winter sceneries.

we had a bit of snow in early december. it looked too beautiful and was gone too soon. we had no christmas snow this time. but i have proof that it was kind of wintery.

i bought a new laptop, the screen of my old one made strange things so it was decided i needed to prevent computer loss. a christmas present to myself. and it's absolutely sleek and so easy to use. it even had windows 8 included! not sure if i ever want to miss it, haha.

zeil sky. i made my way to frankfurt one day to meet up with lea. we had late lunch up at coa - an asian restaurant. the architecture is kind of crazy.

after lunch we made our way to frankfurt christmas market. it wasn't that amazing, but there were a few good things to be found. like beeswax candles.

or religious people.

in elk format.

also: vintage merry-go-rounds.

a picture of me and nici! we were waiting for a improvisational theatre show to begin.

winter lilies on wiesbaden christmas market.

marktkirche and market stuff.

i think it is one of my most favourite streets in wiesbaden. it's more narrow and old than the rest of the city.

ape in the windows.

some people had sleigh rides.

snowman built with a bucket.

green playground monster. this is really something in old-fashioned wiesbaden. a glimpse of future.

snowman found definitely a good place to stand.

beautiful view onto old wiesbaden.

my funny looking snowman.

j.'s teeny snow boy.

and a greeting from a glowing icebear.

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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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