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Category Archives: Photography
Ice cold, but romantic
The Curonian Spit is one of the favourite destinations of tourists visiting Lithuania. And rightfully so! But almost all of them come in summer when they can swim in the sea, get tanned on the long sand beaches or enjoy … Continue reading
Is the Cinema still open?
Sometimes, the sign for a place already gives me the feeling that the place might no longer exist. (Photographed at Matera in Italy.)
The Towers of Tallinn
As many churches and castles with beautiful towers you may build, one guy is going to dwarf them all by building a huge chimney.
Easily Confused (35) Perished Cities
Old cities, whose ruins we visit, wondering how erstwhile grand and important cities could cease to exist: Aleppo, Syria: (Diesen Vergleich gibt es auch auf Deutsch.)
Frozen Assets
When you read about “frozen assets” in connection with economic sanctions, you may have been wondering how this process actually works. In February 2013 I could observe it myself in Nida, on the Lithuanian part of the Curonian Spit. There … Continue reading
What a Sky!
Some may admire the church. Some may derive joy from watching the playing children. I was most taken with the sky. The church is Matrice Nuova in Castelbuono, a beautiful little town in the hills in Sicily. (Hier geht es … Continue reading