Wednesday, September 16, 2009

It's not gray, it's anthracite.


Hmmm... How to explain the Hamburg weather? It's not like the sun isn't there. You just have to zoom in a lot to find it.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

A sunny Wednesday in Zurich or: the perfect déjà-definitely-not-vu-ever.


I remember I have been to the lake before.


I don't recall this place. At all.

Have I been to Zurich before? Or haven't I? I'm pretty sure I have. Strange enough to fly in for a day, and yes: I was tired because I had to be at the airport before six, but still... shouldn't I be able to recognize some parts of the city? Yes, I should. But when I got off the tram train and walked downtown I had the perfect deja-friggin'-what's-wrong-with-me-definitely-not-vu. The buildings? Never seen them before. The stores? No recognition whatsoever. The restaurants? Nope. And all the signs that said "lake" seemed to point in a wrong direction. So I just wandered on, crossed a bridge to the other side of the river and ahhhh... there it was. Okay, it feels good to know that I'm not suffering from Alzheimers, but how can it be that I spent almost a week in Zurich a couple of years ago and never made it to the west side of the river? Isn't that equally weird? If I were me I would be scared.

Secret elf shower found south of the Elbe river.


Did I say we only found one mushroom? Well, I lied. There were many more, but they are just so much better in a picture than in a soup. I especially like the little showerhead on the tree. I wonder who showers there. Dwarfs? Elves? Squirrels? People who take their sex dolls into the woods?

Saturday, September 5, 2009

This is my church. This is where I heal my hurts.





We went mushrooming today. I have never been mushrooming before and to be honest: we didn't find but one. But as with hunting and fishing I found the chase much more interesting than the catch. I shot some good ones! Just look at the head of the sex doll we found. Isn't she an angel? Singing her silent song amidst the trees - so sincere about her music. The forest was truly magical today.