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Presently living in Berlin, this blog concentrates on our lives in Germany.
Winter Walk Vienna
January 12, 2021
The other day we took a hike on the edge of town where the altitude isn´t really considerably higher than in downtown, yet the little difference made it all white out the...
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Berlin Palace/Humboldt Forum
January 05, 2021
The idea to give one of Berlins new Museums the look of the old Imperial City Palace is as insane as it is reactionary. Sure, the Humboldt Forum has new and modern elemen...
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Random Berlin December
December 16, 2020
Random impressions from a recent visit to Berlin. The city never ceases to impress, in one way or another. Since leaving Berlin, I´ve lived in Chicago and presently live...
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Public Messages In Berlin
December 12, 2020
Public Messages In Berlin
On my last visit to Berlin I noticed how many messages can be read in public. Walls, fences, advertising surfaces and sometimes daily objects...
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Personal Corona Log 3
September 07, 2020
The uncanny and strange look of an empty metropolis. These color pictures are similar in context to my last Corona post, so I´ll just repeat the text I´ve used then.
A...
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In Transition - Random Vienna Pics
September 05, 2020
What would be the first blogpost about Vienna? Still in transition we´re not yet quite settled, because we don´t live in our apartment yet, because we´re still waiting fo...
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Personal Corona Log 2
August 27, 2020
Here´s part 1 of my Personal Corona Log
After an intensive trip to Germany, during which my brother and I took care of some urgent matters concerning our sick parents,...
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Boarding Up Chicago
June 10, 2020
The aftermath of the protests after the killing of George Floyd was not predictable. One could´ve assumed that highly emotional and political protests would bring along s...
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Personal Corona Log 1
June 04, 2020
We were well into our roadtrip when my brother called and urged me to take the next plane to Germany. Our father was diagnosed with lung cancer, he was facing a high risk...
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Burning And Looting Chicago
May 31, 2020
Burning And Looting Chicago
After we stayed home during the protest (due to avoiding mass gatherings rather than avoiding the cause - Covid 19 is still out there), w...
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Filter Fun - pt 2
April 30, 2020
Songs without Music
As I strolled down the Boulevard
the police stopped me in midwalk
As it happened it was right next to OK'd
where Nadine worked in accounting...
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Interiors in DC
February 13, 2020
Interiors in DC
More than five years after we moved away from Washington, we returned for a short visit. It was good to be back, not only did we appreciate the high...
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Square Deal
February 12, 2020
Square Deal
Looking over my photographs and comparing them with others, especially with those of pros, makes me wonder wether I really have the right equipment. My h...
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Farnsworth House
February 06, 2020
Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
This is a winter photo-series of the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois. On the drive to the house from Chicago I reali...
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BER - Neverending Story
January 31, 2020
BER - Neverending Story
All the neverending stories you´ve heard so far are nothing compared to the one taking place in the Brandenburg province close to Berlin. It´...
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