Frankfurt Zoological Garden

On Sunday, June 9, we ventured back to Frankfurt for easy day strolling through the zoo.

The Frankfurt Zoological Garden or zoo features over 4,500 animals of more than 510 species on more than 11 hectares. The zoo was founded in 1858 and is the second oldest Zoo in Germany, after the Berlin Zoological Garden It lies in the eastern part of the Innenstadt (inner city). Bernard Grizimek was director of the zoo after World War II from 1945 until 1974.

The Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) was founded in 1858 by citizens of Frankfurt to establish the Zoological Garden, which it operated until the First World War. The city council then assumed responsibility for the zoo until 1950, when the FZS again became the zoo's development association.

The weather was beautiful and many of the animals had offspring running about. Then we followed the day with a trip to Five Guys (yes, we did!!!) were we had a soda WITH ICE and an AMERICAN HAMBURGER! That completed the day.