After surviving nights of sauna-level heat at night, we took a tour of the Electorate Castle today in Frankfurt. This castle is as old as the 14th century, and contains an exhibit of the work of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of modern book printing. After having a drink at the bar by the river, we looked around the garden in the courtyard, then we went upstairs to see the exhibit.
Inside, there was a case which contained letter and number stamps which were used for printing books and newspapers. I believe we discovered where the term “upper case” for capital letters came from; the capital letters were stored on the top row of cases.
We also got ice cream prior to the tour. I finally got original spaghettieis this time, with strawberry sauce that resembles tomato sauce.
The tour was given by none other than the Mayor of Frankfurt, who mentioned to us that he worked on designing and publishing comic books, which are well-known throughout Germany. Afterward, we took a group picture together