My time in Frankfurt is soon at the end. Final Report is under work and I´m listing the things what I have finalized according to my work plan, what I did in march as I was in Finland. Most important things what I have lived here is the culture and I really going to miss that. In Finlad the atmosphere is cold and cool as the weather there. Here I feel somehow happier or is it just because I´m spending here short time and in my mind I have statement to return to Finland.

I hope that the work I have started here brings me back to Frankfurt some day, sooner or later.

Frankfurt is a big city, but same time to get close to it is easy. Even I found my place here in one of the European metropols. I like the place where the Suomi Shop locates. It is called Sachenhausen. It is old part of the City, where the US soldiers used to live after the war and there is still the street, where you go to party and that´s the part of the town, where the soldiers also used to party.

The contrasts of the town is that it is same time somehow very old and very modern. I notised that as I stand by the riverside yesterday looking the highskrypers on the other side e.g deutsche bank, Sparkasse, Hotel Intercontinental, European Central Bank while I was standing on the steps of Städel. Städel is the old old art museum in Frankfurt from 1800, founded by Mr. Städel who didn´t have any children and wanted to spend all his money to support art and artist, which is very valuable thing to spend money, I think.

Yesterday I had a create aftenoon. I got some free from my work and spend my time very well in Städel. The art museum itself has four floor and if you want to see all pictures (30 seconds/piece) it takse at least 3-4 hours there. We started from old, old ones from 1300-centrury. I found one Canaletto, Botticelli and many other interesting paintings. Also from the beginning of 1900 there was many well know artist like Picasso, Monet, Rembrant and some also in United States well noticed painters. Last year as I visited in St. Louis I saw paintings from those same artist. See info about the May Beckmann:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Beckmann

Also I noticed that E . Munch (Norvegian) is  very famous at these times here. His exhibition is been in Bremen, Stuttgard, and also here in Frankfurt but somehow I have missed those exhibition during the time here in Germany.