in the christmas mood.

a week before christmas i had 3 days off to visit my parents again and to partake at a family birthday party. here are some outcomings of this weekend that contained meeting up with my brother & girlfriend in erfurt; also meeting up with my cousin, his child & his wife. and additionally a few pictures from the birthday party village.

erfurt christmas market.

a very sophisticated tranny mannequin.

erfurt's city hall arches.

a very perverted food menu on the medieval market. such things as knight's schlongs & goblet's dicks ( which are in fact sausages).

booze menu. you could buy abbots on heat ( mulled wine out of black heart cherries ), lewd maidservants ( mulled wine with rum, cherry, vanilla ), apocalyptic cavaliers ( hot c. morgan rum with apple ) & spinster's terror ( original bombardino ). i thought it was very original :D

kraemerbruecke by night.

christmas pyramid & st. severus church.

my brother & me.

erfurt cathedral.

big wheel lights. this year we didn't ride it. it got more expensive than ever and it kind of put us off. i'm sad now, because our annual big wheel ride tradition was interrupted.

christmas star.

old city streets.

weimar christmas market.

mulled wine booth.

sign of the elephant's cellar ( elefantenkeller ) - a well known restaurant in weimar.

another pyramid - this time on the weimar christmas market.

loebichau.

castle loebichau front.

one of the many different castle buildings.

transition from ice to flowing water.

a winding tower. the area near loebichau was known for bismuth mining in the past.

winter sun.

icy lake.

copied roman architecture.

and i indulged in masses of tasty little cakes and tortes! my personal heaven.

and two selfportraits.

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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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