Our apartment looks south towards the main cemetery in Frankfurt. I’ve heard about this wonderful cemetery from many friends who have served in this area. They’ve told me it’s a perfect place to wander and feel peace.
Wikipedia says: The Frankfurt Main Cemetery (German: Hauptfriedhof) is the largest cemetery in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was opened in 1828. The cemetery is located directly adjacent to two Jewish cemeteries—the Old Jewish Cemetery (opened together with the Main Cemetery in 1828) and the New Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt (opened in 1928)—and together they form one of the largest cemetery areas in Germany. The cemetery is noted for its many monumental graves, its garden architecture and as the site of the graves of many notable individuals.
Our apartment is where the red dot is below, just north of the cemetery.
I love German cemeteries. The families are in charge of keeping up the burial plots. Each is like its own garden.
There are watering cans, and green waste receptacles throughout the cemetery for family members to use when the come.
We enjoyed our wander, taking in this new place where we live. We feel comfortable here, at home. We both love the German language and the people here.
We stopped in at a local grocery store on this outing. While I checked out the produce, John quickly found his favorite aisle: the chocolates. German stores have chocolate aisles like Americans have cold cereal aisles! He is in his element!
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 