Hi Mum,
my host Katja found me in her mailbox today - this was a rather short trip 
There is also another ToyVoyager, Mishuta from Ukraine.
Katja is saying Thank you for the cute crocheted flower. We found the perfect place for it.
Later we went to the city for the first time. Wuppertal is - like the name says - built in and around the valley of river Wupper. You have rather steep slopes on both sides of the valley. Katja is living on the Southern slope, close to the central station and the city centre of Elberfeld, the largest district of Wuppertal. You can find stairs for pedestrians everywhere to make it easier to get down or uphill. The first picture was taken at the top of nearby stairs (here is even an elevator) with a good overview across the city. The skeleton of the Schwebebahn is also lying underneath our position.
Wuppertal has more than 340.000 inhabitants and is known as the greenest of all German large towns. You can see parks and woodlands everywhere in and around the city.
The Schwebebahn is one of the most important attractions of Wuppertal. This is one of 20 stations, built in a modern style. The track is mostly following river Wupper, only in the West of Wuppertal it is leaving the river bed and follows streets, it is even crossing the motorway A46.
This is the famous playhouse.
We strolled around the city for a while, walking towards the court centre.
Here you can see the Schwebebahn station "Landgericht", rebuilt in its original historic style some years ago.
You can find the local court, the district court, prosecution and the local labour court here.
This is the main street along the valley axis, the B7. A few hundred meters apart it is a giant building site. The whole street area in front of the central station will be renovated until summer 2017, probably the largest building site within this area.
When we walked back home, Katja took a zoomed picture from a higher point with a great overview.
Almost home ...
Bye for now
Taylor
