a flower a day keeps the tristesse away.
the third day in the lakelands started with a foggy morning, which i took as an excuse to steal myself away from the breakfast table shortly after finishing eating. i wanted to envelop myself in the mist, especially when you have a lake right in front of your doorstep!
lake loppin shrouded in a slightly mysterious mist.
the boat house.
it was so quiet that morning, no soul around and only some swans were swimming on the surface of the lake. in the distance you could hear the cranes trumpeting, calling the family to gather on some fields nearby for their own breakfast experience.
this bench set-up was so lovely - almost synchronized togetherness.
on the footbridge, between the two posts of the access ladder, i found this fella cocooning up an orb web.
it's a female european garden spider. we call it 'kreuzspinne' in german - cross spider - because they wear a cross-like pattern on their abdomen. it is a toxic spider, though the toxicity of their bite is relatively innocuous for humans - only leading to an unpleasant feeling, like if a midge pricked you, and no long-term after effects - at least for the average people. allergic persons can experience a lot more trouble when bitten, for them it might mean a danger to their life. the female spiders are often spending their entire lives in these webs, while their male counterparts meander around. another fun fact: these spiders are loners. they only meet to mate and then go their ways again.
the lake was absolutely still, no movement disturbed the waters. extremely good conditions for mirror images!
so gorgeous 😍
loved this large ash tree that sat close to the lake.
the big barn also looked lovely in the overcast light.
ivy vines always, always (!) look pretty cute on old buildings - and it creates a certain kind of coziness! i love how you can still see the construction year inside the gable.
as i returned to my parents we decided to drive to lake müritz to see if we could hitch a hike on an excursion boat over germany's second largest lake. we were already on our way out of loppin when we noticed the herd of cranes roosting on the fields behind the lake. we quickly stopped the car and shot a couple of pictures.
they were too far away for close-up pictures, but still close enough to enjoy and be giddy about their presence!
such big birds! they can grow to 1,30 m and their wing span can reach up to 2,40 m! pretty impressive, if you ask me.
we decided to drive to klink for two reasons: it was the place where my parents spent their honeymoon week in and i expressed the desire to visit it and see it for myself and because there was a landing stage of the weiße flotte, an excursion boat provider that offered round trips on lake müritz. before we headed to the landing stage to see if we could make one of those tours we wandered along the shores for a bit. the fog was much heavier here at lake müritz than in loppin, which would eventually blow up our round trip plan. which wasn't so bad after all, since we got to explore the former FDGB tourist settlement where my parents stayed in 40 years ago and tried to piece together a little bit of family history.
klink castle - a neo-renaissance palace from 1898, built for the son of a rich banker family from cologne, arthur schnitzler who was later ennobled. my parents told me that they went to a dance club here back when they were guests of the tourist settlement nearby. the castle was used as a hotel from the 1970ies on and still is one today.
the castle was inspired by the châteaux of the loire valley in france and i think the architects captured that style quite well! the architects were hans grisebach & august dinklage.
the castle sits closely nearby the shores of lake müritz, which was drenched in fog. i don't know why heavy mist always induces such a calm feeling in me, it is so tranquil and quiescent! like the world suddenly stops spinning and people come to a stark halt. somehow you rarely encounter people in thick fog, which makes the earth seem even more abandoned and vacated.
lake müritz, being the second largest lake in germany ( lake constance is bigger, but it is situated in three countries ), is the biggest lake entirely located inland. it has a surface of 117 square kilometers, spans a length of 29 and a width of 13 kilometers and is connected with several other lakes through little channels and the river elde - which means that lake müritz is seen as an artificially bifurcated watercourse these days. it has several large bays, one of which is called binnenmüritz ( inner müritz ), which is situated near waren/müritz. more bays are röbel bay and sietow bay. klink is located on a small strait between the binnenmüritz and kölpinsee.
