Archive for the ‘travel’ Category
celtic cello
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016stylish
Thursday, July 14th, 2016night speeding in Dublin
Monday, May 23rd, 2016speeding 2
Monday, May 23rd, 2016fit for Olympia
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016crema marfil
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014gestern – heute
Sunday, June 29th, 2014architectural phallus
Sunday, April 27th, 2014commemoration
Saturday, December 14th, 2013chinese spring
Friday, November 29th, 2013Jingshan Park
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013shark in the bowl
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013look right
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013last remains
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013guardian
Monday, June 3rd, 2013express to germany
Thursday, May 30th, 2013greening cities
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013me
Tuesday, May 28th, 2013quietness at a rainy day
Friday, May 24th, 2013a normal day in heidelberg
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013NSU
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013concrete today
Thursday, May 16th, 2013relic – biomio
Monday, May 6th, 2013relic – frizer
Wednesday, May 1st, 2013beautiful architecture (again)
Tuesday, April 16th, 2013framed domkyrkan (without spring)
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013spring approaching
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013HAL 9000
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013tricorne
Sunday, March 10th, 2013anthill
Sunday, November 18th, 2012the winner
Wednesday, November 7th, 2012middle class position
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012before Sandy
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012reflection no 4
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012reflection no 3
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012reflection no 2
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012reflection no 1
Wednesday, October 10th, 2012Naples is the flower of paradise (Alexandre Dumas)
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012Waste problems which peaked in 2008 still seem unresolved. Not only destroyed or over loaded waste containers, no, the street are full of empty plastic bottles, plastic bags, and other waste from shops, fast food chains and households. Luckily, German waste incinerators still have unused capacities which makes waste travelling thousands of kilometres through Europe ending up in smoke in Cologne. Goood business for the operators: 100 Euros per ton waste which the Italians pay.
Vedi Napoli e poi muori!
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012“See Naples and die!” – some say that it was Johann Wolfgang von Goethe who coined the phrase, and the phrase can be found in his ‘Italian Journey’ (1786-1788). The historic parts of Naples maintain the stereotype of narrow alleys with noisy scooters, honking cinquecentos, bars with life football maches on their screens and summer heat. The historic part also shows decay, plaster falling from the wallsand street markets with super cheap Chinese imports.
rural beauty
Tuesday, August 28th, 2012not Las Vegas
Thursday, July 12th, 2012tricycle on motorway
Monday, June 18th, 2012stairway to heaven
Friday, June 8th, 2012squeezed défense
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012past values vs. today’s values
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012sun power
Saturday, April 28th, 2012Nuclear springtime…
Sunday, April 15th, 2012… for some European countries. This one will disappear within the next eight years after having been in operation for three months only. Stupidly built on top of a fault line and the building permit was withdrawn. A pity that the site is not converted in a fun park. Would be less costly for tax payers.
blanc bleu rouge
Monday, March 26th, 2012visible history 2
Friday, January 13th, 2012Mal schaun, ob er es merkt:
periurban monument
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012colours of konya
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011mevlana
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011Rumi is probably not known to us Westerners although we have heard about the whirling dervishes, often performed at tourist places in Turkey. Rumi was a Persian poet, Islamic jurist and theologian of the early 13th century. He paved the way for the Mevlana order in Konya which practiced the sufi dance to express the mystery part of Islam. The ceremony is referred to Sama which is broken up on four parts, each with a particular meaning. The whirling dervishes are representative of the moon and they spin on the outside of the Sheikh who is representative of the sun. An impressive experience.
armed raid in florence
Wednesday, September 21st, 2011loaded in florence
Monday, September 19th, 2011Transport system in Florence is characterised by efficiently operated freight vehicles. Scarce road space and low emission zones favour alternative mobility options. Complemented by public bicycles, electric buses and a considerable share of hybrid-electric vehicles underlines Florence’s commitment towards meeting the European greenhouse gas emission saving goals. Was there any other remarkable experience in Florence? Not that I can remember.
Vulkaneifel
Thursday, September 1st, 2011Surely, this is not what one considers volcanoes. But this area is seismically one of the most active areas in Germany. The volcano itself is hiding in the fog, the ‘maar’ is waking up in the morning light.
