ghost of nature.

winter landscape in niederlibbach. even living close to a low mountain range is not a guarantee for snow, so everytime i hear in the weather news that conditions are right for at least a tiny bit of snow, i will try to head out and find some ( giving that i don't have to work that day ). it feels like a winter full of snow already lies in the past, we rarely have a constant timeframe where the snow is staying on the ground for more than one day. i wrote it before, but this winter's been absolutely snow free, and it makes me sad that we didn't even get ONE day of snow. global warming is a thing, y'all and it robs us from beautiful winter days spent sledding in the snow or making snow angels or heading out for snowball fights. i miss white landscapes, they have a soothing effect that is pretty difficult to top. and they make winter so much better, because otherwise you would just have bare landscapes everywhere, lots of grey skies and rain, rain, rain. it is pretty...

the reeperbahn , hamburg's most famous street, at the spielbudenplatz. in late january i made my way to hamburg together with my homie l. primarily we went there for a concert of the band years & years ( we always go to places for a happening, that's basically how we roll ;) ). i have never been to hamburg prior to this visit so i was really, really excited. it's one of those cities that have a legendary reputation here in germany, for many reasons, such as the reeperbahn street, which is a very popular party mile / red light district where sex shops and vaudeville clubs and discos line up next to each other and bring a hustle into the streets that's basically incomparable. or for its harbour by the river elbe , which is so huge and expansive that you will never be able to explore it in one day. or the many architectural gems like the elphi, the huge concert hall that has recently been build in the docks of the harbour or older significant structures like t...