fish traps can be found all over the mecklenburg lakes. i think this is a fyke trap ( but i really don't have a lot of knowledge on fish traps 😅 ).
to navigate lake müritz you need a relatively good sight, otherwise you can lose orientation. when it is foggy on the lake, many boat companies decide to not move out ( i mean, even if you could, you wouldn't see much anyway as a tourist and therefore the whole experience wouldn't be worth it ).
when we arrived at the landing of the excursion boat we found one that was docked, but upon asking if they would head out onto the lake the crew told us that it wouldn't be worth the money that day. they would head back to waren/müritz and wait for the fog to lift before trying the extented lake haul again. so we decided to let go of our plan and stayed on the shore instead. soon after the boat took off without anyone on it and eventually disappeared into the fog.
we explored the harbour a bit, coming upon a huddle of eurasian coots! can you make them out?
i have never seen so many of these birds in one place, always encountered them in much smaller groups. it seems they flock together in huge groups in non-breeding times to ward off predators.
gone was the ship that had just left minutes before.
after a while of taking in all the misty goodness we continued our way towards the direction of the former vacation settlement that my parents had stayed in so many years ago. passed by this little house, which is basically a kiosk/casual restaurant called fischerhus ( fishermen's hut ). i kinda liked the style, a modern take on square framed work.
of course when i see some interesting plants, i have to take photos of those interesting plants ;) i would encounter this one a lot on that day, it is called 'hemp-agrimony'. curiously, it is not related to actual hemp, though the leaves do have a slight resemblance to the ones of hemp. it can actual be used to fight off common colds in form of a tea or tincture. their curious blossoms are super attractive to butterflies as well.
i don't know how this willow tree managed to survive, but obviously it did exactly that! super into it 😍 makes me think about the fact that even heavily damaged beings can still thrive just with will and perseverance ( and even only while hooked up on a most threadbare nutritious connection to its roots! ). damn impressive.
the FDGB settlement did not exist in the way my parents had gotten to know it anymore, the hotel where they had always dined in was gone ( blasted in 2017 - i didn't learn that until later, though ) and many of the bungalows - they lived in one - also disappeared ( only a handful were still there ). there were however, some remnants of the former vacational hub still strewn all over the places, sculptural most of them. this awesome statue for example caught my eye immediately as we passed it by, instantly sparking fireworks in my brain. it definitely looked like a GDR sculpture from the 1970ies to me so i got a little closer...
...and was delighted to see this family sort of twirling through the air in such a surrealist way! unfortunately i couldn't find a single information on this awesome sculpture, but i think it is a remnant of the pleasure grounds of the müritz-hotel that stood closely nearby. i guess it should sort of present the 'ideal family' to the vacationers that looked at it ( many of whom were actually families or about to start families ). to get a vacation space in the hotel or the surrounding bungalows you had to be either very lucky or have some connections in the union or in the company you worked in. my parents somehow turned out be the lucky kind, upon asking my mom she even said that she herself couldn't believe that they were able to go on a honeymoon to a place that was said to be one of the most classy and high-end vacation places in the GDR. i think the reason they were granted that vacation in may of that year was that they stated to want to get married and also that it was a little bit outside of the high season ( which was summer ). summers were always booked out completely, and many people had to wait years until they were granted a place inside the hotel or in the bungalows ( unless you had more money than the average GDR citizen, which was not so common and only a privilege to very few ).
here's a site i found on the hotel and how it looked like before they tore it down in 2017 ( click on the tab 'fotoalbum' below the text ). i was a bit bummed out over the fact that i missed it by two years after i learned about its destruction, i read that it was a really nostalgic place way into its later years ( it was a hotel until 2015 ), which i think the pictures capture quite well.
my parents could not remember this sculpture at all, but i don't blame them, who memorizes a random sculpture from 40 years ago when you have a honeymoon going on?
also part of the former hotel grounds where these cute beasts made out of concrete and decorated with tessera! i was so glad that these creatures survived the blasting, because they were freaking adorable.
