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A Beautiful Street in Lübeck and a Church

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I walked through the historic downtown of Lübeck, like I mentioned yesterday. As Lübeck is a town of the medieval time and as Lübeck was the Queen of the Hanseatic League, you can still see the charm of that time in the architecture today. That´s why we call the old part of the city “Historic Downtown” or in german “Altstadt” here. On the photo above you can see a street called “Weberstraße” and in the background you see the church called “St. Aegidien Kirche”. The inner city of Lübeck has a lot of big churches from old times. There are … Continue reading A Beautiful Street in Lübeck and a Church

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea

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The image above is my entry to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea. The photo is made in Travemünde near Lübeck and you can see the Baltic Sea. You also can find my half brother in the water. The photo was made on a cloudy day. You can see with the mood of the photo that the north german summer will end soon. Even if I described it often on my blog. Here again… Sea does mean fresh air and water to me. If you are born near the sea, you will never want to move away from the sea. Sea … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Sea

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Daily Prompt: P.C.

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The Daily Prompt asked: “Is political correctness a useful concept, or does it stifle honest discussion?” and I must say that the answer is for me clear. Political Correctness (which is by the way a huge problem in Germany at the moment) does stifle honest discussion and it does also suppress opinions. Political correctness always reminds me to a dictatorship. Yes I do say it clear here. I truly see similarities. Political correctness is if a ruling party in your country is telling you every time if you do think different, your are bad. This is happening through the ruling … Continue reading Daily Prompt: P.C.

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About the Lavabit shut down, Edward Snowden and the General Mood of People in Germany

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The privacy email provider Lavabit reportedly used by Edward Snowden shut down after its founder Ladar Levison announced “I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in crimes against the American people or walk away from nearly ten years of hard work by shutting down Lavabit. After significant soul searching, I have decided to suspend operations,… I wish that I could legally share with you the events that led to my decision. I cannot.” and “”I feel you deserve to know what’s going on–the First Amendment is supposed to guarantee me the freedom to speak out … Continue reading About the Lavabit shut down, Edward Snowden and the General Mood of People in Germany

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Just a Beautiful Cat

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Me and my cat Shyna had some fun with a new photo shoot. I took several new photos of her. It´s a boring day and I thought why don´t we take some photos for the next blog posts. I still feel a little bit mad due to the fact that we still have something like a Sahara summer here in germany. I feel like I would suffer a summer depression. You can´t go out when it´s daytime since it is too hot and that does not even change when it´s night. But in the evening we drove a few times … Continue reading Just a Beautiful Cat

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic

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We visited a nostalgic palace in Schwerin, which means that the Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic comes to the right time. The palace is build on an island surrounded by lakes. The palace is called “Schloss Schwerin” and it is a very beautiful place. The palace is build in 1845-57 by order of Friedrich Franz II as a residence for the grand dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. I think the architecturally idea is called neo-renaissance style and remembers a little bit to the french style like the Chambord. Today Schloss Schwerin is a museum. Outside it is already beautiful but sadly we didn´t … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Nostalgic