Hi Mummy,
Katja took me us on a walk along river Wupper today. River Wupper is rising in the Oberbergisches Land and later mouthing into river Rhine. It is marking the border beween Remscheid and the neighbour city Solingen, crossed by Germany's highest railway bridge. Katja promised that we would visit this bridge too.
River Wupper is also dammed to more than 15 dams.
We started our trip in Solingen-Unterburg close to this weir.
We followed the river for some time, always walking in a pitoresque forest.
This ear trumpet is intensifying the sound of the water which is pouring down the rocks.
There were more rocks along the path ...
... until we crossed the river.
On the opposite river bank we had to walk uphill. Katja showed us a famous medieval castle in the background, Schloss Burg. And yes, she promised that we would visit this castle too this summer.
Finally we walked through the inner city of Unterburg (hahaha - only a few shops, restaurants and cafès 
).
This is "Kiepenkerl", a statue showing a worker carrying a pannier on his back, filled with pretzels. Katja explained that in ancient times due to the topographical situation it was only possible to carry goods from one place to another with such panniers.
This is a creek, Eschbach, mouthing into river Wupper here in Unterburg.
This was an interesting trip.
Bye
Anna Pineapple
