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I enjoy going exploring on weekends (mostly). Here is a collection of stories and photos I gather along the way. All posts are CC BY-NC-SA licensed unless otherwise stated. Feel free to share, remix, and adapt the content as long as you give appropriate credit and distribute your contributions under the same license.

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#Berlin

September 2023

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Snaps from September 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the Humboldt University) with visits to the Museum for Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum, the Bode Museum, the Berlin Cathedral, the c/o Berlin, and the Alte Nationalgalerie.

July 2023

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Snaps from July 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Glia Conference) with visits to the James-Simon-Galerie (with a special exhibition on ‘Archaeological treasures from Uzbekistan’), a trip to Bad Breisig and the Botanical Garden (‘Flora’) in Cologne.

September 2022

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Snaps from September 2022, including a trip to the Eifel and Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the TU Berlin) with visits to the Altes Museum and the Bode Museum.

Trip to Berlin (Okt, 2020)

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A trip to Berlin in October 2020.                                  

Random Thoughts (Dec, 2018)

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Just some random snaps I put together as the end of 2018 is approaching.

From London to April (Jan-Apr, 2018)

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Diary excerpt from January to April 2018. Contains trips to London, Berlin and several random shots.

#Buddhism

May 2024

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Snaps from May 2024, including a visit to St. Maria im Kapitol, the Museum for East Asian Art, and a trip to Mainz.

December 2023

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Snaps from December 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne, the Ruhrmuseum in Essen, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne.

September 2023

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Snaps from September 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the Humboldt University) with visits to the Museum for Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum, the Bode Museum, the Berlin Cathedral, the c/o Berlin, and the Alte Nationalgalerie.

August 2023

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Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

July 2023

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Snaps from July 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Glia Conference) with visits to the James-Simon-Galerie (with a special exhibition on ‘Archaeological treasures from Uzbekistan’), a trip to Bad Breisig and the Botanical Garden (‘Flora’) in Cologne.

January 2023

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Snaps from January 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

August 2022

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Snaps from August 2022, including a visit to the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Schnütgen Museum and Römisch-Germanisches Museum (currently located at the Belgisches Haus) in Cologne.

July 2022

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Snaps from the Cologne Pride Parade 2022 and a trip to Paris (FENS Forum) including visits to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée Guimet, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

March 2022

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Straying around in March (Maria Laach and Cologne, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art).

Ukiyo-e exhibition (Oct, 2021)

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Snaps from a ukiyo-e exhibition at the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

A day at the garden center

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A visit to the garden center ‘Dingers’ in Cologne.

Museum for East Asian Art (Jul, 2020)

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A visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne in July.

#Carnival

February 2024

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Snaps from February 2024, including the participation in the Geisterzug during the Cologne Carnival, a Saturday walk through Cologne, and the participation in the demonstration on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Roncalliplatz, Cologne).

Karneval Westum (Feb, 2021)

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The Carnival parade in Westum 2020                                

Geisterzug 2020 (Feb, 2020)

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This was the Geisterzug 2020                                        

Geisterzug 2018 (Feb, 2018)

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This was the Geisterzug 2018                                        

Geisterzug (Mar, 2017)

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This was the Geisterzug 2017                                        

Geisterzug (Mar, 2016)

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This was the Geisterzug 2016                                        

#Christian Culture

September 2024

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Snaps from September 2024, including a visit to Pützchen’s Markt in Bonn, one of the oldest and largest folk festivals in Germany. I also had the chance to visit Groß St. Martin during the Day of the Open Monument (Tag des offenen Denkmals) in Cologne – one of the rare moments when you can take photos inside the church. The Day of the Open Monument lasted two days, so I also visited the historical town hall of Cologne as well as the Baptistery near the Cologne Cathedral.

August 2024

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Snaps from August 2024, including a visit to the wholesale market, the botanical garden (Flora), the Kartäuser Church, St. Aposteln, St. Kolumba Madonna in den Trümmern, Antoniterkirche, all in Cologne, and I spent half a day at Schloss Augustusburg in Brühl, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an important baroque site in Germany.

