A Nature walk in Brühl

After we had explored the nature preserve along the river Rhine in Brühl a few months back without Mia we took here there on a nice spring day.
We parked our car at the outskirts of Brühl where a friend of Ji lives - that's how we know the area - and then started the 1 km walk towards the Rhine passing some lakes that were created when the riverbed was straightened 200 years ago and the old riverbed was closed in parts against the new one.

Mia had bought her scooter to avoid strenuous hikning

When we reached the river we took a break and watched some of the passing barges

 Mia watched some swans

Some birds at a bird feeder

Along the Leimenbach - a small creek

Feeding a swan

A stork looking for dinner

Watering some fields

The walk back alog the Leimenbach was a major detour but very nice and worth the extra time

Walking Mia in Handschuhsheim

Mia and her friend got invited to walk Mia at the garden her owners have in the fields north of Handschusheim.
Here some of the pictures the girls took during their extra long walk

 

Walk to the top of the Heiligenberg

Nisha joined us again for a walk on the other side of the Neckar: This time to the top of the Heiligenberg where we had a look at the Thingstätte is a Nazi-era amphitheater.

It was quite the long walk but there were some nice views in between

A little break

 
It was Mia's first vist at the almost 90 year old complex

A nice view from the top across the theater to the other mountains and the Rhine valley. Mia and Nisha are sitting on the bridge-like building behind the stage

 Going down was more fun

 

Almost down..

Making Homemade Spätzle

Mia helping to male some home made Spätzle: After making the dough with eggs, wheat and salt it is squeezed through a special board with holes into boiling water

Walk to the top of the Gaisberg

Mia's fried Nisha joined us for a walk to the top of the Gaisberg. We started not too far from their school

We passed a strange car that was parked in the woods for a long time and had been vandalized

On top the tower that is on top of the Gaisberf

Mark Twain Village

Our evening walk took us to Mark Twain Village where we discovered a new playground.
Some of the hoses were the American  soldiers used to live are being renerovated

The old High School is used as a school

A new playground was build north of the school

The New Helper

Our new helper was named Ruby by Mia. She tells her what to do and she is cleaning the floor in our apartment

Before she starts working we have to clear everything out of the way - like he pile pf library books Mia can't return because the library is closed due to Corona