ghost of nature.

rheinstrand speyer - beach atmosphere at the rhine river. at the end of august 2019 my parents and i travelled to speyer to enjoy one of the biggest & best medieval festivals in germany - the MPS ( short for mittelalterlich phantasie spektakulum - medieval fantasy spectacle ). medieval music and the medieval lifestyle is something i've been fascinated by and feel a lot of love for since i was a child. ever since my parents dragged me and my brother to several medieval markets in the 1990ies, i do have a special connection to this scene. my teenage years and even later on, i have been to quite a few markets and concerts of medieval music artists and am still enjoying those today, at 32 years of age. i love the creativity in the scene, i love the possibility to escape into a different era, and the community of the scene is unlike everything i have ever encountered, open-minded & accepting, with a big love for handmade and selfmade products, nature, magic & lust for life....

a little rivulet called 'warmer bach' ( warm brook ) running through the spa resort of schlangenbad. schlangenbad might be my absolute favourite place to visit in the western part of the taunus mountains ( also called the rheingau mountains ). it is pretty close to wiesbaden ( about 12 km ), but still secluded enough to not draw the masses to it, and as a lover of peace and tranquility, this is absolutely perfect for me! the village is nestled into a little valley that is basically surrounded by three 500 meter high mountains, therefore sheltering it from 'the outside' quite well. it's a spa resort, actually, one of germany's smallest, specializing on treatments with warm silicic acid-rich waters that have their source on the village site. that's why you can find two thermal baths in schlangenbad, an outdoor and an indoor facility. i yet have to visit the ' äskulaptherme ' ( difficult at the moment, of course, since swimming facilities are all closed...