Travelog post for: Freya

Hi Mummy,
Katja told us that we would visit the neighbour city Solingen today, especially the botanical garden. That sound great! Before we left, she took one of her used books to take it with her because there was a public bookcase in the park. She said she always takes a book there and another one will be taken home.



So we went to Solingen by bus. Usually we would have taken the  train but due to repair works at Muengsten Bridge no trains are going to Solingen at the moment.



The botanical garden is subdivided into several sections. There are areas with trees, bushes or flowers. We started here.



Lots of flowers were already withered, but not these asters!







There were interesting sculptures showing insects, like these ants.



Katja also showed us a sun dial. It was .... 15:55 p.m.







We found a  tree with  really large leafes.









Look at this giant butterfly!



Katja told me to have a look at its back.

Wow! Isn't it beautiful with its glass mosaic?





There you can see it sitting on the lawn.







Another creepy-crawly



We reached the public bookcase than.



We took a real  classic with us and put the book whe brought from home into the bookcase. We took "Jaws". Katja told us that she had watched the movie at least a dozen timed, but  never read the novel.



We found more weird and interesting trees, like this one ...





... or this one.





We left the garden and decided to walk back to the city centre along the Korkenziehertrasse, a former railway track.



It it now a lone for pedestrians and cyclists, meandering through the city. That's why it is called "cork screw" lane. Katja did not know how long we would have to walk so she recorded the track.







There were some tunnels along the path, this one covered with graffiti inside.









Obviously we were coming closer to the city centre. There were more and more industrial complexes next to the lane.





We reached the station Solingen-Mitte than.



One last look at the city before had to look for our bus.



Later we had a look at the recorded track. We found out that it was a 4,2 km walk.

Bye
Freya