ghost of nature.

walking through a forest. as musical accompaniment, a good old the cure tune - the song 'a forest'. the taunus mountains are a constant part of my life, whenever i need a nature fix and a serious getaway from human beings, the woods of the taunus mountains are my go-to destination. since the taunus extends over 75 kms in length and 35 kms in width, there's lots of ground to cover. i've explored a lot of places already, especially in the anterior and high taunus parts, but there are still white dots on my taunus exploration card. especially places towards the east of the mountains and waaaaay up north ( the farther taunus mountains ). there's also some places in the west that i only slightly touched on. the taunus being a relatively small mountain range still won't ever be fully explored by me, because it would need to be a dedicated research project, where you at least would have to spend half a year roaming around. and that is time i don't ha...

lookout point at the runway 18 west of frankfurt airport. last year my parents visited me for easter on a long week-end, which we used for visiting various places that were a bit farther away from us. on the first day of their visit we drove to frankfurt's airport in the morning to watch the planes take off on the runway 18 west , an airstrip that got its own lookout point. it's close to walldorf-mörfelden and i had previously passed by it in march, when i visited the city to explore the neutra settlement. my dad is a huge aircraft fan, always watching the planes above our heads when we are out and about, classifying them via a mobile app, so i figured it would be amazing for my dad to see this place up close. we were there quite early around 10 am, but when we arrived there already were lots of people around the lookout point, populating the seating steps, with cameras and viewfinders at the ready. i am not a technology buff, but even for me it was quite impressing to see the...