Düsseldorf: 7.3.2007

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Day two, our first morning in cool and rainy Düsseldorf

was quite a change from the warmth of the Mediterranean.

We enjoyed the continental breakfast at the hotel

and then hit the streets.

Sightseeing, pause at a brewery for an Alt,

sightseeing, Alt, sightseeing, Alt, and so on.

As well, we stopped at the little bodegas

to refill our plastic cups as we walked,

and to bring some tasty beer selections

back to the hotel in the evenings.

Ich bin ein Altbier!

Nein, nein, nein!

Ich möchte ein Altbier!

In einem glas, bitte.

Prearranged floral arrangement delivered by forklift.

Entenbrot ist Ententod

(Duck’s bread is duck’s death)

Johanneskirche (St. Jean’s Church)

Brewery Stop #1:

Brauerei Im Füchschen

and

Alt Work (Füchschen Altbeir inspired artwork)

Standing in the rain on Oberkasseler Brücke

(Oberkassel Bridge between Düsseldorf-Heerdt)

with the Rheinturm (Rhine Tower) in the background.

Museum Kunstpalast

Stadterhebungsmonument (City Monument) by Bert Gerresheim

Radschlägerbrunnen (Cartwheel Fountain)

Rathaus (City Hall) at the Marktplatz

Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine

St. Andreaskirche

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Arts Venue

Brewery Stop #2:

Hausbrauerei Zum Schlüssel

A lawn duck we fed, a golden bulldog begging to be ridden, and deer in need of being petted.

Bad Day at the Haus of Karnevals

Spraying swans, a snaking sink, and the city’s symbol,

the Düsseldorf Cartwheeler, on a manhole cover.

Enten Füttern Verboten

(Duck Feeding Forbidden)

Tile mosaic behind glass in a museum.

Brewery Stop #3:

Brauerei Uerige
“Alles andere ist alt.”
(Everything else is old.)

Heinrich-Heine Institut

Mariensäule – Anton Josef Reiss and Gottfried Renn (1872)

Statue of Our Lady

Eingang Stadtmuseum

Alte Frau im Sessel (Old Woman in Armchair) – Waldemar Otto (1929)

Sonnenuhren (Sundial) – Barocke Säulen