Sunday, November 4, 2007

Schloss Benrath

This afternoon we went to Benrath Palace just south of Düsseldorf. It was used as a hunting lodge and is now a park and museum.

This rococo and neoclassical Palace was built in the mid-eighteenth century by the architect and landscape gardener Pigage, commissioned by the local Elector Carl Theodor. The Palace sits in 60 hectares of beautifully landscaped gardens. Many of the Palace rooms are as they would have looked when originally built.


The fall colors here are amazing and it was great to spend the afternoon in the fresh air walking around the gardens. There weren't any flowers to see because everything is covered in a blanket of leaves, but that's almost as pretty! This would be a great place to go running - the grounds were really extensive. Emma slept most of the time in her cozy little stroller.


The front of the palace/hunting lodge.


A map in the museum showing what it would have looked like back in the day. (Although it certainly isn't run-down or anything now. It's gorgeous!)


Me and Kristen


There were lots of swans, geese, and mallard ducks


Kristen and David

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