from sleeping well.
The honorary consul of Finland in the state of Hessony, Prof. Dr. Alexander Riesenkampff, with whom we had our first appointment, expected us in his office at ten o'clock. The weather was nice so we decided to walk to this first appointment instead of taking the underground. We took a shortcut via some parc, which resulted in being at the office half an hour ahead of time.
The reception at the honorary consulate was warm and Prof. Dr. Riesenkampff and his assistant were welcoming us. The following presentation and the discussions about Finish-German trade relation lasted for about two hours. We covered a wide range of subjects. After the meeting we were invited to have a view over Frankfurt from the roof terrace of the building in which the consulate is located. The skyline of Frankfurt with its skyscrapers reminds somewhat to
Manhattan.
We could also see the 241m high Hessische Landesbank skyscraper building which was our second destination for this day. The acceleration of the elevator of that building could easily be felt in one's stomach (indeed, the descend even more). The view from that building was great. We took many photos from above Frankfurt. The sight was pretty clear today.
Since we became a bit hungry after all the activity we decided to go to a restaurant and have a snack. The opinions about what would be the best place to eat were a somewhat divided. Luckily we could agree on a charming cafeteria next to the old opera. Pretty soon after we placed our orders, we found out that our waiter mixed up some of the dishes so that three of us were serve a differant dish than ordered. As a compension were were all served a free cocktail.Because it was already pretty late we decided to skip the visit to the Zoo...
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