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signs of spring.

last week temperatures crawled up to 15 degree celsius and the first signs of spring showed up! it was definitely what i needed after having a depressive phase that lasted almost 2 months. i feel like i woke up from hibernation. so i decided to have a walk through the nerotal park with j.. didn't do that before. sometimes you have to look at your city with the eyes of a tourist.

wiesbaden in my mind - as a citizen - is a town that thinks too high of itself. but when you look at it from a different perspective the city is also really beautiful. it's situated by the rhine, by the taunus, near the rheingau. it has a long history ( some of it is still visible - roman architecture etc. ). what makes wiesbaden stand out are its wilhelminian time mansions and town houses. and it's very green and full of nature. the town itself is quite a beauty... and the citizens know it. what they don't know is that some creativity would do this place good. i miss the small individual shops of towns like erfurt & weimar. everything is kind of tailored to rich people, to people whose main goal in life is to be known, earn lots of money and to look good. i feel that wiesbaden forgot the middle class people a long time ago, when it was a health resort for the wealthy. many things scream luxury, luxury, luxury but little things say: this is a place for everyone.

i like the city wiesbaden... but what it generates to people... it is not really what i approve of. but anyways... my pictures of the spring walk last week. when i look out of the window today i see snow falling while the sun is shining. crazy weather.

first off - a few mainz pictures.

the skunk doesn't know it smells.
the skunk doesn't know it smells.


by the kirschgarten.
by the kirschgarten.

and a bad self portrait.

ignore the face.

wiesbaden spring walk.


sophisticated way of living.

knuckle trees & brandstetter house.
brandstetter house - a publishing company is based here.


art nouveau mansion.

majestic bricks.

funicular bridge.
the funicular bridge for the nerobergbahn.

little wormling.
little wormling.

nerotalquelle.
nerotal fountain.

return of the sheep clouds.

growing out.
growing out.

first signs of spring.
crocuses! now they are covered with snow again.

snowdrops.
galanthus nivalis - commonly known as snowdrops.

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crocuses with orange hearts.

peekaboo of a skeleton.
peekaboo of a skeleton.

easter brightness.
easter greetings!

parasites.
parasites.

diva.

diner crocuses.
i loved how the crocuses looked so well with the colours of the tables at my favourite chinese diner.

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