they maybe were part of a playground close to the hotel. i think they're complete works of art and should never be destroyed ever. they are so whimsical!
picknick table and erratic boulder seating with a view on the lake ( technically ;P ).
this interesting building at the harbour probably is a remnant of the old vacation settlement, too, renovated quite nicely. it is a beach bar called 'strandläufer' ( beach runner ), we had a quick lunch there before continueing our stroll. it's probably been around since the 1970ies as well, as some sort of a beach bar or event location. i think the style totally fits the 1970ies functionalist game.
it seems to have gotten a touch-up, though, probably not even too long ago.
some of the old bungalows and guest houses that were part of the hotel complex have outlived it and these were the buildings my parents actually could remember, because they spent their days inside these! i think they were a bit older than the actual hotel ( somewhen from around the 1960ies ). i do think we even got a photo in our family albums where both my dad and mom sit on the terrace, looking intensely into the camera 😂 - i could remember it wrong, though.
when these were more up to date they probably were lovely appartments!
loved the tile situation here. the whole building exuded GDR splendor - which basically is super functionalist, super brutalist and somehow a bit cheap-looking 😂
i actually liked the craning balcony part, it created an interesting frame! and yes, that's my dad taking photos of the place as well. my parents are both people that are not overly sentimental and kind of hard to crack open about their experiences here, but you could vividly see how they remembered the whole place fondly, even though it was in shambles. my dad told a story about how he and my mom went to a nearby pine forest and he tried to teach her riding a bike. my mom never really learned how to because she couldn't hold her balance well. later she had a little accident, too, which hurt her so badly ( almost ripped an earlobe off ) that she didn't feel like trying it again for basically 40 years afterwards 😅 no worries, that accident didn't happen on the honeymoon, that would've been a total bummer.
mom trying to take a peek inside one of the distribution offices.
the drapes inside the appartments were still full blown 70ies design 😁
delicate lace flowers.
the backs of one appartment building and what has probably been a bath house or something of that matter ( joint bathing was an actual thing in the GDR - you had to learn to have no fear of contact or any reservations ). i can tell you a thing or two about GDR bath/beach culture, because, oooh boy, they surely supported free body culture. i definitely remember that running around naked as a child in summer never rubbed anyone's skin back in the day, unlike today where a lot of people make a big deal out of it. the eastern part of germany still is much less prudish than the western part when it comes to this, i have been to several beaches on lakes and by the sea in east germany where there was always a section specific for the admirers of naturalism. one of my parent's favourite swimming lakes near their village always makes me fully aware of the difference between west german swimming culture and the one of my homeland, as, whenever i swim through the whole lake, and arrive at the other end, there will always be someone sunbathing in full glory. i have never encountered any fully nude people on a beach somewhere in the west, so i totally get when people from there will get super stunned and goggly-eyed if they happen to come upon such a space.
aaanyway, private space, what is that? the GDR definitely did not want anyone to be completely private 🙅
a bit further into the former resort we found a pretty contemporary holiday home area with about 30 wood-clad bungalows next to each other. they were all very colourful ( boasting bauhaus primary colours ;P ) and also kinda cute. i really like tiny homes, but i think i could do without all the close neighbours around 😅
if these homes weren't so damn close to each other i would probably love to move in immediately.
i loved all the different colours! brought quite a bit of life into the very misty and grey morning. these homes were fairly affordable, a smaller house for up to 4 people will cost you between 50 and 100 euro a day outside the main seasons ( in autumn & winter basically ). i think that's actually not a bad deal, especially when you can split the costs between people. ( i'd still rather take a small house and spend a lonesome vacation in it 😜 )
the homes' interiors are super spartan, though, but when you just need them to basically sleep and maybe eat in a few times for breakfast/dinner, while you are gone the rest of the day, i think it totally suffices. also, they were barrier-free, which is great when you travel with old folks or handicapped people, i think.
looking a little bit worn, these two. kinda loved that look, though.
even though this cluster of tiny houses would not be on my preferred list of holiday homes, if i had the choice, i still wouldn't say no to a single one standing more freely somewhere else, maybe hidden in the woods or nearby the shores of the lake. they looked like they could actually be much cozier in a different kind of setting!
leaving the holiday home settlement...
