ghost of nature.

gossamer vibes in the woods around loppin. for our autumn vacation my parents and i decided to visit the mecklenburg lake plateau  in the northeast of germany - a landscape that is dotted with hundreds of lakes and extensive forested lands, making it a pretty lovely destination for all nature lovers. the little village we found our accommodation in - loppin - is actually smaller than little, it is just a tiny settlement, with only about 70 inhabitants. so should you want to spend a really reclusive and isolated vacation i would warmly recommend this place to you! i surely loved it there, it was an utterly beautiful and calm place, situated directly next to the loppin lake - a lake that formed in a glacial tunnel valley , about 12.000 years back in time - and one of many lakes in the district that had a similar formation process. this first post about our vacations in the mecklenburg lakeland is a rather short one, introducing to you the little village we called our headquarter...

'cantilever' by sven prothmann . for a few years now i have made it my plan to visit architectural memorials that are usually not open to the public but are opened on the german memorial day in september every year. in 2019 i decided to have a look at the casino building ( actually a staff canteen ) of the german statistics bureau which is situated in wiesbaden. i thought we were able to take a look inside, but it turned out that the tour that took place was just an artist's talk and a very brief presentation of the building. i was a bit disappointed, because frankly, if you include a newly renovated mid-century building in your program and mark the activity of the day with 'tour of the building', then you could've maybe opened the doors to it, too? i mean, i could've also visited it on week days, as it is open to the public as well, but that would not tell me anything about the details inside a building and the history as a guided tour would, am i right? a...