May 2024

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Snaps from May 2024, including a visit to St. Maria im Kapitol, the Museum for East Asian Art, and a trip to Mainz.

March 2024

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Snaps from March 2024, including the first trip to Ahrweiler after the great flood in 2021.

February 2024

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Snaps from February 2024, including the participation in the Geisterzug during the Cologne Carnival, a Saturday walk through Cologne, and the participation in the demonstration on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Roncalliplatz, Cologne).

January 2024

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Snaps from January 2024, including a visit to the Museum Ludwig, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, the Schnütgen Museum, the El-De Haus, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, and the Cologne Cathedral. In mid-January, something really rare happened: It snowed in Cologne. The city was covered in a white blanket, and I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the snow-covered city. We also participated in one of the many demonstrations that spontaneously sprung up across Germany at the end of the month against far-right movements and the far-right AfD party. There were 70,000 participants in Cologne alone.

December 2023

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Snaps from December 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne, the Ruhrmuseum in Essen, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne.

August 2023

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Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

March 2023

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Snaps from March 2023, including a visit to Maria Laach and Göttingen (Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society).

February 2023

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Snaps from February 2023, straying around in Cologne, and trips to Wuppertal, the Eifel, the Cologne Wholesale Market, and a visit to the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne.

September 2022

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Snaps from September 2022, including a trip to the Eifel and Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the TU Berlin) with visits to the Altes Museum and the Bode Museum.

August 2022

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Snaps from August 2022, including a visit to the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Schnütgen Museum and Römisch-Germanisches Museum (currently located at the Belgisches Haus) in Cologne.

July 2022 (2)

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The last chunk from July 2022, with a trip to the Eifel and a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne.

April 2022

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Straying around in April (Cologne, Andernach, Bad Breisig, and Aachen, including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne).

Trip to the Eifel (Sep, 2020)

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A trip to a small Eifel village in September.          

#Cologne

September 2024

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Snaps from September 2024, including a visit to Pützchen’s Markt in Bonn, one of the oldest and largest folk festivals in Germany. I also had the chance to visit Groß St. Martin during the Day of the Open Monument (Tag des offenen Denkmals) in Cologne – one of the rare moments when you can take photos inside the church. The Day of the Open Monument lasted two days, so I also visited the historical town hall of Cologne as well as the Baptistery near the Cologne Cathedral.

August 2024

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Snaps from August 2024, including a visit to the wholesale market, the botanical garden (Flora), the Kartäuser Church, St. Aposteln, St. Kolumba Madonna in den Trümmern, Antoniterkirche, all in Cologne, and I spent half a day at Schloss Augustusburg in Brühl, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an important baroque site in Germany.

July 2024

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Snaps from July 2024, including a visit Wülfrath, a small town nearby my hometown. Luckily, I was also able to visit this year’s Cologne Pride Parade, which I have missed last year.

June 2024

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Snaps from June 2024.                                                          

May 2024

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Snaps from May 2024, including a visit to St. Maria im Kapitol, the Museum for East Asian Art, and a trip to Mainz.

April 2024

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Snaps from April 2024, including this year’s cherry blossom, a visit to the Cologne City Museum, which just reopened in March this year, a trip to Remagen and to Maria Laach.

March 2024

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Snaps from March 2024, including the first trip to Ahrweiler after the great flood in 2021.

February 2024

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Snaps from February 2024, including the participation in the Geisterzug during the Cologne Carnival, a Saturday walk through Cologne, and the participation in the demonstration on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Roncalliplatz, Cologne).

January 2024

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Snaps from January 2024, including a visit to the Museum Ludwig, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, the Schnütgen Museum, the El-De Haus, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, and the Cologne Cathedral. In mid-January, something really rare happened: It snowed in Cologne. The city was covered in a white blanket, and I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the snow-covered city. We also participated in one of the many demonstrations that spontaneously sprung up across Germany at the end of the month against far-right movements and the far-right AfD party. There were 70,000 participants in Cologne alone.

December 2023

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Snaps from December 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne, the Ruhrmuseum in Essen, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne.

