Birding at the Kemnader See
I am not a (early) morning person and it is really nice to stay in bed 40 minutes longer in times of Corona and home office. On weekends it’s the same. When there is no … Read more
Posts in Category ‘In the nature’
Slowing down in Corona time
Stay home, don’t go out. These are the sentences you hear mostly in the Corona news these days. But I can really good understand that this is really hard for many people. Even for us … Read more
December 2019
It feels like the only goal of December is to prepare for the holidays. And then it’s all over, so fast that your mind cannot even follow. When I listened a radio show I heard … Read more
Birdwatching on the Island of Pellworm
After we arrived on the Island of Pellworm and checked the weather forecast, it was sure that we could not do very much outdoors. But reading, drinking tea and from time to time browsing through … Read more
Kingfisher challenge – check
It is kind of weird that I can finally complete my “self made Kingfisher challenge” in 2019. And it is not because of the year. It is because I took these photos from our balcony. … Read more
Short summer posting
Germany and the rest of Europe (maybe the rest of the world?) is suffering from the extreme temperatures and the dryness. We are lucky that it got better, at least were I live. But the … Read more
Easy walking – The “Baldeneysteig” in Essen
Live is running so fast at the moment. Winter is over and we had almost 20 degrees Celsius last week. I had many things going on in my family, so I did not have much … Read more
Travel tip: Duisburg Rheinpark
One thing I’d like to mention: Even when talking about a travel tip, it’s not worth to go there when you have a longer journey. The place is very nice, but it’s only interesting when … Read more
Visting the “Herrenhäuser Gärten” in Hanover
As I already mentioned in my last blogpost we’ve been in the city on Hanover last weekend for a concert. We decided to visit the “Herrenhäuser Gärten” before the concert, since we wanted to explore … Read more
Easy walking in Bochum
There are still many prejudices that the region where are living right now, the “Ruhrgebiet”, is ugly grey and not attractive at all. My mom who spend some years of her childhood here, told me … Read more