The Final City (of Winter)

My final city on my winter adventure was Dusseldorf. After Berlin, it just wasn't that exciting, but it had some cool areas and it was worth the couple days I gave it. Granted this is upon reflection of the city because I am pretty sure I told people while I was there and months after that it was not needed. Sorry Dusseldorf! See though, I took it back! It just took me a few months to realize it! 

Ok so I had absolutely no idea what to expect in Dusseldorf. I had put it on my travels so I could get a cheap flight back to Leeds. I had found out that it was the fashion capital of Germany or something like that and I remember thinking "Oh crap! I am not going to fit in!" I didn't exactly fit in, but I also didn't stand out. I sort of was in the ideal position I wanted to be in: noticeable not to be hit by a car, but not enough to be attacked for my bag. (again sorry Dusseldorf. It sounds like you are a crazy crime ridden place and you could be, but I have no idea if you are and implying that is cruel of me) 

Alrighty, so like normal, I went exploring and took pictures of things. Oooooooo! Ahhhhhh! And like normal, I had no idea what I was taking pictures of. Take this picture for instance:

I saw it and thought "Huh. That looks cool. Time to take a Pic-it-chure!" Now I find out through  the magic that is google and google maps that this is apparently named after the person who created it: Mack-Brunnen.

This church and statue is close to the monument/ statue from above. It is in Martin Luther Platz.

From there, I wandered through the main shopping area where there was nothing I could have afforded. And fortunately, I found my way to something free: Hofgarten. Yay for gardens!

 And look! Swans!!!!

And look! A weird statue in said park! It was actually pretty cool because it technically has no head, but depending where you stand, it can look like it is holding its head as you can see below.

Then after seeing some of the greenery, I made my way to the water and took some cool shots of the bridges and other things close to the water. As you can see, it was getting dark, so I knew I had to start to find my way back to my hostel, but I couldn't just yet because I kept seeing interesting things.

Like this! It is a column covered in advertisements with a sculpture of a woman holding a child on top. At first, it scared the crap out of me because I thought it was a real person t first. Silly me!

Then after I took a few shots of this, I went back to the hostel to sleep.

The following morning, I woke up and headed to the tower that is pictured above to go to the top and see the views. Here is the outer part of the elevator of the Rhineturm

Here is a cool building outside of the tower. The magic of google maps tells me it is called Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The Rhine and its bridges from the top of the tower. Ignore the nasty looking water!

After the tower, I headed out to explore the rest of the area. I found this cool walking bridge and decided to see where it would take me. Turns out, it didn't go anywhere interesting, but it did me a way to waste time.

Then I went and explored more of the area and found some wicked cool looking buildings. They were so cool to look at that I wasn't the only person to stop and stare for awhile.

This was pretty much my favourite theme of Dusseldorf photos: water, tower, bridge.

Here was another interesting building. Although there was nothing interesting about the structure, the creepy coloured figures taking over, were very intriguing.

I likes the cool red panels of this building. I found this while lost because I didn't want to go back the way I came. This of course ended up taking me in a circle and then a couple of hours of wandering to find my way back to the hostel

Looking at google maps has really shown me that I haven't seen as much of Dusseldorf as I should have, but I am still content with what I saw. Although I will not be making an effort to go back anytime soon, I would not pass up an opportunity to go back if one presented itself.