October 2023

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Snaps from October 2023, including a trip to the Japanese Gardenꜛ and an ikebana exhibitionꜛ in Leverkusen, a visit to the Apollinaris Church in Remagen, a rugby match of the Cologne Crushersꜛ, a trip to Linz on the Rhine, and a visit to the Cologne Fair.

September 2023

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Snaps from September 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the Humboldt University) with visits to the Museum for Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum, the Bode Museum, the Berlin Cathedral, the c/o Berlin, and the Alte Nationalgalerie.

August 2023

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Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

July 2023

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Snaps from July 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Glia Conference) with visits to the James-Simon-Galerie (with a special exhibition on ‘Archaeological treasures from Uzbekistan’), a trip to Bad Breisig and the Botanical Garden (‘Flora’) in Cologne.

June 2023

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Snaps from June 2023 (summer in Cologne).                  

May 2023

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Snaps from May 2023, straying around in Cologne and at Maria Laach.

April 2023

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Snaps from April 2023, including a visit to the fair in Cologne, and a trip to the Eifel (‘Bunte Kuh’), including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in the Eifel region.

March 2023

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Snaps from March 2023, including a visit to Maria Laach and Göttingen (Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society).

February 2023

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Snaps from February 2023, straying around in Cologne, and trips to Wuppertal, the Eifel, the Cologne Wholesale Market, and a visit to the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne.

January 2023

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Snaps from January 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

December 2022

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Snaps from December 2022, including a visit to the Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg and the New Year’s Eve in Cologne.

August 2022

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Snaps from August 2022, including a visit to the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Schnütgen Museum and Römisch-Germanisches Museum (currently located at the Belgisches Haus) in Cologne.

July 2022 (2)

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The last chunk from July 2022, with a trip to the Eifel and a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne.

July 2022

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Snaps from the Cologne Pride Parade 2022 and a trip to Paris (FENS Forum) including visits to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée Guimet, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

June 2022

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Straying around in June in Cologne.                              

May 2022

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Straying around in May (Cologne, Eifel, and Bergisches Land).

April 2022

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Straying around in April (Cologne, Andernach, Bad Breisig, and Aachen, including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne).

March 2022

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Straying around in March (Maria Laach and Cologne, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art).

January 2022

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Snaps from January 2022 (straying around in Cologne, including a visit to the new city archive).

Happy New Year 2022!

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The New Year’s Eve 2021.                                                    

Late Summer to Winter 2021

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Random snaps from late summer to winter 2021.          

Ukiyo-e exhibition (Oct, 2021)

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Snaps from a ukiyo-e exhibition at the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

A Saturday (Oct, 2021)

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A Saturday in October.                                                        

The (un)lost place (Aug, 2021)

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Playing around in a former industrial complex.        

A trip to Dortmund (Aug, 2021)

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Snaps from a day-trip to Dortmund in August 2021.  

A day at the garden center

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A visit to the garden center ‘Dingers’ in Cologne.

Museum Ludwig (Aug, 2021)

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Visiting the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.                        

Straying around 10 (Jul, 2021)

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Straying around in the area of the Deutz harbor. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 9 (Jul, 2021)

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Straying around in the area around the autonomous center in Cologne. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 8 (Jun, 2021)

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Straying around in Ehrenfeld this time.Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 7 (May, 2021)

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At the wholesale market in Cologne again. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 6 (May, 2021)

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Straying around the streets in May, part 2. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 5 (May, 2021)

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Straying around the streets in May, part 1. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 4 (Apr, 2021)

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Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 3 (Mar, 2021)

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Spontaneous Summer: In the last week of March there was an unexpected short period of sunny summer days. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 2 (Mar, 2021)

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Still straying on the streets. This time in Köln Deutz. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 1 (Mar, 2021)

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The constant repetition in a never-ending Corona-lockdown for a year now…can’t stop us from straying on the streets. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

First snaps from 2021

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The first snaps I took in 2021.                                      

Museum for East Asian Art (Jul, 2020)

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A visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne in July.

Summer 2020 in a nutshell (Jun, 2020)

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This summer has been one of the best I’ve ever had.

