Wuppertal

Since I forgot my climbing gear this morning I decided to head to a new city for dinner tonight. I ate at an Italian restaurant called scoozi. It was pretty tasty actually. A tortellini carne y champignon's in a light cream sauce. The good news is that every meal here seems to come with a whole bunch of bread so I can order smaller, cheaper portions and still go home reasonably full.

Some interesting history though: Wuppertal is an old city that was built along the banks of a river. Over time as more people came in it became apparent that a tram system was needed. However, the streets and all of the buildings were not constructed to support a public transportation system such as that. So what do ze Germans do? Build a bridge spanning the river of course...

except this bridge runs directly over the river and supports the tram from above. Wild stuff! I did not ride this monstrous contraption since not knowing the area at all I was paying €1.50 /hr in parking and only had time for a quick walkabout and dinner. The architecture here definitely puts the US to shame though.