Trip Day 22

Tuesday August 29

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Today was a lovely day. Ute picked us up and we had breakfast. She had an appointment this morning and friends Inge and Martina came to pick us up. They had decided to take us to Münster. Long-legs James was put in the front. It was about a 50 minute drive.

Martina knew Münster from a long time ago when she was a student here. She thought we should park at the Schloß. It was busy around there because they just had a horse event. We did find parking but Martina said that 40 years ago parking was free there.

We walked around the back and there was a park.

Standing under this tree was amazing. It was so huge and majestic. I am upset that you just couldn't take a picture to get that feeling.

We almost went into the Botanical Garden but decided we needed something to drink. This might be a leftover from the horse event. A stand selling drinks and a stand selling falafel boxes and döner boxes. Well, who can resist?

I tried to take a selfie but he must have known that I am horrible at it and ask whether he could do it.

And then we did go into the Botanical Garden. This truly was special. They had plants/flowers I had never seen before. And some little statues on pedestals. All very, very nice.

James had to study this 'Ballonplant' for a while. 

It was strange. The ballons were larger than a pingpong ball almost as large as a tennis ball but the flowers were quite small. And on the plant at the same time.

Then there was a whole section of fuchsias. Look at this tree.

This vine was all over in the conservatory with a good number of blossoms (?) hanging here and there. My iphone told me it was called 'Giant Dutchman's Pipe'. This is one side of it.

The other side. Obviously a carnivore. These things were larger than a spread out hand.

Very long snake gourd with tiny flowers.

Black Pepper plant!

I looked and looked but this bush was only one but had red and yellow flowers on it. 

This was such a beauty. I could have looked at it for a while. A woman was standing by it and kept telling me that they have this growing on the Island Mainau at the Lake of Konstanz. It likes it a little warm. 

Araucaria, also called monkey puzzle tree.

I discovered the little brown balls, almost pine cone looking things. She told me that that will become the blooms looking almost golden when they do. She said it is awesome when it happens, not every year.

As always, less then half of my photos I took and I didn't take enough because there were so many unusual plants. Some in the greenhouses and some in beds outside. Everything was arranged nicely.

But then we went into town. We could just keep walking. Could not believe all those bikes in this one spot.

A photo for William. Will he recognize his friends when he was visiting Holland on the beach and Germany?

Münster Cathedral.

Outside a touchable miniture old city with brail lettering for sight impaird people.

Wir wollten im Kaufhof was kaufen und was sahen wir? 

Münster is an old historic house with lots of history/stories.

In the above photo you see the St. Lamberti Cathedral. On the tower there are still three iron baskets in which 1536 the bodies of three leaders of reformation were shown as warning.

Saw this on the way back to the car.

Back to Ute's house. More chatting until Inge and Martina needed to leave. More chatting with Ute until she brought us to our quarters. Lucky with the weather again. Night, night.