Social Distancing 10 (May, 2020)

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Social distancing (at the beginning of May).            

Social Distancing 9 (May, 2020)

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Social distancing (at the beginning of May).            

Social Distancing 8 (Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing end of April in Cologne.                

Cologne wholesale market (Jun, 2020)

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Straying around at the wholesale market in Cologne.

Social Distancing 7 (Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing in the mid of April in Cologne.  

Flora (May, 2020)

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A visit to the botanical garden Flora in Cologne after the first Corona lockdown.

Social Distancing 6 (Apr, 2020)

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A Friday night under social distancing (April 2020).

Social Distancing 5 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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Here are some more impressions I captured during the Corona lockdown and the still on-going social distancing (March/April, 2020).

Social Distancing 4 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing continued (March/April, 2020)… (including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne)

Social Distancing 3 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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The third part of my on-going ‘Social Distancing’ series (March/April, 2020).

Social Distancing 2 (Mar, 2020)

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Social Distancing continued (March 2020)…              

Social Distancing 1 (Mar, 2020)

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Exploring our new normal under the impression of social distancing and the lockdown of public life (March 2020).

Geisterzug 2020 (Feb, 2020)

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This was the Geisterzug 2020                                        

IMM Cologne (Jan, 2020)

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Snaps from the International Furniture Fair (Internationale Möbelmesse, IMM) in Cologne.

New Year's Eve 2019

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This was the New Year’s Eve 2020 in Cologne.            

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2019)

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The Cologne Pride Parade 2019                                      

Random Thoughts (Dec, 2018)

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Just some random snaps I put together as the end of 2018 is approaching.

A Weekend (Aug, 2018)

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Some random weekend souvenirs.                                        

Total lunar eclipse (Jul, 2018)

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The total lunar eclipse from July 27, 2018.              

From London to April (Jan-Apr, 2018)

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Diary excerpt from January to April 2018. Contains trips to London, Berlin and several random shots.

Geisterzug 2018 (Feb, 2018)

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This was the Geisterzug 2018                                        

The nights in Cologne are loud

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The Weekend Stories continue and here is the next one: a loose collection of snaps I took during various party nights in the last couple of months.

'Dissolve' exhibition (Sep, 2017)

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The Dissolve exhibition by Keanu Sapadi.                

The House Party (Sep, 2017)

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A new Weekend Story is online! Snaps of a house party that ended in the pubs of Cologne.

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2017)

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The Cologne Pride Parade 2017                                      

Ehe für alle (Jun, 2017)

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After years of discrimination, the German parliament legalized same-sex marriage this morning. Here are some impressions from the streets of Cologne that day.

The streets of Cologne (Jun, 2017)

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New Weekend Story.                                                            

Geisterzug (Mar, 2017)

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This was the Geisterzug 2017                                        

New Year's Eve 2016

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This was the New Year’s Eve 2017 in Cologne.            

Die Mauer – A Cologne summer story (Sep, 2016)

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Some shots I took this summer.                                        

Cologne's Südstadt (May, 2016)

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This Weekend Story is about a trip to the Südtsadt in Cologne

Geisterzug (Mar, 2016)

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This was the Geisterzug 2016                                        

The dolls are in the doll's house! (Apr, 2016)

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A new Weekend Stories chapter.                                    

Saturday Night Vibes (Mar, 2016)

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Another chapter of the ongoing Weekend Story series

New Year's Eve 2015

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Impressions of the New Year’s Eve 2016.                      

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2015)

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This was the Cologne Pride Parade 2015                    

Let's Play Together (May, 2015)

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A short documentation of a playful evening.              

Evolution of a Saturday Night (Apr, 2015)

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Photographic documentation of last Saturday night.

New Year's Eve 2014

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Some snaps of the New Year’s Eve 2015.                        

Stacy Crowne concert (Sep, 2014)

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This was the Stacy Crowne concert at the Flanigan’s in Cologne

#Conferences

March 2023

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Snaps from March 2023, including a visit to Maria Laach and Göttingen (Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society).

