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medieval erfurt & marine aquarium zella-mehlis.

i don't feel like talking today, i think the title says it all. enjoy!

 medieval erfurt. 

cobblestoned. 
the old streets of erfurt. erfurt has a really cute medieval inner city.

reflections of a church.christmas decorations. modern and old. christoffel.
the christoffel is the oldest pub/restaurant of erfurt.

misty moon and eerie trees. 
misty nightsky.

old university of erfurt. 

timberframed & ancient.medieval streets. narrow alleyways.
i love this so much.

old synagogue by night. 

erfurt cathedral & st. severus church.
the dome & its neighbour church.


have i ever told you, how much i love visiting zoos & aquariums? always delighting.

gloomy meadows.
the meadows near zella-mehlis.

in the midst of nowhere. 
in the middle of nowhere right in the thuringian forest.

snakey coral. 
snakey coral.

almost not recognizable. 
they had a lot of crocodiles.

crocodile tails.clear eye. peeking out of the water. big eye crocodile. underwater body. relaxing relationship. 
these two had a very cute relationship.

bright cloured fish.white axolotl. 
axolotl love! they are the strangest creatures!

brown axolotl.getting the bottom tanned. muscular. ancestor of very old animals. 
you may have noticed that i kind of got obsessed with crocodiles.

big croc.
this is caesar - a 3,50 m long mississippi-alligator.

smiling caesar.
he seemed a very laid back guy.

details of a crocodile foot. 
his remarkable dinosaur foot.

hanging out.turtle gymnastics.
turtle gymnastics.

moray head. 
moray in a pipe.

shark looking evil. 
blurry shark looking evil.

moray & catfish. 
catfish & moray.

prickly sea urchin. 
prickly sea urchin.

floating leopard stingray. 
floating leopard stingray.

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