july '16: a tour on the rhein river.

on the last day of our summer vacations we boarded the tamara - a little ferry that cruises the rhine between schierstein harbour and biebrich. it's for pedestrians and cyclists only and it brings you to a very special place - the rettbergsaue, a little stream island with an open air swimming pool and camping facilities. the rettbergsaue can only be visited in summer and therefore the tamara is only doing its ferry duties in summer as well. our destination wasn't the rettbergsaue, though. our plan was simply to ride the ferry for a little tour on the rhine. which we did on this very overcast but also humid day - it was a nice thing to do to end our vacation time together before my parents had to drive back to thuringia.

maybe we will check out the island next summer? i haven't been on it before and the swimming pool is one of the only recreational facilities in wiesbaden that i haven't yet checked out. ( along the kaiser-friedrich-bad - which i really have to visit at some time, because it's such decadent little architectural gem. )

despite looking so gloomy and overcast, the day was really warm and humid.

on the river!

the flooded outskirts of the rettbergsaue. several yachts and river boats were hiding in the island meadows. i bet it's a wonderful place to spend and afternoon.

towards the city of mainz.

biebrich skyline. with oranierkirche as the highest building.

biebrich palace being a splendor as usual.

an egyptian goose family on the loose.

driving back to schierstein and waving biebrich good-bye.

the weather got better gradually. view towards the rheingau region with the lower taunus range.

the dyckerhoff bridge in schierstein - the entry into the harbor.

that evening i experienced the most beautiful moon and probably shot my best moon picture ever, haha.

and i lit a candle to welcome things into my life. full moons are supposed to help you visualize things and make them a reality, so i thought, why not try myself at a little full moon magic? ( let's ignore the fact that it didn't quite work, can we? )

anyways, rettbergsaue, you are not lost to me and i think i will make it a goal to step onto your shores this year.

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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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