The sun actually came out today and I felt the need to get some fresh air, so I decided to go out for a walk.
First, I headed towards the train station. On the way there I spotted some daffodils dancing in the breeze.
I walked along the front of the zoo, stopping to see whether I could spy the red pandas. On the photo below, you can see a red ball of fur curled up in the tree. The other panda was in a higher tree further along. Most of him was hidden behind a branch though, so I didn’t take a photo.
After calling in at the train station to see whether they still had my cross stitch magazine (they didn’t – I knew I should have bought all three last week!), I headed towards Beiertheimer Allee (a street leading towards the part of Karlsruhe called Beiertheim… although I actually walked down it away from Beiertheim). In the middle of the street, there’s a large area of green with paths leading through it and a play area part way down. When the sun comes out, the green area (it’s not a park or garden, really) is incredibly popular with parents pushing buggies, joggers and dogwalkers. I spotted more signs of spring in the grass.
Continuing my walk, I passed the Karlsruhe minigolf course… still closed for its winter break until 1st April.
The play area that you can just about see beside the minigolf is actually inside the Stadtgarten bit of the zoo.
Leaving the minigolf course, I turned a corner and came to Festplatz, a square that houses the buildings belonging to the Karlsruhe Kongresszentrum (congress centre), where many conferences and trade fairs are held. The one pictured below is the Stadthalle (City Hall… not to confused with the Rathaus, which confusingly also means Town Hall or City Hall…).
Crossing over Festplatz, I made my way back to the Südstadt and home for lunch after a lovely walk in the Spring sunshine. If only we could have weather like this every weekend!
I think the weather may be turning for the better…..a little anyway. Enjoying signs of Spring in England too. How lovely to see Red pandas on your walk. 🙂
You can see them, some random deer-like things, the elephants and the flamingos without going inside the zoo 😉
Another lovely weekend in lovely Germany 🙂
We won’t tell you about the miserable ones in case it puts you off 😉 (dull and rainy again today).
Yeah, same here – +1 – sigh. Just when I was getting excited about spring!
The red panda looks a bit precarious up there in the tree, and not very comfortable!
They’re always up in the trees so they must like it, I suppose?! They have a little platform thing, but the trees win every time.
How funny. Maybe what we think is uncomfortable is the most comfortable for them.
The forecast for this coming Thursday is 20 degrees. I’ve got all my hopes pinned on that.So tired of winter! But not a crocus in sight 🙂
I love to play mini golf but I am sooo bad at it! 🙂 Great pictures, thanks for sharing!
I always play minigolf against Jan and he wins every single time!
Beautiful photos! Flowers are popping up all around here too and it looks like we might just have some sunny days coming up 🙂
I love seeing all the flowers popping up all over the place! I think it’s my favourite part of spring coming.
I’m reading this thinking, “where in the world does she live?” and then I see it’s Germany….cool! I follow another blog of a gal who’s an expat living in Germany and she paints a lovely picture of life there. Your photos are GOR.GEOUS, and I had a first today –I had no idea there was such an animal as a red panda!
great to meet you on Aussa’s blog. 🙂
Glad you like the photos. I LOVE red pandas! They’re a relatively new addition to the zoo and I’m so happy I can see them from outside 😉
Well hello there sweet thang *wink*
Ooh, so YOU’RE the other expat! Small world 🙂
Haha! Yes, that would be me!
What is this great weather?!! We’ve been so lucky lately.
I know! I just hope it stays this way til the weekend… usually it’s only sunny when I have to work!
Beautiful photos and I haven’t seen a red panda before! I simply must now! Thanks for linking up!
They’re so cute! But mostly all I see of these ones is a curled up ball of fur. They have adorable little faces… when they decide to show them!