When I was studying German in high school, our beloved teacher, Frau Hutchinson always had some German comic books in the room, most featuring Asterix, the fellow above who greeted us to the Book Fair. Seeing this brought back so many happy memories of her classes. I had 5 years of German in my 4 years of high school. I loved it all. I even came to Germany as a foreign exchange student for the summer between my junior and senior years. All those happy memories flooded back when I saw Asterix!
We didn’t take much time to wander through the halls of the other buildings, but we did wander a bit as we went to and from our FamilySearch booth. These photos will give you an idea of what it was like.
This map shows the buildings (with multiple floors) where the book and publisher’s displays where held:
This booth was from the Guttenberg Press. They had an actual old press on display!
The first 3 days were only for people in the industry–authors, publishers, illustrators and agents. Meetings were being held all around us as they negotiated and made plans for their products.
In a previous life, I was a DK (Dorling Kindersley) book distributor. I love these books and sold thousands of them.
After the 3rd day, the public was invited, and they came in swarms!
The food trucks and eating places were kept busy. Look at the lines!
It really was a fun week. I’m already excited to come back next year!
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 