the ground, so the trees did not appear to be as magical as I had hoped. In this image, I…
tags: Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt Subway Art, photography Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst. Hauptwache, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. More artworks, drawn in chalk on the floor of the Frankfurt subway station in Hauptwache (more photographs of these works in the days to follow, same time, same place). The coins in the chest on the lower left side of the (drawn) image are REAL. Just thought you might like to know ...
tags: Frankfurt Tree, Frankfurterbaum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography, image of the day Frankfurterbaum (Frankfurt Tree). Reidberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 31 December 2009 [larger view]. New Year's Eve day was so misty that I could barely see out of the window of my flat, so I grabbed my cameras and went to a nearby farmer's field to photograph trees. Unfortunately, the fog was thicker 40 meters above the ground, so the trees did not appear to be as magical as I had hoped. In this image, I was trying to capture…
tags: Frankfurter Blauer Mond, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, photography Frankfurter Blauer Mond (Frankfurt Blue Moon). Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Those are the Taunus mountains in the background. Image: GrrlScientist, 1 January 2010 [larger view]. This isn't in perfect focus and it unfortunately has a reflection from the window pane, but I managed to get one decent photograph of the Blue Moon over Frankfurt to share with you.
tags: Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt Subway Art, photography Frankfurt am Main U-Bahn-Kunst. Hauptwache, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 29 December 2009 [larger view]. More artworks, drawn in chalk on the floor of the Frankfurt subway station in Hauptwache. I managed to capture one of these works as it was being created (the blue-and-white image in the center), alongside two others that are completed (more photographs of these works in the days to follow, same time, same place).
tags: Farmer's Field, Das Feld des Bauer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography, image of the day Das Feld von der Bauer (Farmer's Field). Reidberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Image: GrrlScientist, 31 December 2009 [larger view]. New Year's Eve day was so misty that I could barely see out of the window of my flat, so I grabbed my cameras and went to a nearby farmer's field to photograph trees. Unfortunately, the fog was thicker 40 meters above the ground, so the trees did not appear to be as magical as I had hoped.
tags: Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Expat Life, Frankfurt through my eye, photography Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt (Frankfurt Christmas Market) Image: GrrlScientist, 20 December 2009 [larger view] This afternoon, my spouse and I investigated the Frankfurter Weihnachtsmarkt (Frankfurt Christmas Market) in Römerberg and Paulsplatz in downtown Frankfurt. It was five degrees below zero celsius (it felt a lot colder), and it was snowing vigorously -- all of which added to the festive atmosphere. We purchased a variety of flavors of "licorice" ropes -- including…