Hi Mummy,
today we visited Katja's parents. Her father was celebrating his 78th birthday today. Katja's parents are living in Remscheid-Lennep, that's one of the oldest districts of Remscheid. The historic city centre is really old, some houses are built in 18th century. Origininally it was far older, but the city centre burnt down almost completely several times during the last centuries. On the photos you can see that the houses are built in small distances to the next houses. When one house caught fire usually the neighbour houses also caught fire, then the next houses and so on.
Katja's parents are living in a flat in the seventh storey. From the balcony you have a stunning view over the old town.
I met a lot of owl friends here. Katja's mum is collecting owls. She has owls made of plush, glass, ceramics, wood, stone, brass and copper, crystal glass and more materials. Can you spot me among my plushy friends?
This is Hedwig, my new best friend.
Now I will show you some of the other owls.
This guy is living on the balcony.
I was really delighted to see so many owls. Katja said that her mum has collected about 500 different owls.
Later we walked to a restaurant for dinner. On our way we walked through the old town. On the next photo you can see how narrow some of the lanes are.
This shop where you can buy tea and antiques is called "Die Eule" (the owl). Here all the shops are closed on Sundays, otherwise I would have had a look inside.
Many cars are looking like this at the moment. Yesterday the UEFA European (Football) Championship started. Many cars and houses are decorated with flags.
Here you can see an old water pump. I almost fell into the water underneath the pump. If Bertie would have fallen he would have been delighted. He can swim.
Now we are standing in front of the restaurant.
We were all very hungry. We were waiting for our dinner quite long.
We all had a beer. It was very refreshing.
Later we drove home by bus.
Bye
Percy