christmas markets & candyfloss skies.

throughout december i've been visiting several christmas markets, starting with the one in aachen and followed by the ones in rüdesheim, erfurt & weimar. even though it was too warm last december the feeling of christmas never fails.

walking through the streets of erfurt.

the huge christmas pyramid of the erfurt christmas market.

erfurt cathedral & church st. severus.

one of the most beautiful houses in erfurt: zum breiten herd.

the christmas pyramid of weimar christmas market.

and the lilies of the twinkling star market in wiesbaden.

trees made of blue and golden stars.

ferris wheel reflection.

these fluffy rabbits could be admired on the rüdesheim christmas market.

their little pompom tails are the best <3 p="">

on the way back to our car the sky turned candy cotton colours. it was one of the best sun sets i've ever seen.

the whole mood of the sceneries, beyond magnificient.

the three of us in front of the rhine. me, s. and jasmin.

the colours faded away and turned into a pastel violet.

these things should happen a bit more often so that it will remind me of a world that is more than war, blackmail, enforcement and stupidious humans.

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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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