A conferences in Bucharest (Okt, 2017)

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Another excerpt of my Conferences series. This time: Bucharest, Romania.

A conferences in Washington, DC (Nov, 2015)

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I’m sitting at the hotel bar, spending my last night in Washington, DC.

#Corona Pandemic

July 2022

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Snaps from the Cologne Pride Parade 2022 and a trip to Paris (FENS Forum) including visits to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée Guimet, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

June 2022

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Straying around in June in Cologne.                              

May 2022

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Straying around in May (Cologne, Eifel, and Bergisches Land).

April 2022

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Straying around in April (Cologne, Andernach, Bad Breisig, and Aachen, including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne).

March 2022

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Straying around in March (Maria Laach and Cologne, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art).

February 2022

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Straying around in February 2022 (Rodder Maar in the Eifel region).

January 2022

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Snaps from January 2022 (straying around in Cologne, including a visit to the new city archive).

January 2022

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Snaps from January 2022 (straying around in Cologne, including a visit to the new city archive).

Ukiyo-e exhibition (Oct, 2021)

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Snaps from a ukiyo-e exhibition at the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

A Saturday (Oct, 2021)

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A Saturday in October.                                                        

The (un)lost place (Aug, 2021)

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Playing around in a former industrial complex.        

A trip to Dortmund (Aug, 2021)

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Snaps from a day-trip to Dortmund in August 2021.  

A day at the garden center

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A visit to the garden center ‘Dingers’ in Cologne.

Museum Ludwig (Aug, 2021)

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Visiting the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.                        

Straying around 10 (Jul, 2021)

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Straying around in the area of the Deutz harbor. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 9 (Jul, 2021)

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Straying around in the area around the autonomous center in Cologne. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 8 (Jun, 2021)

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Straying around in Ehrenfeld this time.Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 7 (May, 2021)

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At the wholesale market in Cologne again. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 6 (May, 2021)

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Straying around the streets in May, part 2. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 5 (May, 2021)

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Straying around the streets in May, part 1. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 4 (Apr, 2021)

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Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Exploring Japanese tea (Apr, 2021)

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I recently started to explore Japanese tea.              

Easter (Apr, 2021)

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Easter 2021.                                                                            

Straying around 3 (Mar, 2021)

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Spontaneous Summer: In the last week of March there was an unexpected short period of sunny summer days. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 2 (Mar, 2021)

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Still straying on the streets. This time in Köln Deutz. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Still(s) at home (Mar, 2021)

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Some still shots I took at home.                                    

Straying around 1 (Mar, 2021)

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The constant repetition in a never-ending Corona-lockdown for a year now…can’t stop us from straying on the streets. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

First snaps from 2021

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The first snaps I took in 2021.                                      

Trip to Berlin (Okt, 2020)

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A trip to Berlin in October 2020.                                  

Trip to the Eifel (Sep, 2020)

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A trip to a small Eifel village in September.          

Museum for East Asian Art (Jul, 2020)

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A visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne in July.

Summer 2020 in a nutshell (Jun, 2020)

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This summer has been one of the best I’ve ever had.

Social Distancing 10 (May, 2020)

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Social distancing (at the beginning of May).            

Social Distancing 9 (May, 2020)

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Social distancing (at the beginning of May).            

Social Distancing 8 (Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing end of April in Cologne.                

Cologne wholesale market (Jun, 2020)

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Straying around at the wholesale market in Cologne.

Social Distancing 7 (Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing in the mid of April in Cologne.  

Flora (May, 2020)

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A visit to the botanical garden Flora in Cologne after the first Corona lockdown.

Social Distancing 6 (Apr, 2020)

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A Friday night under social distancing (April 2020).

Social Distancing 5 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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Here are some more impressions I captured during the Corona lockdown and the still on-going social distancing (March/April, 2020).

Social Distancing 4 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing continued (March/April, 2020)… (including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne)

Social Distancing 3 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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The third part of my on-going ‘Social Distancing’ series (March/April, 2020).

Social Distancing 2 (Mar, 2020)

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Social Distancing continued (March 2020)…              

Social Distancing 1 (Mar, 2020)

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Exploring our new normal under the impression of social distancing and the lockdown of public life (March 2020).

