ghost of nature.

 i didn't attend the carnival parade in wiesbaden this year, as i still traveled with l. through parts of germany, but on the next day after our arrival ( and after the reunion with my parents in the evening of our return ), my parents and me had decided to visit cologne's rose monday parade . i've never been there before ( my parents either ) and i think we won't visit again, even though it was still something to see. the parade itself was purely composed of the presentation of the carnival clubs, but mostly without any outstanding masquerade. there were huge wagons with carnival presidents on them, marching & dancing funkenmariechen  & the carnival corps riding on horses. inbetween there was the occasional mockery carriage, which is what i love about such parades, because the motives are always about picking apart political issues in a humorous way. what i also liked about the parade were the people who were not part of the 'zoch' ( parade ) - the...

while we were staying in strasbourg we decided to visit freiburg im breisgau , a city situated in the border triangle germany/france/switzerland. it's situated near the western foot of the black forest and the ' schauinsland '. it's also know for it's medieval inner city with the minster and because of it's reputation of a 'green city'. i liked this city, but the time we stayed here was too short again. when i now think about it, i think it was strange to visit a german city while we actually had our stay in france. maybe i would've liked it more to explore some france sights instead of driving to freiburg, but then again, i got to see another part of germany that holds a lot of charme and thus belongs on my future travelling list. the freiburg minster . i wasn't that impressed of the minster like i was of the strasbourg cathedral. but there were a few gems to be seen anyway. colourful portal. a group of women around jesus. the ...