Wild camping usually is not a problem in Germany, except drunken youngsters in their tuned up car discover your tent in the middle of the night. I forgot to cover the reflectors of my bicycle which caused a scary situation. Luckily, I got away with it.
analog to digital
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Forgetting to take the digital camera along on my holiday granted me additional time to take few pictures in a very analog way. I had almost forgotten about the feeling to dive into a ‘frame’ discovering many details, nuances, sounds, smells, which otherwise would had happened in a 1/250 second. It is a very appropriate way to remember Creysse along the Dordogne in Southwest France with its bi-apsis medieval church.
for the sake of change: Bucharest 1
Sunday, May 29th, 2011leaden slush ice
Thursday, April 28th, 2011trinity
Thursday, January 6th, 2011advent calendar – special kind
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010Regensburg’s main theater turned into a huge living advent calendar. From the first to the 24th December, each evening a new window will be opened. No, there will be no chocolate in it – unfortunately. Neither beer nor mulled wine. The windows will be filled with songs, poetry, dances and music. Strangely, the door to 24 already opened, but nobody singing.
Father Rhine from the Dragon’S Rock
Sunday, November 7th, 2010Hiking along the Rhine is a wonderful experience, particularly during autumn: the forests’ smell of mushrooms, the colourful leaves of maple, oak, beech trees and majestic Rhine carrying freight vessels, ferries and passenger boats.
Although busy with tourists, Dragon’s Rock offers a fantastic views up- and downstream. Here, Siegfried, the hero of the Niebelungenlied, killed the dragon and bathed in its blood to became invulnerable – almost.
Zeche Zollverein – the classical view
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010save our souls
Sunday, October 10th, 2010no ashes, no phoenix
Sunday, October 10th, 2010Malmö transformation
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010phoenix from the ashes
Thursday, September 30th, 201040 years later – westalgia
Tuesday, September 7th, 2010Vorwerk is an international diversified corporate group with annual revenues of more than 2 billion Euros…
I was about 7 years old when a Vorwerk sales person came to our dwelling (in fact we lived in a newly built garage while my father continued constructing the house) and demonstrated the merits of modern technology. Instead of a vacuum cleaner bag he (or was it a she?) used a spotless white cloth – with appalling effect. Few days later we had one of those green and ugly Vorwerks in the garage.
Today, the vacuum cleaners still exist and are still ugly.
20 years later – ostalgia
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Germany is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the re-unification treaty between West Germany and the GDR (what was the meaning of this acronym?). The final act was the re-unification in 3rd October 1990. What has happened since then? To experience this, take your bike and ride through Germany (check out dynamobile2010).
ossi – wessi / sorge – elend
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010pianistin – rose – photographin
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010blown away
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Sadly, the shortest railway tunnel in Germany is history. For almost 150 years, it has been a landmark on the main railway line between Nuremberg and Regensburg. Our short-sighted society with economic interests as a leading principle was not willing to cover the 25000 Euros annually to maintain the cosy tunnel. 11000 tons of rubble have to be removed from the tracks until Monday to allow trains to use the line again. Commuters will miss the split-second shadow and close their books just before arriving in Regensburg.
regensburg – churches at night 1
Sunday, May 16th, 2010St Pieter’s Cathedral of Regensburg belongs to most remarkable Gothic buildings in Southern Germany. An unusual feature of the Cathedral is its separation from the older structure of the cloister. The cloister, usually not open to the public contains a fine Romanesque All Saint’s Chapel from 1164. The garden in twilight gives a sweet sense of inspiration – and a taste of what the night of open churches offers.
münchner freiheit
Friday, March 5th, 2010finally, water on mars…
Monday, March 1st, 2010not vancouver…
Sunday, February 28th, 2010bruxelles ma belle!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010sunrise at the danube
Thursday, January 28th, 2010taking a break from winter
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Széchenyi thermal bath in Budapest is certainly the most beautiful spa which I have ever seen. The unique setting within the 19th century building complex and the variety of different thermal baths make the visit an exceptional experience. Despite air temperatures of -10 degrees Celsius people enjoy the outside pools – even playing chess in the water. The biggest challenge is to expose the camera to the freezing temperatures outside and the humidity within the bath.