Trip to Wuppertal (Mar, 2020)

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Some snaps from a trip to Wuppertal in March. It was the last one right before the Corona lockdown in Germany.

Karneval Westum (Feb, 2021)

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The Carnival parade in Westum 2020                                

Geisterzug 2020 (Feb, 2020)

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This was the Geisterzug 2020                                        

#Demonstration

July 2024

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Snaps from July 2024, including a visit Wülfrath, a small town nearby my hometown. Luckily, I was also able to visit this year’s Cologne Pride Parade, which I have missed last year.

February 2024

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Snaps from February 2024, including the participation in the Geisterzug during the Cologne Carnival, a Saturday walk through Cologne, and the participation in the demonstration on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Roncalliplatz, Cologne).

January 2024

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Snaps from January 2024, including a visit to the Museum Ludwig, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, the Schnütgen Museum, the El-De Haus, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, and the Cologne Cathedral. In mid-January, something really rare happened: It snowed in Cologne. The city was covered in a white blanket, and I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the snow-covered city. We also participated in one of the many demonstrations that spontaneously sprung up across Germany at the end of the month against far-right movements and the far-right AfD party. There were 70,000 participants in Cologne alone.

July 2022

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Snaps from the Cologne Pride Parade 2022 and a trip to Paris (FENS Forum) including visits to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée Guimet, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2019)

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The Cologne Pride Parade 2019                                      

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2017)

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The Cologne Pride Parade 2017                                      

Ehe für alle (Jun, 2017)

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After years of discrimination, the German parliament legalized same-sex marriage this morning. Here are some impressions from the streets of Cologne that day.

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2015)

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This was the Cologne Pride Parade 2015                    

#Dresden

Trip to Dresden (Oct, 2019)

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Snaps from a trip to Dresden in October 2019            

#Eifel and Rhineland

June 2024

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Snaps from June 2024.                                                          

May 2024

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Snaps from May 2024, including a visit to St. Maria im Kapitol, the Museum for East Asian Art, and a trip to Mainz.

April 2024

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Snaps from April 2024, including this year’s cherry blossom, a visit to the Cologne City Museum, which just reopened in March this year, a trip to Remagen and to Maria Laach.

March 2024

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Snaps from March 2024, including the first trip to Ahrweiler after the great flood in 2021.

December 2023

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Snaps from December 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne, the Ruhrmuseum in Essen, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne.

November 2023

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Snaps from November 2023, mostly from the Eifel region.

October 2023

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Snaps from October 2023, including a trip to the Japanese Gardenꜛ and an ikebana exhibitionꜛ in Leverkusen, a visit to the Apollinaris Church in Remagen, a rugby match of the Cologne Crushersꜛ, a trip to Linz on the Rhine, and a visit to the Cologne Fair.

August 2023

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Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

April 2023

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Snaps from April 2023, including a visit to the fair in Cologne, and a trip to the Eifel (‘Bunte Kuh’), including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in the Eifel region.

March 2023

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Snaps from March 2023, including a visit to Maria Laach and Göttingen (Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society).

November 2022

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Snaps from November 2022, straying around in the Eifel.

October 2022

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Snaps from October 2022 (road trip to the Eifel).  

September 2022

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Snaps from September 2022, including a trip to the Eifel and Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the TU Berlin) with visits to the Altes Museum and the Bode Museum.

July 2022 (2)

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The last chunk from July 2022, with a trip to the Eifel and a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne.

May 2022

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Straying around in May (Cologne, Eifel, and Bergisches Land).

April 2022

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Straying around in April (Cologne, Andernach, Bad Breisig, and Aachen, including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne).

March 2022

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Straying around in March (Maria Laach and Cologne, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art).

February 2022

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Straying around in February 2022 (Rodder Maar in the Eifel region).

January 2022

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Snaps from January 2022 (straying around in Cologne, including a visit to the new city archive).

Late Summer to Winter 2021

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Random snaps from late summer to winter 2021.          

