(on my way to an evening class at VHS Charlottenburg Wilmersdorf)
Along this route, more or less, with detours once I got close to Bayerischer Platz.
I wanted to finally see at least some of this memorial. I don’t know how many signs I missed, but those that I did photograph are in the last block of photos.
Visited and linked to many times before. This was a birdwatching walk with Volkshochschule. From that point of view, it was successful in that we saw quite a few different birds, but I did not manage to photograph any of them.
However, there are always things to discover and photograph at all times of the year, and in winter and early spring, when there are no leaves on the trees, it is easier to see not only birds but also how nature is taking over year by year.
This time, I spotted a building I had never noticed before and which I guess qualifies as what the Germans, for some strange reason, call a “Lost Place” – literally and officially – they don’t even translate that into German. I always wonder why. Those places are not lost. The rest of the world calls them “Abandoned Places”, which is what they are.
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From Lietzensee to Breitscheidplatz.
If the selection seems odd or random – it isn’t :-). Most (but not all) the photos are for an assignment in a street photography course with Volkshochschule. In terms of quality, that is always a bit of a lottery, but Johannes Rigal is a super teacher. He knows both his stuff and teaching and has exactly the right personality for this type of course. I thoroughly enjoyed the walk and am looking forward to the next one. The weather also helped, of course 🙂 providing a welcome opportunity to experiment with shadows.
In the meantime, I shall have to decide on ten to fifteen photos to submit to be reviewed in class in a week’s time. I feel some diptychs and triptychs coming on :-).
But first, the setting moon as seen from my home that morning (yes, I need a longer lense) :
I took the U-Bahn to Rehberge, walked down Otawistraße, crossed Afrikanische Straße, entered the park right there (there is also a bus stop and a public toilet. To the right just after entering the park, there is a lake called Möwensee which is where I started.
Another park I definitely want to go back to, not only to try to get some better bird photos but also to further observe the two racoons which, when I was there, were just about to wake up from their sleep in a dead tree in the middle of Möwensee. Also, I saw evidence that there are beavers there too.
Another hobby photographer I met said there are often kingfishers around the lake. Another “trophy” I have not yet managed to photograph.
These three rocks are called Weddinger Stonehenge. Even in Googlemaps. True story:
I would difinitely like another chance at a photo of that goshawk:
ONGOING
Walkabout before meeting the others, a.o. in the bird sanctuary – saw many birds but only managed one half-way decent photo.
Walter Gropius School:
Dreeinigkeitskirche (and immediate surroundings):
Gropiushaus:
Final edit 27 February: “Happy ending” 🙂 – I found an HNO doctor who unlike the first one I went to is competent and friendly, and unlike the second one I went to has friendly receptionists who do not lie about what my insurance company wants and does not want. Ear infection, or whatever it was, is now gone. Dr. S. Schölzel, Bergmannstraße 5. Highly recommended.
We now have to bring our “Anmeldebestätigung” along when seeing a new doctor for the first time. Despite having lived here eight years and seen many doctors and one hospital, I have never been asked for that one before.
After having been treated for an ear infection unsuccessfully by one ear doctor and three different kinds of eardrops for a couple of months, I wanted to get a second opinion from another ear doctor and made an appointment with Herr Dr. med. Christian Scheiber in Leipziger Straße.
Having arrived there and filled in the usual two-three pages of blabla (that German IT angst again) and presented my passport and insurance card, I was asked to produce my “Anmeldebestätigung” and if I did not have it with me – go back home to fetch it. At some point, they even claimed that my insurance company demands it. (?????). That is a blatant lie. I am privately insured with JSIS – the sickness insurance for current and former European Union employees and have been since 1976. I think I would have known by now if that were the case. I even offered to pay the bill in cash then and there if necessary – but no, not good enough.
Due to gail-force wind gusts (accompanied by rain), I had already been almost blown off the pavement three times on the way there, so I was not about to make an extra return walk under those conditions. And – in a country whose motto seems to be “why make things easy if you can make them complicated?” – how could I be certain that when I got back there they would not lie about something else. Once a liar, alway a liar. I therefore left, telling them I would not be back and that they should just send me the invoice.
I am sure my “alleged” address is good enough for billing me, even if not good enough for treating my ear infection.
Author: Lori Rasmussen, My Quiet Kitchen
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Blender: If not using a high-speed blender, you may want to soak the seeds in hot water for 1-2 hours before blending. You can also use a nut milk bag to strain the sauce before adding to the pan.
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Store leftover pasta in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Freezing is not recommended.