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Sülfeld, Germany - 25th January 2014
By: RikeH
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Posted Feb 1, 2014, 10:37 pm Last edited Feb 1, 2014, 10:38 pm by RikeH
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Sülfeld, Germany - 12th February 2014
By: RikeH
Hello friends,
great news - I have an invitation to one of the best hosts of the world.
So I said goodbye to Dicker Kumpel, packed my bags and now I am on my way.
Until soon
SunnyHH
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Posted Feb 13, 2014, 6:42 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 13th February 2014
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
I arrived in Remscheid today. My new host Katja and two travelling plushies, Zhia from Alaska and napoleon from Berlin gave me a warm welcome.
Because the weather outside was really ugly, we stayed at home for the rest of the day and enjoyed the sweets I brought with me
Bye
SunnyHH
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Posted Feb 16, 2014, 6:29 pm
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Solingen, Germany - 16th February 2014
By: olgamaus
Hi Mommy,
today we went to the neighbour city Solingen to visit the greenhouses in the Botanical Garden. These are usually closed during winter, but today they were open and guided tours were offered.
There are several greenhouses, one of them with desert plants, one with bromeliad plants, a tropical garden and orchids.
First we had a short look at the tropical garden.
Next stop was the desert
These golden barrel cacti, also called Mother-In-Law's-cushion, are well known.
This is a money tree, common as a houseplant worldwide.
An orchid ...
Next we went to the greenhouse showing bromelia, originally growing from Middle America down to South America.
Yummy banana!
Once m ore we went to the tropical garden.
Of course we also took a short walk in the Botanical Garden itself. You can find a lot of funny sculptures here, like this reading raven.
Suddenly ...
What was UrselHH doing here? She is visiting Katja's friend Strunki and was also visiting the Botanical Garden today.
We found some spring flowers, like snowdrops.
There is a giant butterfly sitting on the lawn, made of metal with glass mosaic.
In the meantime it started raining, so we hurried back to the car to get home.
Bye for today!
Love
SunnyHH
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Posted Feb 20, 2014, 9:37 am
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Solingen / Remscheid, Germany - 23rd February 2014
By: olgamaus
Hi Mommy,
we had fantastic weather today, the sky was blue in the morning, so we could not wait to go out for a longer walk. Katja met a friend and we went to the neighbour city Solingen, to the historical district Unterburg where you can find picturesque houses.
We left this small district and went into the forest. In the background you COULD SEE Muengsten Brigde, Germany's highest railway bridge, if it would not melt with the surrounding landscape.
We went along a path which was following the valley of river Wupper towards Muengsten Bridge.
Here you can see Muengsten Brige, overspanning the valley of river Wupper. Repair works are going on here since several months and will go on until summer, so no trains were crossing this impressive structure.
We almost reached the bridge.
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All the walking paths are covered with porch roofs to prevent people and and travelling toys from being battered to death by dopped tools or construction elements.
On a nearby playground we found rocking sheep.
We went downhill until we reached the bottom of the valley and the leisure park underneath the bridge. Here we found this information board.
In the leisure park you can find lawns and benches for relaxing, a crazy golf course, playgrounds for kids and restaurants. The bridgte is 107 m tall and about 480 m wide. It was opened in 1897.
We walked back to the car, finding rocks with engraved lyrics or pictures, like these hands.
Finally we reached Unterburg. (Katja's smartphone app told me that our walk was more than 11 km long!!!).
Bye
SunnyHH
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Posted Feb 27, 2014, 3:00 pm
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Remscheid, at home, Germany - 23rd February 2014
By: olgamaus
Hi Mommy,
I met Shiva and Brighty today. Although they are looking like cute toys, they are predators. I don't want to think about what they are eating there! Katja said it was chicken, but who knows?
Bye
SunnyHH
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Posted Feb 27, 2014, 3:35 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 1st March 2014
By: olgamaus
Hi Mum,
we took a walk today in the municpal park and as well in the historic district Hasten. First we went to the park where Katja showed us a pond. She told us that ducks and (probably abandonded) turtles were living here.
