my poladroid week 5th january - 11th january 2009.

MONDAY

monday was pretty icy and stuff, i found it beautiful. i posted this before but as a different version. i like this one better.

TUESDAY

shadow creeps in occasionally, but most of the time when no one's at home except me. because i have a weak heart and i love her to roam around the house.

WEDNESDAY

here she is sleeping on the couch in the computerroom. lovely.

THURSDAY

still icy garden. but the snow is falling sometimes as well.

FRIDAY

my mom and me play this quiz game a lot these days. i love quizzes! sometimes it helps when i think i'm not very smart. they show me that i'm not too stupid ☹

on saturday i worked the whole day and didn't have time to shoot any pictures. additionally i just wanted to relax when i was coming home.

SUNDAY

we made a winter walk yesterday near castle ettersburg. there were a lot of people and skiing and sledding kids, so we made a huge round around them. i don't like that much people around me. makes me sad sometimes, but i think i'm not able to overcome that any time soon. the only occasions i'm bearing masses of people is when going to concerts, it's just different then.

the castle has been renovated last year, it's quite beautiful now. sometimes i think though, that it would've been great to have a closer look at the ruins, but time's went by.

some history:
o it has been built by johann mützel in 1706 - 1711
o anna amalia of brunswick-wolfenbüttel lived there from 1776 - 1780
o because of her patronity goethe, schiller, herder and a lot of other well known personalities at that time were having meetings in summer times there.
o in the 19th century other famous persons have visited the palais : hans christian andersen, franz liszt and many more.
o there was a school located there in the 20th century (wernher von braun was one of many teachers ), it was closed after the world war II ended 1945. there was a huge lane to KZ BUCHENWALD as well, they opened it again in 1999.
o in 2007/2008 the castle has been renovated after it slowly went to rack and ruins.

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in the forests.

it's that time of the year again.

july '20: lake petersdorf discoveries and a plea against genocide.

the green wild meadows of malchow's sandfeld. in the west of malchow there is a big chunk of forest that spans towards plauer see, a widely 'uncultivated' area these days, but it hasn't always been this way. in my last post i mentioned the nazi munition factory that had been built in these woods, away from prying eyes of their enemies and where they also built an external subcamp for the concentration camp ravensbrück. exactly these woods we explored on a pretty sunny day, betraying the darkness that happened around these parts. isn't it weird that there are places in this world that were built or used by dark forces and horrible regimes and you vist them 80 years later and they are the most peaceful places you can imagine? sometimes my brain can't cope with the contrast of knowing what was in the past and what the present looks and feels like. it definitely leaves me with a strange impression often, kind of like a little sting in my heart and brain that is not ...

july '20: a boat ride across the lakes.

starting point in malchow harbour. when you're in the mecklenburg lakelands you need to do some of the many boat rides they offer up all around the various lakes! that's really sort of the best way to get a little overview over the many lake destinations and being on the water and feeling the wind on your face ( or the rain 😂 ) and seeing the life in the water and the landscapes around you, it's just special, i think! they often also tell you historic bits and pieces of the lakes, informing you on possible sights you should seek out, too! when you book a tour, you can choose between big day trips crossing several lakes, depending from where you start, or you can choose short rides that last a couple of hours and perhaps even have a theme like a sunset tour or a romance tour ( possibly with romantic dinner for two options 😉 ). from malchow you can choose between two tour providers: reederei pickran & the blau-weiße-flotte . there are tours that include up to 7 lakes, ...

ghost of nature.

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