... and arriving at what i first thought to be the müritz-hotel ( but what turned out to be a rehab clinic, actually ). so, basically, i didn't know when we explored the whole area, that the old hotel wasn't existing anymore, so my first assumptions were, that the clinic was a reincarnation of those old structures. it wasn't that impossible, because i felt that the layout of the building actually resembled the layout of the hotel, of which i had seen some pictures of on information boards. it was only after we returned that evening to loppin and i was researching the hotel, that i found out that this clinic was built in 1997 ( schindler architects ), and not in the 1970ies! imagine my disappointment when i learned about the hotel having been blasted! my parents seemed to be confused about it as well, they remembered the hotel being in a different place, but they weren't sure, 40 years are a long time and you can forget about some details after all those years, right? they had said that the hotel actually was much closer to the bungalow they stayed in, and the clinic's position, though not too far away either, didn't quite match their memories. in this google view you can actually see where the hotel once stood, the bungalows are a little to the left ( you see 4 buildings right next to each other ). the clinic is the crescent construction above those bungalows.
just by looking at the building i wouldn't have guessed it could have never been a hotel, because it looked kinda like one! and as we all know very well, old structures can be restored and reconstructed to look different, so that was what i assumed, that they had done just that. and i felt like it was a pretty neat reconstruction, spiced up with contemporary elements. for example, i loved the middle wing that was squeezed between the two boring looking side wings ( that i felt must have been original parts of the former hotel 😅 ).
and i also liked the curved rear side of the building ( which i thought was definitely a contemporary addition, not one that survived from the hotel days, lol ).
when i now look at the building i can clearly see the signs of recent time architecture, but also i could definitely see some parts totally fitting the GDR architecture bill. maybe the architects took inspiration from the ( then still existing ) hotel and tried to harmonize it with the GDR showcase.
anyway, we went back to the beach bar building again ( and i captured some more angles of it ). the protruding sunscreen roof definitely reminded me of the architecture of the 1950ies to 1970ies, and also the whole thing screamed 'GDR chic' at my brain. the supporting concrete and steel columns also indicate a GDR building, i have seen that style in my homeland of thuringia again and again when i lived there!
the little yacht harbour right next to the bar. in front of it, a nice beer garden area was adding more charming seating space to the bar ( but since it was cold and still overcast, no one really used it that day - and high season was over anyway ).
by now the fog had cleared a little and it promised a tiny chance of the sun maybe fighting her way through the clouds eventually? at least she tried to illuminate these bright buoys a bit ;)
in the distance i discovered a very rustic looking catamaran, encased in wooden boards. as soon as i saw it i associated it with an image of adventurers traveling down the big rivers of the world in old times ( maybe in the 19th century? ). i think that this vehicle isn't used for locomotion, though, but instead was diverted into some sort of party location.
the landing stage for bigger ships like the excursion boats. in the far distance you can still make out the fog, but by now it slowly dissolved.
discovered some more holy ropes ( another name for the hemp-agrimony ).
next, we decided to walk back to our car and head for a different place, the town of röbel, which was a 15 minute ride from klink. we stopped very briefly at a parking spot right next to kölpinsee before commencing on that plan, though, which was directly on route anyway.
the shores of the kölpinsee have a lovely natural finish, which is due to this lake being mostly put under preservation. on the northwest of the lake there is the damerower werder peninsula ( where the wisents are! ) and the nature reserve of a marshy area called 'blüchersches bruch & mittelplan' in the south of the lake ( you can glimpse it on this photo actually! ). i loved the many artfully arranged stone piles! it turned the beach into a magical one!