Easter (Apr, 2021)

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Easter 2021.                                                                            

Trip to the Eifel (Sep, 2020)

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A trip to a small Eifel village in September.          

Social Distancing 10 (May, 2020)

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Social distancing (at the beginning of May).            

Karneval Westum (Feb, 2021)

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The Carnival parade in Westum 2020                                

A Weekend (Aug, 2018)

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Some random weekend souvenirs.                                        

From London to April (Jan-Apr, 2018)

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Diary excerpt from January to April 2018. Contains trips to London, Berlin and several random shots.

#Göttingen

March 2023

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Snaps from March 2023, including a visit to Maria Laach and Göttingen (Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society).

#LGBT

July 2024

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Snaps from July 2024, including a visit Wülfrath, a small town nearby my hometown. Luckily, I was also able to visit this year’s Cologne Pride Parade, which I have missed last year.

July 2022

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Snaps from the Cologne Pride Parade 2022 and a trip to Paris (FENS Forum) including visits to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée Guimet, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2019)

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The Cologne Pride Parade 2019                                      

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2017)

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The Cologne Pride Parade 2017                                      

Ehe für alle (Jun, 2017)

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After years of discrimination, the German parliament legalized same-sex marriage this morning. Here are some impressions from the streets of Cologne that day.

Cologne Pride Parade (Jul, 2015)

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This was the Cologne Pride Parade 2015                    

#London

From London to April (Jan-Apr, 2018)

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Diary excerpt from January to April 2018. Contains trips to London, Berlin and several random shots.

#Lost Places

January 2024

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Snaps from January 2024, including a visit to the Museum Ludwig, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, the Schnütgen Museum, the El-De Haus, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, and the Cologne Cathedral. In mid-January, something really rare happened: It snowed in Cologne. The city was covered in a white blanket, and I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the snow-covered city. We also participated in one of the many demonstrations that spontaneously sprung up across Germany at the end of the month against far-right movements and the far-right AfD party. There were 70,000 participants in Cologne alone.

May 2023

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Snaps from May 2023, straying around in Cologne and at Maria Laach.

December 2022

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Snaps from December 2022, including a visit to the Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg and the New Year’s Eve in Cologne.

June 2022

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Straying around in June in Cologne.                              

January 2022

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Snaps from January 2022 (straying around in Cologne, including a visit to the new city archive).

A Saturday (Oct, 2021)

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A Saturday in October.                                                        

The (un)lost place (Aug, 2021)

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Playing around in a former industrial complex.        

Straying around 2 (Mar, 2021)

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Still straying on the streets. This time in Köln Deutz. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

#Museum

July 2024

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Snaps from July 2024, including a visit Wülfrath, a small town nearby my hometown. Luckily, I was also able to visit this year’s Cologne Pride Parade, which I have missed last year.

May 2024

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Snaps from May 2024, including a visit to St. Maria im Kapitol, the Museum for East Asian Art, and a trip to Mainz.

April 2024

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Snaps from April 2024, including this year’s cherry blossom, a visit to the Cologne City Museum, which just reopened in March this year, a trip to Remagen and to Maria Laach.

January 2024

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Snaps from January 2024, including a visit to the Museum Ludwig, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, the Schnütgen Museum, the El-De Haus, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, and the Cologne Cathedral. In mid-January, something really rare happened: It snowed in Cologne. The city was covered in a white blanket, and I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the snow-covered city. We also participated in one of the many demonstrations that spontaneously sprung up across Germany at the end of the month against far-right movements and the far-right AfD party. There were 70,000 participants in Cologne alone.

December 2023

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Snaps from December 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne, the Ruhrmuseum in Essen, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne.

September 2023

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Snaps from September 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the Humboldt University) with visits to the Museum for Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum, the Bode Museum, the Berlin Cathedral, the c/o Berlin, and the Alte Nationalgalerie.

August 2023

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Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

July 2023

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Snaps from July 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Glia Conference) with visits to the James-Simon-Galerie (with a special exhibition on ‘Archaeological treasures from Uzbekistan’), a trip to Bad Breisig and the Botanical Garden (‘Flora’) in Cologne.

