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It's hard to believe how quickly time has flown and that we fly home tomorrow. We spent our last day enjoying the Städel Museum. The Städel Museum, Frankfurt The Städel Museum in Frankfurt has art from medieval through modern eras. Being an art lover, I was thrilled to see some classic pieces that were on my art bucket list. Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Aurelia Vermeer's The Geographer   And others that were by artists I admire. Simonetta Vespucci by Sandro Botticelli Sculpture of a ballerina by Degas A Rodin sculpture Renoir Kirchner's English Dancers Chagall's The Rabbi (1912) Another Chagall - The Holy Cabman (1911) Picasso's Seated Nude And a couple by artists I'd never heard of before. Ophelia by Victor Müller (1869) But nothing topped the moment when I turned around and saw one of my all time favorite paintings by one of my very favorite artists -  Judith Slaying Holofernes   by Artemisia Gentileschi. ...

Frankfurt Am Main, Germany - Weihnachtsmarkt Yesterday, we left the beautiful city of Marburg and made our way to Frankfurt where we will stay until we fly out on Monday.  The Gummie Store in Marburg Gummie Bears  We couldn't help but stop and admire this sweet face 1900 (on the left) - the restaurant where we ate Auflauf and Madison tried Wiener Schnitzel  Auflauf at 1900 Schnitzel at 1900 St Elisabeth Madison, Grammie, and Gabrielle in front of the Ferris Wheel at the Marburg Rathaus (Town Hall) St Elisabeth's daughter Sophie and her son, the future king Marburg setting up for the Weihnachtsmarkt Santa Shopping in Marburg Brothers Grimm Tale T he Wolf and the Seven Young Kids Merry Christmas, Marburg! As we left Marburg, I wanted to be sure to take photos of the stolpersteine (stumbling stones) on our street that marked where Jewish residents used to live. I saw a few others in Marburg but was unable to...