the baltic sea chronicles: days 9 & 10 & 11. beach impressions.

a few impression of several beaches.

fehmarn island.

gull on the beach on fehmarn island.

your's truly. ignore the sand grain on my nose. haha.

digging out pits and chilling in them.

observing karate trainings.

the wind was so strong that day, that i decided to wear a turban. because of flying sand.here i hang out in the pit and read a book. i think it was jonathan franzen's 'how to be alone'.

even though the wind was evil, it was such a beautiful day.

grömitz.

met up with acquainted people in grömitz the other day.

they had the best typewriter in their hotel room.

strolling around by the sea.

this is an underwater capsule. it went down into the sea, to show you underwater life. didn't enter, because it was expensive and only lasted half an hour. additionally it was only a few hundred metres away from the beach, i couldn't imagine a rich underwater life. another offputter was the fact that it didn't move around in the sea. just going up and down. still it made for an interesting object to photograph.

the water had this deep blue shade which made me feel like i was on the open sea.

grömitz sign. didn't like this town a lot. too many people. too much tourism.

stormy weather approaching.

this was my highlight of that day. huge storm clouds arriving while the sun was still shining. apocalypse sky!

dramatic sculpture picture. duh.

after the 'storm'. it turned out that it wasn't very apocalyptic at all.

we walked to the boat harbour of grömitz. very expensive yachts everywhere.

we had a few more dramatic looking clouds.

on the 11th day i was just bicycling around, leaving my camera in my bag most of the time. in the afternoon i met with my parents on the beach. these last two pictures were the only ones, i did that day. sometimes you need to enjoy the world simply as it is.

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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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