Day 3 22/6/19 Dusseldorf

Day 3 22/6/19

Relaxing start to the day then we went to visit the Klingenmuseum (Knife), a magnificent collection of Swords, knives, scissors and various other items. The original building on the site was a nunnery built in 1185. The cloister burned down in 1686 and then again in 1717 when it was rebuilt in the baroque style. The knife/ sword collection was started by the technical school in 1904 and eventually moved to the current site in 1991. 

Visited the shopping centre again so we could get an adapter to charge various devices.

Will have to re-think our packing strategy for future travels

Insect Hotel, apparently.

Tireless lawn mower on patrol

OOPS, found a tree, managed to free itself after a while sitting and "thinking"

Maritta's favorite insect

They have some odd electric buses that have a power connector similar to a Melbourne tram

GPS took us down some odd cobbled streets on the way to the museum

Sculpture in the museum grounds

Early medieval swords

Some things haven't changed, clippers from around 1 BC

Men were obviously men, doubt if I could lift it let alone do some damage

decorative knife handles

Early traveling kit

Various scissors

Pocket knives, some for very big pockets, others you need a magnifying glass to find

Impressive sculpture from a variety of scissors

I have trouble finding the right blade on my Swiss army knife, it could take all day with this one

Front of the Museum building

The cobblestone street we drove through earlier

Relaxing back at our lodging