in eltville there is a castle garden full of roses. unfortunately i always seem to visit eltville in cold months or in early spring, so i never see the garden in all its rose glory. when i visited the garden this time it was still in spring mode, but a few roses had already begun showing their beauty. the garden is the heart of the old ruins of the electoral castle in eltville, i'd even go this far and say that it is the main attraction of the castle. when i was there it was in the middle of the week and the solitude and calmness that surrounded the castle was really soothing and quite refreshing as in summer months and on weekends it's always packed with people. i avoid visiting places of great interest, i can only stand it when i've got someone with me who distracts me from the people around. i guess because of this behaviour of mine i often miss out on the good stuff everyone raves about... but it's simple as that: when i'm on solo trips i tend to pick more secluded spots, so i don't have to focus on people ( and therefore being reminded of myself amongst them ). i'd rather concentrate on what surrounds me - architecture, nature, flowers, landscapes - than being distracted by too many people and getting reminded of how much i dislike being amongst them. of course sometimes it's interesting to watch people and notice their behaviour, or their little vanities, but often enough i feel intimidated by them, as they seem to possess something i don't have. i know, this is ridiculous, it is pure jealousy and envy, and it really affects me. so i'd rather visit a human free zone than the other way around, so i can forget my bad emotions more easily and absorb what is present around me.
i applied for a new identity card and had to scratch together some information material for it. i love my birth certificate as it is the only evidence that i was born in the german democratic republic, one year before the borders opened and this state turned into history.
in our region it is typical that many trees get a clipping. i love how they look so alien because of that. kind of surreal.
a lot of weddings are held in the castle garden, and these little hearts were evidence of the last one.
a view onto the rhine.
beautiful garden scenery, don't you think? amongst old walls and ruins, i think a garden emits a special feeling in such a surrounding.
those yellow beauties were one of the very few roses that flowered that day.
rhododendrons were in full glory as well.
climbing walls.
though i never was in italy before, this reminds me of italian renaissance architecture. i think this would perfectly fit into the scenery of a romeo and juliet play, don't you think?
i love them overgrown medieval walls so much.
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