The program was a bit busier. We drove to Frankfort and spent most of the day there.
We started with an exhibition of Banksy’s artwork. A lot of original paintings, pictures and installations. It’s remarkable how he manages to challenge the viewer by mixing elements disconnected from their context. After a few rooms, it seemed a bit too easy to criticise the state, the police, the polluters, the dictators. But later he also highlighted the paradoxes and dilemmas, a society wanting change to happen without understanding that it requires a change at individual level. We’re all too comfortable having opinions from our sofas.
We had lunch at a nice restaurant on St Paul Platz, took a walk across the Main river. At the cathedral, a nice guide shared a little bit of the history and architecture with us, and sent us to Goethe’s house. We did a bit of shopping, listened to a talented street violinist playing a chaconne by Bach.
We went back home to our hosts, and planned our next dats while enjoying bbq food and drinks.
