Hi Mum,
in the early evening we took a walk with Jule, the dog. We went to Hardt, a small hill in the middle of the Wupper valley. It is partly covered by woodland and it contains a fantastic landscape park as well as the botanical garden of Wuppertal. It took us about 25 minutes to get there.
There are stairs everywhere to make it easier to walk uphill, often with more than 100 steps.
IN the background you can see the insurance company building I showed you last week or so.
Soon we were high enough to have a good overview. Can you see "Wicküler City"? It was a brewery once, nowadays there is a shopping mall in the former brewery complex.
It is highly visible that it is autumn now!
A few minuter we reached the top of the hill. Here you can find Elise Tower, one of the most famous landmarks of Wuppertal.
Elise Tower is marking the botanical garden. The garden dates to 1890 when a botanical school garden was first created on a smaller terrain. Between 1908-1910 it relocated to today's site, the Villa of a textile manufactor named Eller, a former country house which contained a villa (built 1820), orangery, residential and farm buildings. Elise Tower was built in 1838 A.D. as the garden's focal point.
There are also greenhouses in the entrance area.
As it is not allowed to take dogs into the botanical garden I just had a quick look behind the fence.
We walked further and reached the landscape park.
In summer you can find lots of people relaxing on the lawns.
From the distance the tower is also a lovely view.
On the way downhill back home we crossed river Wupper.
This place is close to the court centre.
This is the Schwebebahn station "Landgericht", it was re-built in its original historic style some years ago.
Here you can find both local court and district court, in addition also the industrial court.
This is Wicküler City, the shopping mall, seen from the main street.
We made a side stop at a playground.
Huuu, our walk took longer that we thought 
Katja showed me our home from the rear side. Can you spot our balcony?
Afterwards we played with the pets. Did I already show you those furry monsters? I don't think so ... cute little things with sharp teeth and a monstrous appetite!!!
Bye
Anton Bear
