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visiting friends.

in early december i surprisingly got a week off and thus decided to visit some old friends that i haven't seen for approximately a year, up in the north, in the eifel region of north rhine-westphalia to be exact. the rursee, where i stayed, is actually a reservoir with accompanying dams. it was built back in the 1930ies and seems quite natural by now. the surrounding area is definitely worth a visit, beautiful nature and landscapes, historic sites, everything that my heart desires. if you yearn for the city, aachen is not too far away and if you want to visit another country, belgium is right around the corner! the time with my friends was truly appreciated, we did dog walks ( they have a giant poodle ), visited the christmas market in aachen and lounged around a lot, watching 'the walking dead'.

wiesbaden main station. my car was in the garage this time, because some unripe assholes kicked off my side mirrors just one day before i wanted to visit my friends. there were a lot of tears involved and i started work late because i needed to organize the repair matter. on a short note i decided to use the train to get to my friends, because there was no way i would cancel this trip. i was so excited to reunite with them and such an experience wouldn't keep me away.

this is lilli, she's a labrador and you can see another one, jimi. not pictured is jazz, he's the dog of my friends. he's always in action and i can't seem to shoot a good photo of him :) but isn't lilli such a beauty?


aachen cathedral. aachen is a city with a lot of history, it was once a coronation place of german kings. it always reminds me a bit of erfurt, my home state's capital with its medieval structures & modern day buildings. we were in aachen to visit the christmas market, and so i didn't shoot a lot of photos but decided to enjoy my time there.

the weather was unreasonably warm ( everything is too warm this winter ), we even sat outside to drink coffee. the christmas mood wasn't really present, but it was still a nice little market.

i love the architecture of this cathedral. i was inside years ago, but can't remember it that good anymore. maybe next time we're going to enter it again?


huge furby. we also did a bit of christmas shopping.

we stopped at a supermarket near the belgian borders when we drove back home and got to experience this extremely nice sunset sky!

here you can see jazz, the giant poodle. our morning walks were quite cold but walking the dogs kept us warm :)



green meadows and icy meadows. i love this contrast :)

the only trace of winter.

view onto the lake.

and on woffelsbach, the village i stayed in.


the evening skies were quite fantastic.

the little village church of woffelsbach.

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