Travelog for: Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
when we took a walk in the valley between Remscheid and Wuppertal-Cronenberg I met relatives.



We talked a bit, I told them about Austria. The sheep family told me that they would have some babys birth soon.





They  must be a well-known sheep family - they have their own information board here



This is Morsbach creek, flowing into river Wupper not far from here.





I found a cozy place for a little rest.



I am so happy that spring is coming!



We took an endless path uphill ...



... where I found more signs for the coming spring.



Finally we reached the end of the path. The hill in the background is where we came from, the city centre of Remscheid is situated there.



In Wuppertal-Cronenberg Katja showed me an old station, no longer used nowadays.



From here we sent Katja's daughter to her work place, we took another bus home.

Bye
Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
we are having wonderful weather here.

We took a walk today to visit Muengsten Bridge, the highest railway bridge in Germany. The bridge is overspanning a valley between Remscheid and the neighbour city Solingen. We had to walk for about an hour to get there. Our walk took us through a rural area.



I met another sheep here, it was separated from its family. I hope it was not seriously sick.





We went into the forest than.



There was a viewpoint. We saw the bridge here. Katja told us that we would still have to walk some time until we were in the valley under the bridge.



We were under the bridge than, but still not on the bottom of the valley.



The bridge is about 480 long, 107 m tall and was completed in 1907. There were restauration works in the last years, but there will have to be more in the following years. The brige was built of steel and it will have to be strengthened.



Out path led us downhill to river Wupper, flowing in the valley.



Parts of the soil are covered with anemones.



We crossed the river Wupper here.



Finally we reached Muengsten Bridge with a leisure park underneath it.





A lot of people were here, enjoying the lovely weather and the warmth of the sun.



Isn't this an impressive view, this bridge growing out of the forest?



The workshop of an artist blacksmith is situated here. He made some funny things, like the shark.



We took the bus back home, being a bit tired



Bye
Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
we were really shocked this morning - it was extremely cold outside, about 0°C!

At noontime it became a bit warmer, so we took a walk with Katja's nephew and her brother-in-law in Hohenhagen, a district of Remscheid. It is a housing area with access to woodland and a rural area. You can see the outskirts of the neighbour city Wuppertal on the first photo.



We saw the frist spring flowers



The A1 motorway is passing by. A terrible storm in 2007 destroyed large parts of the forest, so you can see the motorway nowadays.





We saw deer in the forest. We took a zoomed photo.



This is the housing area. In the background you can see the water tower in the city centre of Remscheid, about 3 km from here.



Later we went to Katja's relatives to let her ferrets play in the garden.

Bye
Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
we went to Wuppertal today to invite a friend for dinner.

Wuppertal ist one of the neighbour cities of Remscheid. 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. Here you can see one of 20 stations along the 13,3 km long route.





First we enjoyed coffee and cake here in this café.



We took a walk through the shopping streets afterwards. In the background you can see the historical city hall.





We went to an old quarter with lots of bars and restaurants than, Luisenviertel.



There are really narrow lanes.



We found the restaurant than, a Turkey restaurant.



We had a fantastic dinner here.

Bye
Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
Katja asked me and two other girls, Schnatterchen and Shooga to help baking a torte. First we looked for a receipe in a book.



We planned to make a buttercream torte, so we decided to make a cake with almonds first.



We needed eggs, wheat flour, sugar, ground almonds, butter and baking soda.



First we had to stir the creamy butter with sugar, than the eggs were added, later flour and baking soda.



We filled the dough into the prepared baking pan. As it seemed to be too much dough, we also made five cupcakes.



After 30 minutes baking the cakes were ready.



Tomorrow we will decorate the torte and take it with us to Katja's sister to celebrate Easter.

Bye
Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
today we finished the torte, also with the help of Katja's daughter.

In the morning we already filled the cake with cherries. We also cooked vanilla flan for the buttercream. It has to cool down to room temperature.
In the meantime we stirred butter with icing sugar for about 5 minutes. Than we had to add the flan spoonwise.





Katja's daughter helped us to decorate the cake with the cream ...



... and  also the cupcakes.



Here is the perfect Easter-calories-bomb

In the early afternoon we went to Katja's sister. Today we could see the cherry trees at the station blooming.





So many delicous sweets!



Bye
Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
this will be my last update from Remscheid because I am already planning to travel to my next destination. Katja told me that I would travel to Paris. This sounds fantastic! But first let me show you my latest pictures from today's walk in the lovely surroundings of Remscheid.

Today we went to the districts in the South of Remscheid, there are also forests and valleys. While we went there we saw lovely old houses.



We reached the bottom of the first valley. You can see that there are housing areas and allotment gardens. They are having lots of allotment gardens here along the steep slopes of the valleys.



When we went uphill to the other side of the valley we saw the city centre, completely different from I saw until now here.



The central station is nearly opposite of us and you can see all those industrial sites close to the station, mostly steelworks. Here is a zoomed photo.



This is a very famous industrial site, formerly known as Mannesmann Röhrenwerke. Hollow structural sections were created here. A part of the historical factory building is still here, combined with newer buildings.



We walked through a forest than for some time.



Katja told us that we would walk to Eschbachtalsperre than, the oldest drinking water dam in Germany. Before we reached the concrete dam, we came along a large pond.



We climbed a steep path next to the dam and had a good view to the barrier lake than.



It was opened in 1891.



Later we walked through a rural area.



We walked until we reached the district Lennep, about 12 km from our starting point in the city centre. They have a route for cyclists and pedestrians here, also built on a closed railway track. We followed it until we reached the station. From here we went home by bus. What a walk!



Bye
Creamsheep

Hi Mummy,
I said good-bye to all my friends here in NRW and packed my things. I am on my way to Paris now



Bye
Creamsheep

Dear mum,

I have just arrived to Paris. Luckily the journey was not too long.

Will go sightseeing soon

Love,

Creamsheep

My first visit of Paris. I met other toyvoyagers and together we took a bicycle (thats called „velo“ in French) and went to see the Centre George Pompidou a museum of modern art. It is a huge building with all the pipes on the exterior of the buildings and in different colours – air/conditioning is blue, water is green and electricity is yellow. Also the staircases are on the exterior and the building is thus very unusual in a historical centre.

Next to the Centre George Pompidou we saw an interesting fountain and our host told us it was the Stravinski fountain a is a whimsical public fountain ornamented with sixteen works of sculpture, moving and spraying water, representing the works of composer Igor Stravinsky.

Then we walked in the district of Les Halles which is a shopping area of Paris with many boutiques, shops, cafes, and restaurants. And suddenly we smelled something very very good. We followed the smell until a small boulangerie (bakery) with all kinds of goodies. We couldnt resist.

Our short visit finished in a parc next to Tour Saint Jacques a 52 m tall tower of a church that was destroyed during the French revolution. Nowadays i tis an important monument a landmark visible from a long distance.

The last week was not very optimistic as it was raining all the time. Even Sunday was a bit rainy at the beginning, me and other toyvoyagers stayed at home and decided to help our host with cooking.

First of all we needed to clean the kitchen. Big Glubschi and I cleaned the dishes and then Dolivia, I and Sofia dried them. Then we prepared all ingredients for a delicious pasta with chicken and cream cheese.

Dolivia poured some water into the saucepan, Big Glubschi added the salt, Sofia weighted the pasta and I turned on the heater. Then we were all eagerly waiting for the results of our hard work. And it was delicious.