Christmas is just always and everywhere. But life has truly other sides. Namely, I just booked my vacation for next year. (Yes, I confess, I'm an avid advance planner and see zero downside to that either. Probably travel companies really like me.)
Let's linger for a moment on the sun, beach and sea - the mucky weather does, after all, release longings. How nice would it be to paint circles with our feet in the warm sand right now, or just take a plunge into the pleasantly temperate waves? Quite a few of us then sigh how nice it would be to live by the sea. Many even fantasize about Frankfurt being by the sea. Wouldn't that be nice?
Yes, that would be nice, I imagine: Sitting on the Nice shore and staring at the lapping waves would be wonderful. While next door the cocktail bar delivers refills in an endless loop. The first time I really felt understood with this longing, by the way, was the Jewish Museum, which with its summer ship action really created 1a Mediterranean feeling on the Main with palm trees on the upper deck and all the piepapo. But that's gone again.
So I revel in it and continue to imagine that Frankfurt is by the sea. But wait, stop. Is this actually thought through to the end? What am I thinking along so carelessly? <link http: freie-sicht-aufs-mittelmeer.de _blank>Two very clever Frankfurt advertisers have taken the widespread desire for sea Frankfurt k-o-n-s-e-q-u-e-n-t further. What if our beautiful city would really be located at the sea?
Well, and now we all have to be strong together! Because: *cough* where would Sachsenhausen be then? Well? Where do we want to go with the sea? Does anyone have an idea? I'm a bit afraid of the next question that comes to my mind: If Frankfurt is to be by the sea and we fill it with sand and water, which part of town should be by the sea? Do you know what I mean? <link https: youtu.be k6qlsw6fwxm _blank>To get a better idea, here's the visual. Would there be room to the east? Where would the ocean go? And which part of the city could we do without? I really hope that the mayor is not reading this right now. And if he is: Dear Mr. Feldmann, how would you decide? :-)