Someone has stolen a local celebrity, the Stinthengst, a legendary creature from waterbodies in Masuria, around Mikołajki, which is one of Remscheid's twin towns. The fish was stolen because this pond is an extremely soiled and fusty pond, smelling not so great in summer. The local newspaper is telling about this story several times a week.
We strolled around the park and found th is interesting bush, it is Witch-hazel.
In this perennial garden the first leaves are sprouting.
From here you have a good overview to the green outskirts of Remscheid. In the background you can see the outskirts of the neighbour city Wuppertal. My host will start a new job there on Monday
We went downhill than to the district Hasten, one of the historical districts of Remscheid. You can find lots of lovely old traditional houses here, also shops, restaurants, bars and museums.
A museum is situated in this Patrician villa, built in late 18th century.
It has the traditional doorknocker, showing the heraldic animal of Remscheid, the lion.
The "German Tool Museum" is situated on the the same estate. There are also outdoor facilities, some historic workshops and different machines.
Thankfully this rusty machine did not collapse while we were sitting here for this picture
That's all for now
Bye
SunnyHH
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Posted Mar 2, 2014, 8:58 pm
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Solingen, Sengbachtalsperre, Germany - 8th March 2014
By: olgamaus
Hi Mommy,
today we went to the neighbour city Solingen to take a walk around a drinking water dam, Sengbachtalsperre. The weather is fantastic and it is rather warm. We started in Hoehrath, one of the outskirts of Solingen.
Here we met a funny guy, a wood frog.
A lot of bushes and spring flowers are blooming.
We went into the forest than. In the valley the lake was already visible.
napoleon and I enjoyed the lovely weather relaxing for a while.
We found felled trees everywhere.
The path was going uphill and we were high above the lake than.
Isn't this a lovely view?
The bright spot in the background is Remscheid, we also took a zoomed photo.
We reached the concrete dam, which was under construction for almost two years, as Katja told us.
Back in the forest, I found a tree with a giant root.
Katja showed us Schloss Burg, a medieval castle, situated in Solingen-Burg. Unfortunately we did not have time to take a side trip to visit it.
Here you can see the dam and the distance we covered today. Thankfully I am used to hop around for hours - I am a tough hare!
Later that day I hopped into the ferrets transportation to take a short nap. I did not know that this box is usually stored in the attic, so I could not ask Katja to let me out. Everyone thought that I was lost and everybody was sad. (Two weeks later I will be found - so don't worry )
Bye
SunnyHH
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Posted Mar 30, 2014, 6:21 pm
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Wuppertal, Germany - 4th April 2014
By: olgamaus
Hi Mommy,
we decided to take a walk when Katja finished work in the afternoon. We went to the Botanical Garden, Katja's colleague accompanied us.
Soon we reached the Botanical garden. There are greenhouses and a lovely tower in entrance area - Eilse Tower.
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.
Here you can see an araucaria from Chile.
This is the villa.
Lots of beautiful spring flowers are blooming - viola, tulips and hyazinth,
We explored the garden than.
This is a special kind of pear tree, a willow-leaved pear, native to the Middle East.
These are chess flowers.
Next we visited the kitchen garden with herbs and (later in the year )crop plants. This is fennel.
There was already a peony blooming.
These cacti were growing outside, not in a greenhouse.
Than Katja showed us the tiniest tulips.
I found a map showing the Botanical Garden.
The Botanical garden is situated on a hill called "Hardt". The Botanical Garden is only a small part of a vast landscape park. Here we strolled around for a while.
There is a memorial for the dead of WW I.
From here you have a good overview across the city.
In the end we came back to the Botanical Garden.
Unfortunately the greenhouses were not open yet.
It is so good that we are having spring now!
Love
SunnyHH
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Posted Apr 5, 2014, 2:40 pm
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