Spring walk

The next day we did some sightseeing with the family and went to the City's lake. A walk around the lake is 6 km, too much for everyone to walk, so we just visited the north bank. At the balustrade we witnessed the "love locks"-phenomenon which has spread around the world and finally reached our place as well. Affixing padlocks to fences, gates and bridges by lovers should symbolize everlasting love. Cute little tokens of affection.

We went to the nearby town hall and wanted to take the elevator to get to the top of the dome for spectacular view. Unfortunately we would have had to wait almost an hour as it was quite busy. So we decided to wander around the adjoining little parc.

I found an interesting looking tree trunk with a curious hole...

Then we went to the newly rebuilt castle.

It was all white and shiny. Inside are conference facilities and a little museum.

In front of the castle were pretty beds of yellow and red flowers.

First time for me to see yellow hyacinths.

Well worth seeing is the baroque style garden. We lingered from one pretty flower bed to the next water fountain, enjoying the many colours of spring flowers arranged in geometrical order.

Love the pansy violet. Pretty colour for a new blanket....

 

Happy spring walk with a happy family.

Little Festival

We were lucky to get tickets for the so called "Kleines Fest im großen Garten" which translates to Little Festival in the Large Garden. It is cabaret-event featuring artists from around the world. The large garden refers to the Royal Gardens of Herrenhausen, a beautiful baroque garden:

 

The idea of the festival is that each artist/ group has a stage of their own, scattered across the garden area. Festival participants are to wander around the garden choosing perfomances to their liking. There are also a number of walking acts like the "jellyfish" below:

 

And of course lots of possibilities to have a picknick in between:

 

The festival closes with fire works accompanied by Händels fireworks music. It was a great evening with friends, full of laughter and happiness.