family time in erfurt.

on one day of my vacations in late october we met up with my brother and his girlfriend. they recently moved into a tiny cute flat in the inner city of erfurt ( i envy them! ). and we decided to climb my favourite hill in erfurt: the petersberg with the citadel crowning it. you have the best views on erfurt up here and the playground hiding up here is the best futuristic thing i've seen yet ( together with the playgrounds on the schulberg here in wiesbaden. )

traction engine in the gera river ( which held close to no water back then, but when i visited my parents on christmas the water increased a whole lot. )

krämerbrücke.

a tree as a huge plant in disguise.

narrow alleyways and close standing houses.

lanterns ins trees.

former defense casernes.

petersberg information.

carvings of the monastery building.

i love this old building and it's shattered windows and rugged look.

view onto erfurt # 1.

view onto erfurt #2.

view onto erfurt and part of the citadel grounds.

kind of witchy. this is a labyrinth with sittings stones in the middle. is good for fantastic photo shootings.

the family's exploring.

family portrait.

another view on the citadel grounds.

my brother. i love seeing him getting all sporty! he always was the most athletic back in his teenage years. he should continue...

playgrounds from outer space.

another branch of gera river.

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november: kickelhahn, himmelblau & weimar cemetery.

i had a week off in november and visited my parents ( as i often do on my vacations ). on a sunday morning we headed to the thuringian forest to climb onto the peak of the kickelhahn mountain. the kickelhahn mountain is the landmark mountain of the city of ilmenau . johann wolfgang von goethe , the famous writer & philosopher, often visited ilmenau and also climbed the kickelhahn. oftentimes he stopped at a little hut in the woods to relax for a while and on one of these stops he wrote one of his most known poems. our little adventure didn't last the whole day, though, as we had a little date with the weimar cemetery to look after the grave of my grandparents and then to visit my cousin and his family. tiny peek onto the kickelhahn tower. thuringian woods - deep dark green. at the goethe hut. this plate shows the german version of the poem goethe wrote here. inside the hut. and here's the english translation. i love this poem so much, as ...

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 ...

ghost of nature.

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