weimar

and now part 2 of my culture weekend.

the city of bach, goethe and schiller (and many others as well) - weimar, thuringia, germany.

i would call it one of the world's intellectual capitals. wherever you live, you should come and visit this city.

It has been a site of pilgrimage for the German vnf intelligentsia since Goethe first moved to Weimar in the late 18th century. The tombs of Goethe and Schiller as well as their archives, may be found in the city. It is around the city of Weimar that Goethe's famous 1809 Elective Affinities is based.
The period in German history from 1919-1933 is commonly referred to as the Weimar Republic, as the Republic's constitution was drafted here because the capital, Berlin, with its street rioting after the 1918 German Revolution, was considered too dangerous for the National Assembly to convene there. Weimar was, beside Dessau, the center of the Bauhaus movement.
The city houses art galleries, museums and the German national theatre. The Bauhaus University and the Liszt School of Music Weimar attracted many students, specializing in media and design, architecture, civil engineering and music, to Weimar.
source: wikipedia

picturesque houses

people playing boule in the park
the friedrich schiller museum
the schiller-goethe-monument

summer feeling

i'm so sorry that i can't share some real tourist photos with you but i have so many non-digital pictures with the sights of the city on it that i didn't take them again.

hotel schweizer hof

i like those kind of theme hotels and in our hotel in kassel the theme was switzerland.

kassel

i'm back from my culture weekend and can present a few photos. as announced, i went to kassel (hesse, germany) to see contemporary art.

the documenta is one of the world's most important exhibitions of modern art which takes place every five years in kassel. it was founded by artist, teacher and curator arnold bode in 1955. choconet is waiting to get into one of the exhibition houses...
with hundreds of other visitorsother exhibition places weren't that crowded
i want that for my living room! love it!

cosima von bonin (*1962, mombasa)"relax, it's only a ghost".
ai weiwei (*1957, beijing) "template" - old chinese doors.

on 20th june wind and rain in kassel destroyed his art project (see the original here) but now he likes it even better.

for those who can read chinese: ai weiwei has a blog.

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wordless wednesday

chalkboard

bart generator

chocolate prices

choconet is shocked!

happy weekending!

i'll be here...
cu next week!

6 children and pokemon

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the microwave murder

he is sentenced to 8 years and 6 months in jail. he killed her because he was depressed and wanted to have the microwave after their split-up.

2:1

they were the last ones (2000) who beat england in the old wembley stadium (1:0) and the first ones (2007) who beat them in the new one (1:2).

oberammergau

oberammergau in the south of germany and bavariaour hotel "to the old post".

houses here are traditionally painted which is called "lüftlmalerei".
in the car: big s., who was so photo-fixed that he nearly crashed the car a few seconds after the picture was taken.

most people (especially children) know the town from this tongue twister:

'Heut kommt der Hans nach Haus', / Freut sich die Lies' / Ob er aber über Oberammergau, / Oder aber über Unterammergau, / Oder aber überhaupt net kommt, / ist nicht g'wiß!

Translation: 'Hans is coming home today / Lies rejoices / But whether he's coming by way of Upper Ammergau / or by way of Lower Ammergau / or not coming at all / is unknown!'

neuschwanstein

before we went to the wedding we visited

schloss neuschwanstein (engl. "new swan stone")

- the german disney castle -

- 19th century -

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wordless wednesday

wedding weekend

we've been to munich at the weekend to attend my friend r.'s wedding. although both of them being protestants, it took place in a catholic church as bavaria is a catholic state - the state in germany where the current pope comes from.

here are some photos from the celebration. enjoy!

big s.'s and my shoe in the church

after the church ceremony

broom and bride

both of them study at the university of munich

eating non-stop in the ebersberger alm.

view from there

no firework but ballons with sparklers on it

illegally imported fire-paper ballons from thailand

we stayed in this hotel - the lakes nearby were just beautiful. but on the other hand, water + summer = gnats -> they had lots of fun with my body!

and someone invited us to come to the oktoberfest this year which means that we might be in munich in october again.

tired

how do you know that your neigbours are back from their holidays? ...when their dog wakes you up in the early morning.

kaczynski bro's

yes! early elections in poland. it's time for the twins to go.

good day II

a good day ends with a good scary pizza

choco is famous

choconet in a gallery

have fun with dumpr.net

good day

a good day starts with a good choco breakfast.

(choco balls, hot chocolate and nutella)

wordless wednesday

have an animally wordless wednesday!

thinking

about the weather, chocolate, holidays or just a new wordless wednesday picture?