Trip to Europe: Dusseldorf, Germany

On 12/25, Peter and Henni Scholz drove us to Düsseldorf (Dusseldorf), where we visited Christine's old stomping grounds: during her senior year in college, Christine was a winter intern for the state government, specifically the Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand, Technologie und Verkehr (Ministry for Economics, Small Businesses, Technology and Traffic). Since then, it has undergone many reforms and is currently called the Ministry for Economics and Labor.

Haroldstrasse
Christine in front of the ministry building where she used to work.

Ministry building
North-east view (panorama).

Ministry building
South-west view (panorama).

Ministry building
South-west view: the TV tower (panorama).

Ministry building
South-west view (panorama).

Ministry building
South-west view: Rheinkniebrücke (Rhine knee/bend bridge) (panorama).

Ministry building
South-west view (panorama).

Rheinuferpromenade (Rhine bank promenade)
Christine, about to break into a run, as she once used to do along the Rhine. The drunk Karneval (carnival) -goers would call to her Miss Nagano!

Rheinuferpromenade
West view: Rheinkniebrücke (panorama).

Rheinuferpromenade
West view: Christine and Peter with the Oberkasseler Brücke in the background (panorama).

Rheinuferpromenade
West view: Christine, Peter, and Henni with the Oberkasseler Brücke in the background (panorama).

Rheinuferpromenade
North view: the promenade (panorama).

Mertens-Gasse and Andreas-Strasse, Altstadt
Christine in front of Tante Anna (Aunt Anna), the best place to eat mussels.

Mertens-Gasse and Andreas-Strasse, Altstadt
Christine and Toli in front of Tante Anna.

Near Königsallee (King's alley/avenue)
Peter, Christine, and Henni on a bridge near Königsallee, the "Rodeo Drive" of Düsseldorf

Near Königsallee
Peter, Christine, and Henni, with the Königsallee in the background

Königsallee
Shopping arcade (panorama).

Haroldstrasse
The TV tower, which also tells time: the lower nine lights count seconds; when ten seconds have accumulated, all these lights go off, and another one over them comes on (in the group that counts tens). In the next vertical group (separated by a horizontal row of red lights), the lights count units and tens of minutes, and finally the top group counts hours. The time now is 5p (10+7 hours); 7 minutes; 19 seconds (10+9).

Haroldstrasse
The TV tower: 17:07:38. One of the tens of seconds is masked by the street light.

Haroldstrasse
The TV tower: 17:09:46.

Haroldstrasse
The TV tower: 17:10. The seconds should be around 20, but it's hard to read precisely.

Haroldstrasse
The TV tower: 17:10:25.