Having finished doing that we set off downtown to walk the length of the Lichtentaler Allee which has the Oos river running alongside the majority of it - it is called a river but in truth (at least at this time of the year) its depth would be no more than ankle height.
We started off going “that way” as I haven’t determined how the city aligns with the North and on the way we went into the Trinkhalle to have a look at the frescos that along with the colonnades are its feature
Continuing on we walked along a tree lined path and we were taken by the trees as the topside of their leaves were green (as you would expect) but the underside was silver and yellow flowers hung from it
As we continued on we realised that this was the road we had driven on, in the opposite direction, when we drove into town so we continued until we came to the building that had a large mural painted on it before we turned to go “the other way”
In heat that we were now finding to be sapping we walked back to the city, stopped at our cafe (ours because some of the staff speak some English) for afternoon refreshments and then continued up, or is down, the Allee.
It is a walk that many Badeners enjoy as there were a steady steam of walkers and also cyclists doing exactly what we were doing. It is soon apparent why they enjoy it - tree lined walkways, plenty of seats to rest when required, the Oos flowing beside and safe enough for young ones, dogs and not so young ones to paddle in - as it is a very pleasant walk.
There are also some significant buildings along the way which suggest that there is some money in town
If I ever came here to work I would start an Arborist company as there are trees and shrubs everywhere and most properties have hedging which is well manicured
Having walked the full length we then returned to the city before making our way, wearily, back to our accommodation.
Kms driven so far 547
Kms walked 93.8
At the cafe you can buy alcohol and after a 🍾 of this Sherry was under the table!!
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