it rained quite a bit during our short stay here, which made us decide for sure that we would continue our trip to röbel. otherwise we would've remained here for a while and explored our surroundings some more.
looking at these images now creates a pacifying mood within me. it was such a gorgeous place!
arriving in röbel we of course started to explore this town first. it is a rather small one with about 5000 inhabitants, but it wins you over with a charming old city core, a long ( 700 years! ) and kind of curious history and being situated by a narrow bay of lake müritz. the layout of the town is very special, it actually consists of two inner cities, an older part that has west slavic origins ( designed as a linear settlement ) and a newer part, which is encircling a market square and a church. that church, st. nikolai, is the one you see on this picture. it was consecrated in 1275 and is a sweet example of the brick gothic style, which is characterized by a lack of sculptural elements, which was often part of the typical gothic architecture of the time. that lack was counterbalanced with using differently coloured brickstones that would be arranged in a way that it created elaborate ornaments and structures, turning the buildings into a completely different work of art than their contemporary counterparts. that style also was used mostly in northern europe, mainly the countries that were situated near the baltic sea.
the market square with nikolaikirche and city hall. the neoclassic city hall was built in 1805 and creates a harmonic contrast with st. nikolai's church.
a view into one of the side streets next to nikolaikirche. you can also see the brickstone decor in the facade of the church, which is so very typical for brickstone gothic.
i LOVED the colourful houses in röbel - which give the town its slogan: the colourful town by the little sea. the the name müritz is deriving from an old slavic expression for 'little sea' ( in today's languages the polish word 'morze' - sea - is most fitting ). in the new city mostly 'german' ( actually they were often of slavic origin as well ) craftsmen and merchants settled, whereas the old city housed farm tenants & fishermen ( with actual slavic ties ).
back to st. nikolai, with a typical gothic wooden portal.
this portal was a lot more elaborate 😍 it has an ornamental gable ( called wimperg in german ) and is framed with a beautifully ordered arch.
i stole a glance inside and loved the moldings on the columns that lead up to the rib vaults.
outside again, a little annex building also decorated with ogival window openings ( now filled in with whitewashed bricks? ).
the sacristy of the church. from this side the building presented itself in perfect brick gothic fashion. the decor and patterns were gorgeous and the crow-stepped gable above the entrance also wins you over with its beauty.
continueing our excursion along 'straße des friedens' ( street of peace ) you could already see the wings of a windmill that's situated on what was formerly a castle hill.
zooming in on the windmill.
a bit further down the street - some more colourful houses near the ziegenmarkt ( goat market ). here we stopped for a short coffee and cake break ( at the hofcafé am ziegenmarkt ) before we continued our stroll. have you noticed? the sun finally fought her way through the fog and the clouds and brightened up the houses of röbel!
you will always, always delight me when you decide to visit places with me that have a plethora of timber-framed houses ❤
i mean, come on! would you look at this awesomeness? there was a flower shop inside this house, which i think is a perfect combination to these rustic looking buildings ❤
a clinkered brick facade was the specialty of this house! i especially liked the green glaced ones.
hello, isn't this the most perfect entrance you have ever seen? completely in love with this door, even to this day!
we slowly approached the windmill, still marveling over all the cute houses in the tiny streets everywhere!
this house was so adorable! i loved how they laid open the boulders the building was initially built with withing the plastering! also, the decoration was top notch!
this strange language is basically a local dialect of lake müritz inhabitants. it basically says that everyone should clean the front of their own houses, instead of other people's, because they often find shit there as well 😂 which is of course a valid statement, don't you think?
cute corner with flowers and old cutlery.
side view of the house, which was so freaking excellent 😍
on the hill where the windmill stood you could find a stone with cup marks ( often a ritual boulder in prehistoric times ).
