Cologne is surrounded by a ring of parks called Die Grüngürtel (the green belt), which is lovely for afternoon walks. Over the weekend, we headed to the southernmost part (the Stadtwald, or city forest) to enjoy the fall leaves and to visit one of my favorite places in the Gürtel:
The Lindenthaler Tierpark
The park has been around since the early 1900s, at first
filled only with tame Damhirsche (fallow deer), but now also with a bunch of goats, fowl (ducks, swans, turkeys, geese, chickens, and guineas), cows, and donkeys. This time we met some
baby burros...
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| the ears! |
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| I just can't get over those ears! |
Some chickens...
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| we loved the contrast between the big, fluffy Brahmas and the long-legged Kraienköppe! |
Of course goats...
And last, but not least, Highland cows...
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| feeding cows by hand is slimy, but fun :) |
Entry to the park is free and a box of animal food is only 50 cents, so it's the perfect place to stop by on a weekend. There are always little kids running around, an icecream cone in one hand and goat food in the other. That and ears like this never fail to make me smile!
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