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I did host Carmen from Spain a couple of days and she was very touristic, so I took two days off from work and we went to Burg Altena, Westfalenpark and Schloß Burg.
This is Burg Altena, one hour from Dortmund by train (Picasa):
On the next morning we went to Solingen to visit Schloß Burg. On the way we passed the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal and also had the opportunity to use the ropeway up to the castle 🙂 On the way back we went for the full ride with the Schwebebahn from Wuppertal-Vohwinkel to Wuppertal-Oberbarmen (Picasa):
On her last day in Dortmund I took her to Dortmund-Ems-Kanal for a relaxing hour. We were sitting in the shadow of a tree, with the canal in our back and having a look at Deusen (Picasa):
Although I was working late I still was able to appreciate the beauty of this sunset 🙂 The first two are taken in Dortmund Technologiepark and the latter 2 in the city centre, at the ZOB behind the main station (building is Arbeitsamt).
I spent the weekend of June 22/23 at U Turm, Dortmund, as there has been the last chance to see the exposition “World of Matter” and also on this weekend there was Schau-Festival. There also was “Sommer am U” but as you can see in the picture Dörte took of me there unfortunately was not too much going on outside.
After the storm some trains in the area have been out of operation for nearly a week and as far as I know the S6 between Essen and Cologne still will be repaired for a month. I’ve been happy to use the S1 one week later again 🙂
Waffles with yoghurt should count as dietary meal 🙂 On Pentecost I made some waffles and had a walk in the park in the evening. Also I tried to sing along with frogs and put the result on video. Just in time when I reached home again one of the biggest storms this area has experienced started, at least 6 persons have been killed, houses and cars have been damaged, not to talk about road and railway tracks.
Had I known that barely an hour after I left the park a storm “Ela” on Pentecost Monday made access to the park impossible for weeks, I’d have taken more pictures.
I’ve got some “technical problems” today but still a chance to walk out into the meadows on a sunny day is a chance to walk out into the meadows on a sunny day. 🙂
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Today we visited Blarney Castle and took a walk in the park. Should you ever go there and fancy parks as much as I do, the € 12 (adult admission) are worth it, plan in several hours to stroll through the well curated park.
On Saturday afternoon I’ve been to the city centre, right after the rain stopped, but it was still a bit windy. I liked the atmosphere with the dark clouds, though.
I spent the weekend of June 22/23 at U Turm, Dortmund, as there has been the last chance to see the exposition “World of Matter” and also on this weekend there was Schau-Festival. There also was “Sommer am U” but as you can see in the picture Dörte took of me there unfortunately was not too much going on outside.