and here she is, the lovely smock mill on the castle hill. a mill is testified on this location since 1466, the current building though is from the early 19th century. before its first mention in 1466, there had been a castle standing in this place, which belonged to the noblemen of werle, who were also the initiators of the building in the next slide . it now functions as an exhibition venue for local hobby artists.
from the hill you had a nice view on the surrounding town - here you see the second big church of röbel - st. marien. this church is situated in the former old part of the city, and though it is actually older than st. nikolai, it doesn't look like it. that's because it was renovated a lot over the centuries and got a slightly newer face everytime that happened ( the last time it got extensive repairs and refreshments was between 1849 and 1851 - now bejeweled with neo-gothic elements ).
also visible from the windmill hill: a water tower from 1912, which was the first reinforced concrete building in northern germany ( a very early example of brutalism, basically, which is super neat, i think ).
i still can't believe that this tower is over 110 years old 😅. concrete can be such a durable material!
we left the windmill again and encountered some more great buildings with cute details. this door was another facourite of mine ( i have a little obsession with doors, i have to admit ).
a fish drinking beer? while some might say it's not a good idea, i say, why not?
next we found ourselves by an old steamboat bridge, which had a stunning view towards some thatched fishermen huts along the shores of großer wünnow, a sort of adjacent stretch of water inside the bay in which röbel is situated in. huts like these are very common in the mecklenburg lakelands, they are basically a garage / storehouse for fishing and boat equipment. i have seen some of these being turned into tiny vacation homes as well, a little bit like an equivalent of the russian dacha, only for lakeside areas. i would definitely be interested in spending some quality time in a converted fishermen hut, that is for sure!
a close-up!
the große wünnow was inhabited by many gulls and i also detected a gray heron! ❤
not only did we find a gray heron - which are fairly common all over germany, but even a great egret! i had never seen one of these birds before, even though they are equally as numerous as its gray relative.
the only boat that docked by the old steamboat bridge was this sailing vessel.
found this gorgeous timber frame meets brickstone building near the church st. marien! 😍 it's part of the visitor's center.
a cute house situation directly next to the fenced in st. marien church. peep the neat brickstone gate that lead towards the church ( there were two of them )!
i have to say, i had a hard time taking pictures of st. marien in its entirety ( might be because of all the trees that surround it! ), but i tried to capture at least some parts of it. the church stands on another hill in the city, and this one had actually been a temple mount of the slavic tribes that first settled here. st. marien is said to have been built between 1227 and 1235, but this data is not really clear. it definitely was the first church of the locality back in the day and served as the first house of prayer for old röbel and the aforementioned aristocratic family von werle. st. marien is counted as one of the oldest brickstone buildings in the state of mecklenburg-vorpommern, but of its medieval appearance not much could be preserved ( it was heavily damaged and rundown from a flood by the start of the 19th century and only an extensive renovation would be able to save the building - which in turn resulted in changing the church's appearance into a neo-gothic pearl ).
the portals of the church were designed with differently coloured brickstones, the style is similar to the portals of st. nicolai ( both churches were built only a few decades apart from each other, so of course there wouldn't be a lot of new developments regarding the gothic architecture ).
the much more slender and elegant bell tower had delicate tracery attached to its facade and its stepped gable. above the entrance a crucifixion group welcomed you into the church. you can access the tower, it is said to have a wonderful view over röbel bay.
the view was fantastic ( please note the amazing cloud formations in the back ❤)! upon seeing this scenery i felt transported to how i imagined the coasts of norway or sweden, the scandinavian vibes were super tangible. the boat houses on the other side of the binnensee were a lot more fleshed out than the ones we had seen earlier in the vicinity of the große wünnow. some of these looked like they were indeed vacational homes! and now you tell me who would NOT want to spend their holidays in such a setting? definitely a dream scenery! 😍
some of the boathouses were rather big. i couldn't find much info on the settlement of these, though my guess is that it's probably belonging to an association of some sorts.
i could look at this scenery and never get tired of it! directly behind the boathouse settlement you can find the marina of röbel.
