the plains of the Uckermark

June 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

the grain growing plains, the pine tree woods, the bricks built villages over the sand and by the lakes left after the wall of ice.

Lake and fisherman's boat in Brandenburg

Rügen, Rügen

June 12, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Es muss ein kleiner Fischerort mit Reetdach geschmückten Häuschen sein, aber es soll nicht nach Fisch riechen. Es soll einen Fischmarkt geben, wo es frischen Fisch zu kaufen gibt. Selbstverständlich soll es kein Fisch aus dem Westpazifik sein, sondern regional. Er soll Substanz haben. Doch nur die, die dem Ort die Substanz geben, sollten nicht da sein, maximal nur dekorativ.

*England, England (Julian Barnes, 1998)

North Stream gas pipes in Rügen waiting to be shipped to the building site

Logistic stop at Solnhofen on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

the river, the valley and the cycling path

May 31, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

the air is still cold and the sun already cozily warm for a ride down the Altmühl along the cycling path. A church made of bushes is still growing to completion in Pappenheim, the roofings still a bit thin, the tower naked yet.

Bushes church in Pappenheim on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Tourist Agency at the town square in Pappenheim on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Burg Pappenheim on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Pappenheim on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Train bridge on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

The twelve Apostles on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Something that catches my attention on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Castle at Eichstätt on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Cloister at Eichstätt on the Altmühlradweg, Altmühltal, Germany

Leutstettener Moos

April 18, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

an overcast cold spring day is possibly the best time to visit the bogs. Nature still asleep, people still asleep, all is still in the bogs.

spring gets ongoing at Lautstettener Moos

a plank made crossing over the drenches at Lautstettener Moos

The Worm river through Lautstettener Moos

Simssee, Rosenheim and the Alps

April 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

not far from Munich near the old salt trading hub city of Rosenheim the Simssee with the Alps in the background stands modestly apart from the Chiemsee; its overrun neighbour lake.

Boat house at the Simssee near Rosenheim, Bavaria

Lake huts at the Simssee near Rosenheim, Bavaria

Simssee and the Alps near Rosenheim, Bavaria

Old guests house gone residence in Bad Endorf, Bavaria

Exodus, Sebastiao Salgado at the Kunstfoyer, Munich

Salgado.EXODUS

March 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Sebastião Salgado’s exhibit of misery and pain at the Kunstfoyer in Munich throw us the hopeless nature of humanity’s problem in the face, namely corrupt power and specifically corrupt government.

Judith at the Munich Museums light show „Das Kunstareal verbindet“. Alte Pinakothek

colour me

February 13, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

in a swirl of colour, a blur of movement

Judith at Königsplatz at the Munich Museums light show „Das Kunstareal verbindet“. Propyläen

Judith at the Munich Museums light show „Das Kunstareal verbindet“.

the old mill at the bogland

February 7, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

behind the fields and the forest, in the middle of the bogland, over the half-broken planks bridge stands the old forgotten mill east of Markt Schwaben.

Ines at Königsplatz at the Munich Museums light show

against the light

February 1, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

she comes and goes, the lights of the city behind, spare a thought, what is that light?

light at night

January 22, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

museums are closed. museums are still there for the people. city is people. city is light at night. city is stone reshaped. under a soft mantle of snow. and a myriad footsteps tell stories. stories of people in the city.