To all the morons and retards who have been keeping many of us awake most of the night by yacking and laughing incessantly and loudly on their balconies, thinking the whole world ought to hear their words of wisdom and that they are wildly interesting and funny to listen to: I have news for you: very few people are, and nothing is that funny, and most people should do the world a favour and keep their mouths shut more often instead of talking such a load of shite most of the time. I wish I had a way to keep you awake all day, now that you have finally gone to bed. #ihatepeople

By the way, on yesterday’s boat tour (Langer Tag der Stadtnatur) with Derk Ehlert, a.k.a. “Berlins Wildtier Gott”, about a third of the passengers blithered their stupid platter loudly and unashamedly THE WHOLE TIME. Wastes of space humans are.

A very enjoyable day extremely well organised by Margot Dietzsch, Thomas Lenk, and Joachim Wenzel. Joachim led a longer walk, and Margot led and narrated an interesting walk around Tegeler Schloß, themed around the brothers Humboldt.

Everybody then boarded the Moby Dick at Greenwich Promenade for a lovely two-hour boat tour, and we finished off the day with a meal at Tegeler Seeterrassen where they coped smoothly with an onslaught of 38 people who all ordered different courses.

Very nice and enjoyable afternoon as usual efficiently organised by Renata Fackler.

I got there early so played with ICM on some rocks, and photographed some birds before we boarded.

Very nice walk, and we saw many birds. Did not get any even half-way decent photos, but I am posting a small selection anyway :-).

IN PROGRESS

I feel so lucky to be living in a big city and yet be so close to such diverse nature. In many cases, half an hour on the S-Bahn (in this case from Anhalter Bahnhof) and a short walk is enough.

I picked this particular route because I have walked it several times before on the VHS birdwatching walks, and as I am still sufferering from Corona brainfog, it was just easier to not have to consult a map.

Bonus tip: right across from the S-Bahn station in Buch, there is an Italian restaurant which is also an ice-cream-café, with outdoor seating. Just sayin’.