a bright red boathouse stuck out against all the uniform looking ones, and that one i would like to be my own personal boathouse, please 😁.
eventually we had seen enough of the binnensee and returned back to city structures, saying goodbye to st. marien.
falling in love some more with the doors of röbel city.
oof, would you please look at this utterly gorgeous house? infatuated brickstone aficionado for life, that's me! this building is the parish headquarter of the county of röbel.
we finally reached the harbour of röbel, which has a wide open square and on which i found a sculptural group that enchanted me completely. it is a work by anke besser-güth, a sculptor who created a lot of remarkable works in the GDR - and is called 'judgement of paris'. i don't have a complete photo of this ensemble, i kinda liked the figurines, which were made out of ceramics, much better on their own. the concept of the ensemble is inspired by the greek myth of paris having to judge who is the most beautiful goddess of them all, having to decide between aphrodite, athene and hera. all of the figurines do have a very northern europe maritime feel to them, though, not at all greek! besser-güth designed the goddesses as mermaids and paris is an old sea dog who carefully contemplates his judgement ( that in the original myth ends up dramatically starting the trojan war! ).
all of the goddesses had such peaceful facial expressions, full of friendliness and satisfaction ( maybe? ). anyway, they did not look like they were trying to impress paris with all their might and powers. just some mermaids trying to relax and enjoy the moment.
i can't tell you which mermaid is which goddess ( i am not a greek myth scholar ^^; ), and maybe that was the intent behind it. you can decide who is the best goddess and well, maybe you even decide against choosing one and pick all! i would pick all. as far as i know, every goddess in this world, whether of greek or norse, hindu or egyptian or any other kind of mythologic origins, should be chosen always, because inequality creates misfortune and chaos and eventually the apocalypse.
a little fish was witness to the judgment as well! what a cutie 😘 i think the round object in its mouth is another object discussed in the myth - the apple of discord, which was the initial catalyst for the competition between the three goddesses.
here is paris, pondering over who is the most gorgeous one of all. i like that paris is not depicted as the young, beautiful youngling everyone always says he is, but an old, pensive dude who looks like he's got lots of experience of life.
paris in full glory, with ugg boots, hipster beard and beanie. isn't that an absolutely refreshing take on the well-toned coward of greek mythology who would make the most stupid judgment of all time?
a lovely view over the binnensee towards st. marien.
and into a different direction - with the restaurants and hotels seglerheim & seestern as focal points. the sunny evening mood was equally charming as the fog in the morning had been, providing a lovely ending to our second full day at the mecklenburg lakelands.
more GDR sculptural work, some sea lions. i couldn't find any infos on these.
another view of the skyline of old röbel.
can you spot the bird trinity? ( it's a cormorant, a duck and a sea gull )
i love when the water of lakes are so still that the sky is mirrored inside them! tranquility par excellence!
what is there to say, other than just stay silent and take in the harmonic surroundings? 💙
reached the seglerhof restaurant and its adjacent jetty. this picture reminds me so much of an egon schiele painting, one in which he is remembering his own travels to triest. he painted it in 1907 and it is called the harbour of triest. the wiggly lines in the water are so perfectly alike that this image immediately came to my mind. i now call this image 'the harbour of triest is actually situated in röbel' 😂.
these two chilling people loved the harbour in röbel as well. they were created by a local called paul kleidon. i like how my mom is also part of this moment and i still laugh about the little kid in the back that i captured mid-fall 😂 ( i know, i am mean... )
we are almost at the end of this post, so i won't spill any more useless words on the last two images. just enjoy their prettiness!
farewell, beautiful röbel, it was a joy to get to know you!
and again a big and long day filled to the brim with discoveries and beauty and revelations ended and it would add to another precious memory made together with my parents before the pandemic would turn our lives around the next year and change the way we would travel.
the next day would offer us a less busy day, we stayed in loppin again and got to know a little more of that area, so stay curious!
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