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Schloss Benrath

Schloss Benrath
This Large House was Build for someone as a Holiday Home
Yah Right some Holiday Home 
 Acres of Gardens
 And what  a House
 It was large and the servant quarters were even bigger
We turned up at the end of the day and it was wet.
 Plenty of Grand statues
 But we had tickets to get inside.
Normally the tour is in Germany but the only ones to turn up were English speakers
So we had the Tour in English.
  The tour was just 4 people.
The guide, us two and one other from Ireland.
The plasterwork, of course, was magnificent
And each one different showing the hunting skills for this one.
 Hows this one for the general wall covering
 But the Start was the Floor.
WOW what a floor
 This a work of art in itself.
Even the furniture was supporting the floor in the way it was designed
 We even had to walk around in Special slippers so we didn't damage the floor
 Downstairs was where they stored the statues that couldn't go outside.anymore
 These were works of there own.
Tha is was great way to finish the day 2 in Germany



Location: Benrather Schloßallee 100-108, 40597 Düsseldorf, Germany

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