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This time we had set our photography todo list with a focus on special locations using the two Sony`s and the Mavic Pro 2 - including the obligatory timelapse videos. Of course, as always, other human…

04. April 2019, 19.30 Uhr, Künstlerhaus Kempten (Allgäu) 01. Februar 2019, 19.30 Uhr, Scheune, Wilhelmsdorf (sold out) 20. September 2018, 20.00 Uhr, NAZ Eriskirch (sold out)

It is the friendliest village of the world. Here, all the people who meet us really welcome us, with a smile and open eyes - no matter if they are very young or old. We search for colorful aras,…

As a wine lover we visit here the largest winery in the country called Campos de Solana. Thereafter a production plant for the well-known Singani, a mild Bolivian Grappa ......

A fenced area, right at the lake. The leaves are rustling, here and there the wind hits a door. Otherwise it is completely silent. A spooky atmosphere that has probably attracted George Clooney. Here…

True to the motto of Drafi Deutscher and his famous song we had to realize after a day in Carrara and its exciting marble quarries, this white rock is really of noble nature and beauty. You can only…

Well, we asked ourselves this question many times during our drive through the beautiful Tuscany. Do you prefer a small village on a gentle hill or a bigger place with a long tradition, architectural…

When you see a photo with these plants on it, it is almost always a picture from this Tuscany. Because without cypresses and pines, Tuscany would not be Tuscany, right ?!

Because first of all, you do not eat it every day. And secondly, it is sensational what they know to do with bacon in Tuscany. Lardo di Colonnata tastes heavenly. In Colonnata the world stops ......

Alles ist bei "die kompotterie" (ist das von uns eigentlich so grammatikalisch richtig geschrieben oder muss es "bei der" heißen?!?) kleingeschrieben. Das ist aber dann schon Alles, was wirklich klein…

Besucht haben wir "Weißi", wie er unter Freunden gerne genannt wird, am 10. April 2018 beim OpenAir-Kochen einer seiner berühmten Chilisaucen auf der Sonnenterrasse des "Hauses am See", einer…

The icebergs turn around. They are constantly changing. Nothing is the same as before. It thunders violently in the glacier - like a thunderstorm. The enclosed air escapes in the ice, deep rumbling,…

In Ilulissat they catch a 22 m long fin whale and sell its fresh meat to the restaurants. It tastes a bit of liver and beef. Is not a fish, but a mammal. Very tasty at Willi in his Inuit cafe: Whale…

East Greenland. Tasiilaq and Tiniteqilaag. The Ammassalik Island. The Sermilik Icefjord. Life in the settlements there is lived slowly and without time pressure. The exact time is not decisive for the…

The places of Greenland are not connected by roads or railway tracks. The "road" to Greenland is the sea. They use ships, airplanes, helicopters and dog sleds as means of transport. The people here…

Extremely firm, light blue and mirrored ice. Deep-frozen, huge wave throughs as far as you can see. A complete ice ocean. Totally lonely. Only ice and sky. What a cold world. And ancient. Then finally…

Indescribable fragrances of nature: honey in all variations, Lavender blossoms, olives, green freshly mowed grass and hay, colorful fragrant mountain flower blossoms, Provence flavored plants and…

I learned at the beginning of the tour something very important: There is real and there is "fake" Lavender. Totally 20 different varieties. The first is called

There are so many fruit and vegetable stands on the roadside, where you can eat fresh blackberries, creamy honey, Lavender patè and huge garlic tubers .....

The actual start of our Lavender tour was in St-Lazaire-le-Désert and from there always very close to the large mountains over numerous extremely narrow pass roads (for example the "Col de Perty")…