zoo animals, castles, snakes and golden leaves.

we made a brief trip to erfurt zoo ( only had 2 hours before it closed ), but it was worth it! even though i only made pictures of two animals, i'm really happy withn how they turned out.

the other day we visited bad sulza to climb up a steep hill and have lunch in the sonnenburg. after that clouds were breaking up and sun got out so we could still enjoy some warm sun beams. i even took the time to roll around in seductive golden leaves.

zoo.

hyrax on the rock.

hyrax mother guarding her little ones.

they were really adorable.

hello, lady lioness. you look so gracious.

bad sulza.

view onto the sonnenburg.

the backside of the sonnenburg.

hissing.

it was very exciting seeing this sweetheart so closely. grass snakes are quite motion-less when they sense danger or human beings. one step too close and he would've been gone in a blink of an eye. ( or start bleeding fake blood. they try everything to shy you away. they do not bite though and if they do, they are not venomous. )

the salt works of bad sulza. this is what this little town is known for. salt treatments for curing skin diseases and respiratory disease.

then the sun came out.

beautiful ilm river scene.

ducks enjoyed the water as well.

ripples in the water.

mirror, mirror in the water.

idyllic villa.

actually wanted to photograph a bird, but it flew away. this turned out pretty, too.

spa gardens of bad sulza. it is designed in a very art nouveau style.

here you have me rolling on the floor of nature.

family portrait with timmy, the backpack.

he really loves being outside.

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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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