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.

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Prearranged floral arrangement delivered by forklift.

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Stahlhof

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Entenbrot ist Ententod

(Duck’s bread is duck’s death)

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Johanneskirche (St. Jean’s Church)

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Brewery Stop #1:

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and
Alt Work (Füchschen Altbeir inspired artwork)

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Standing in the rain on Oberkasseler Brücke
(Oberkassel Bridge between Düsseldorf-Heerdt)
with the Rheinturm (Rhine Tower) in the background.

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Tonhalle

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NRW Forum

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Museum Kunstpalast

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Stadterhebungsmonument (City Monument) by Bert Gerresheim

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Radschlägerbrunnen (Cartwheel Fountain)

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Rathaus (City Hall) at the Marktplatz

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Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine

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Neanderkirche

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St. Andreaskirche

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Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Arts Venue

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Brewery Stop #2:

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Hausbrauerei Zum Schlüssel

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

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Bad Day at the Haus of Karnevals

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

the Düsseldorf Cartwheeler, on a manhole cover.

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Enten Füttern Verboten

(Duck Feeding Forbidden)

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Tile mosaic behind glass in a museum.

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Brewery Stop #3:

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

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Heinrich-Heine Institut

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Mariensäule – Anton Josef Reiss and Gottfried Renn (1872)

Statue of Our Lady

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Eingang Stadtmuseum

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

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Sonnenuhren (Sundial) – Barocke Säulen

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The Rheinkniebrücke looking west over the Rhine.

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Local Hospitality from Johannes Rau at

Die Präsidentin des Landtags Nordrhein-Westfalen

(Denkmal vor der ehemaligen Staatskanzlei)

(Monument in front of the former State Chancellery)

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Rheinbahn (Rhine Railway)

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Frankreichfest (French Cultural Festival on the Rhine)

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Rheinturm (Rhine Tower) in the distance (below).

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Museum of Art created after 1980

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Vater Rhein und seine Töchter (1897) – Karl Janssen and Josef Tüshaus

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Idealmodell PK/90 (1987), a giant pistol left lying around by Olaf Metzel.

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Brewery Stop #4:

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Beirbrauerei Schumacher

 One last pub before dinner.
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To our delight, we found a Mexican Restaurant
and placed a takeout order to bring back to the hotel.
It wasn’t tasty Mexican food by southwestern U.S. standards,
but we were grateful for the option.

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