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Remscheid, work place, Germany - 27th May 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
Katja's colleague is celebrating her birthday today. Look what she brought with her to treat the colleagues!
Bye
Sean
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Posted Jun 5, 2013, 1:56 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 7th June 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
it is nice warm summer day and we met friends in the evening. We enjoyed the evening sitting in the garden and tasting mojitos.
When I saw all that crushed ice in the kitchen I had a great idea. I took a bath in a bowl filled with crushed ice
Then I was ready to enjoy the warm evening.
Bye
Sean
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Posted Jun 8, 2013, 10:32 am
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Solingen-Unterburg, Germany - 9th June 2013
By: olgamaus
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.
We reached a bridge and 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 cafčs ).
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
Sean
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Posted Jun 13, 2013, 8:41 am
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Wuppertal, Germany - 7th July 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
We visited friends today. They are living in the neighbour city Wuppertal.
We went to Wuppertal by bus. Before we went to their house we took a walk in the city centre. Here you can see the historic concert hall.
Wuppertal is situated in the valley of river Wupper. From this place close to the concert hall we had a first overview.
Here you can see the concert hall once more. Sort of dancing contest was taking place here today, everywhere you could see people dressed in fantastic dancing costumes.
You won't believe what I met here - a penguin!
Katja told me about the Pinguinale 2006. There were 200 large penguins painted by 175 different artists. They were exposed all over the city area from April until August 2006, than they moved to the zoo to celebrate its 125th birthday. Nowadays lots of those penguins still can be found in the city. I was curious if I would meet more of them.
This is a swimming bath, it is called "Schwimmoper". It has room for 1.600 spectators.
We went down to the city centre than. The first thing you see is the Schwebebahn (Suspension Railway).
It was built in late 19th century and was established in 1901. The tracks are 8 m above the streets and 12 m above the Wupper River. Most of the track is built over river Wupper. The whole route is about 13,3 km long. Taking a trip from one end the other takes about 30 minutes.
Katja promised that we would take a short trip with the railway, so we went to the next station.
In Wuppertal you can find modern buildings and historic things close together, like this old bridge in front of recently built houses.
This is one of 20 stations along the track. The stations are built in different styles, this one is a really modern one, while you can also find stations in their original historic style.
Inside the station ...
A train came in.
We took a short trip than, only three stations.
We got out of the train in a more industrial area, there were factory buildings built at the river bank.
This station was refurbished in its original style.
We walked back to the city centre.
I met another penguin
We even saw the "Kaiserwagen", an historic train which you can hire for special events.
This is the court building, also situated close to the river.
Here you can see another of the more modern stations, built with a lot of glass.
In those buildings you can mostly find offices, but also bars, surgeries and smaller factories.
Our trip ended here and we went visiting our friends.
Bye
Sean.
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Posted Jul 13, 2013, 10:13 pm
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leaving, Remscheid - 15th July 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
today it was time to pack my things and travel to my next destination.
At home I already said good-bye to all my friends here. Next stop will be in the North of Germany. Maybe I will have some fish there.
Bye
Sean
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Posted Jul 16, 2013, 8:00 am
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Sülfeld, Germany - 17th July 2013
By: RikeH
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Posted Jul 21, 2013, 5:49 pm Last edited Aug 3, 2013, 11:39 am by RikeH
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