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.

Lake Festival

Summer is festival time! So we visited another festival last weekend, this time at the local lake. It takes place every year for several weeks and is very popular. The site is an artificial lake with lots of recreation facilities and water sports. If you walk around the lake you will have done a 6 km walk. And this is what I actually like about the lake festival: you can walk pleasantly along the water with pretty scenery and yummy things to eat and drink along your way. You can stop by to listen to some music from the various stages around the lake. You can have hustle and bustle at the north and south sides of the lake and forest at the west and something in between at the east.

The following picture was taken from the west side of the lake and you can see the dome of the so called "new town hall" in the centre.

 

Some tranquil scenery:

The north side...

 

...filling with people.