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Wuppertal, Germany - 1st April 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
we had fantastic weather today, so we we made a trip to the neighbour city Wuppertal.
One of the city’s greatest attractions is the suspended monorail (Schwebebahn), which was established in 1901. The tracks are 8 m above the streets and 12 m above the Wupper River.
Katja promised to show us a really weird bridge. We had to walk for about 15 minutes until we reached it. It is a former railway bridge, looking like a Lego-bridge.
What a great bridge!
From here it was only a short walk to Hardt, a large parkway on a partly forested hill in the inner city area of Wuppertal. You can find a fantastic landscape park here and also the Botanical garden of Wuppertal. To get there, we only had to cross the street to the opposite direction of the bridge and walk uphill.
First we walked along a vast allotment garden area.
A look behind ...
Soon we reached the parkway. In the background you can see one of 47 Bismarck towers which were built across Germany in early 20th century as outlook towers.
We strolled through the park, enjoying the sunshine.
Those greenhouses belong to the Botanical garden which is situated here.
You can find the former country house of a textile manufacturers named Eller, which contained a villa (built 1820), orangery, residential and farm buildings, and the Elise Tower (built 1838) which provides the garden's focal point.
We found at least a few spring flowers 
We went back to the city centre to visit friends and their ferrets.
Most of the time we walked along river Wupper and the Schwebebahn.
A train was coming.
This is one of 20 stations. It was rebuilt last year in its original historical style.
Katja showed us the centre of justice with local court and district court.
Back in the city ...
We found a cafe which was open and bought cake for our friends.
Bye
Gian TheFrog
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 Posted Apr 3, 2013, 5:52 pm
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leaving , Germany - 2nd April 2013
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
today it was time for me and my friend Paula Hip to say good-bye to Remscheid and our friends here.
I packed my things (some chocolate for the long journey), wrote a postcard to my family and now I am aready on my way to my next host in the East of Europe.
(There is still one update to write about yesterday's trip to Wuppertal)
Bye
Gian TheFrog
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Posted Apr 2, 2013, 4:48 pm Last edited Oct 4, 2013, 9:49 pm by olgamaus
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