Lovely weather, and Max out frolicking, off-leash, with our wonderful dogwalker, Frank, and a small group of dogs that Max knows well by now, so time to take Mr Canon out for a walk.
I still can’t combine dogwalking with photowalking, and I don’t know if I will ever be able to. Max is not the least bit interested in photography, and as half podenco, he does not like to stand still. Also, when I direct my full attention to anything other than him and me being out walking, he feels either that he has to protect me, or – more likely – that I am then unable to protect him, so he will lunge and bark at, and even try to bite which is one of the reasons I keep him muzzled in the mean streets of Berlin, anyone who in his opinion comes too close to us. That can even be a child on a tricycle. My biggest nightmare.
Anyway, off I went on the S-Bahn from Anhalter Bahnhof to S-Bahnhof Südende, and returned from S-Bahnhof Marienfelde. I did not feel particularly inspired but took a couple of photos nonetheless. I also had a nice lunch of fresh mussles cooked in white wine (found a place with masked staff and outdoor seating :-)).
My walking route on mapmywalk here.
For some strange reason I had decided I would not need a long lens since I probably would not see any interesting wildlife. I don’t know what I was thinking, but there it is.
Links to places passed and/or photographed:
The church in Lankwitz (sorry about the cheesy starburst – I could not help it – it was staring me in the face).
My first sight this year of a mandarin duck in the Gemeindepark. If everything goes the way it did last year, there will be many more everywhere. As beautifully exotic as they look, they are vicious, invasive beasts that at least temporarily chase away most of the domestic ducks from Berlin’s parks.
Also in the same park, one of the countless war memorials in Berlin.
Luther-Friedhof (took a quick walk there but did not take any photos).
