We hired some bikes and made a tour in the direction of the famous lighthouse. It was so hot this day that we didn’t get there but already the part we did was wonderful. It’s pure green and dark blue vastness with horses, birds and endless, empty beaches.
At the end of the day there was one more color: The shiny red of my sunburn.
How the light and the colors change when you approach the sea! What a difference some kilometers make.
The “Dicke Marie” She is supposed to be more than 800 years old and the oldest tree in Berlin, much older than the oak in Grunewald near to Schwanenwerder. The name was given to her by the Humboldt Brothers after a well known overweight cook in the Castle Of Tegel. In 1778 even Goethe […]
Ketzin From Ketzin to Paretz Wild Gooses Meet Up Schleuse Pareetz Paretz Paretz is an “experimental and exemplary” village from the 18th century. King Friedrich Wilhelm III bought it in 1800 to live there with his wife Queen Louise and to redesign it with architect David Gilly. The […]
There is a Laguna – la Poza Puerta del Jeli – near to the center of Puerto Villamil where Flamingos and other birds find rest in the evenings.
We went on a hike from Puerto Vilamil to the Wall of Tears, which is the only remaining evidence from the times where this part of Isabela Island has been a penitentiary colony (1946-59) for prisoners from the mainland. In 1959 this episode ended with a massiv escape, including the kidnapping of an US yacht, […]
In the center of the village you’ll find a house with an abundant garden. The owner put some bananas on branches and sugared water into small buckets. And you won’t believe who came to dinner …
Location: Nuthe-Nieplitz Naturschutzgebiet, Wildenbruch, Fresdorfer Heide, Pferdesteig, Backofenberg, Grämnitzberge, Poschfenn, Schafgraben, Rauher Berg, Kähnsdorfer See, Großer Seddiner See, Wildenbruch / Weather: 10-15°C, mostly cloudy but sunny at the end/ Distance: 17,5 km / Mood: captivated by the crazy singing, ranting and clucking birds everywhere / Animals spotted: 1 deer, wild gooses, herons, 1 rabbit, a (too) big spider, small birds with […]
