They never get red all at the same time :-).

Little cornflower and big wine leaves.

This is what you see when you arrive in Mülheim an der Ruhr by train, in this case from the direction of Duisburg, from the west. Glamourous, isn’t it? Although this photo was taken in 2004, the platforms nearly look the same today, because only the station building and the access tunnels below were renovated in 2010 – but there was not much done on the platforms themselves. And you might want to think about stopping here, because our central station may be the only one in the whole country without toilet facilities. It has become something of a running joke – they’ve been planning to put a loo in there literally for decades, but even the recent renovations didn’t manage that.

Approaching high scoville levels… :-)

Tomatoes, two by four :-).

The surprise Mallow :-).

This is the view just left from the previous entry of the City Views series, looking down from the railway platform at the old central station building. This photo was taken in 2004, today it again looks a bit different because the station has been finally renovated. Before 1974, the Hauptbahnhof was originally called Mülheim Eppinghofen after the part of the city it is located in, while the former central station, today only a small stop called Mülheim West was one stop to the west, giving the steel industry factories access to the railway. The two big buildings behind the second, abandoned railway line were only built in 1992, one of them belongs to the software company whose name you can see on top and the other one is occupied by some city administration offices. In the background, you once again can see one of the highrises.

And the cucumbers are also growing like mad. Only a few days ago we discovered a 450g, 25cm heavyweight which was hidden among the leaves of one plant, but this one is of course a bit smaller – but not less tasty! It has a fierce defence, it’s rather prickly and definitively needs a shave before eating :-).

These are not tomatoes, but something much more spicy :-).

Going deep red :-).