February 2023

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Snaps from February 2023, straying around in Cologne, and trips to Wuppertal, the Eifel, the Cologne Wholesale Market, and a visit to the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne.

January 2023

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Snaps from January 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

December 2022

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Snaps from December 2022, including a visit to the Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg and the New Year’s Eve in Cologne.

September 2022

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Snaps from September 2022, including a trip to the Eifel and Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the TU Berlin) with visits to the Altes Museum and the Bode Museum.

August 2022

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Snaps from August 2022, including a visit to the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Schnütgen Museum and Römisch-Germanisches Museum (currently located at the Belgisches Haus) in Cologne.

July 2022 (2)

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The last chunk from July 2022, with a trip to the Eifel and a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne.

July 2022

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Snaps from the Cologne Pride Parade 2022 and a trip to Paris (FENS Forum) including visits to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée Guimet, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

April 2022

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Straying around in April (Cologne, Andernach, Bad Breisig, and Aachen, including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne).

March 2022

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Straying around in March (Maria Laach and Cologne, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art).

Late Summer to Winter 2021

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Random snaps from late summer to winter 2021.          

Ukiyo-e exhibition (Oct, 2021)

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Snaps from a ukiyo-e exhibition at the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

Museum Ludwig (Aug, 2021)

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Visiting the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.                        

Trip to Berlin (Okt, 2020)

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A trip to Berlin in October 2020.                                  

Museum for East Asian Art (Jul, 2020)

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A visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne in July.

Trip to Dresden (Oct, 2019)

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Snaps from a trip to Dresden in October 2019            

From London to April (Jan-Apr, 2018)

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Diary excerpt from January to April 2018. Contains trips to London, Berlin and several random shots.

Kitsch Museum in Bucharest (Okt, 2017)

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A visit to the Romanian Kitsch Museun in Bucharest, Romania.

The making of 'Dissolve' (Sep, 2017)

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The making of Dissolve                                                    

'Dissolve' exhibition (Sep, 2017)

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The Dissolve exhibition by Keanu Sapadi.                

Timisoara's Communist Consumer Museum (Aug, 2016)

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A visit to the Communist Consumer Museum in Timisoara, Romania.

Kunstmuseum Bonn (Aug, 2016)

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A visit to the Kunstmuseum in Bonn.                          

#New Year's Eve

December 2023

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Snaps from December 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne, the Ruhrmuseum in Essen, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne.

December 2022

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Snaps from December 2022, including a visit to the Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg and the New Year’s Eve in Cologne.

Happy New Year 2022!

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The New Year’s Eve 2021.                                                    

New Year's Eve 2019

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This was the New Year’s Eve 2020 in Cologne.            

New Year's Eve 2016

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This was the New Year’s Eve 2017 in Cologne.            

New Year's Eve 2015

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Impressions of the New Year’s Eve 2016.                      

New Year's Eve 2014

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Some snaps of the New Year’s Eve 2015.                        

#Paris

July 2022

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Snaps from the Cologne Pride Parade 2022 and a trip to Paris (FENS Forum) including visits to the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Musée Guimet, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.

#Photography

Vogelsang – Place of responsibility (Jul, 2019)

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A trip to the documentation center Vogelsang IP.

#Romania

Kitsch Museum in Bucharest (Okt, 2017)

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A visit to the Romanian Kitsch Museun in Bucharest, Romania.

A conferences in Bucharest (Okt, 2017)

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Another excerpt of my Conferences series. This time: Bucharest, Romania.

Timisoara's Communist Consumer Museum (Aug, 2016)

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A visit to the Communist Consumer Museum in Timisoara, Romania.

Trip to Timisoara (Aug, 2017)

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A trip to Timisoara, Romania.                                          

#Ruhrgebiet

July 2024

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Snaps from July 2024, including a visit Wülfrath, a small town nearby my hometown. Luckily, I was also able to visit this year’s Cologne Pride Parade, which I have missed last year.

December 2022

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Snaps from December 2022, including a visit to the Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg and the New Year’s Eve in Cologne.

A trip to Dortmund (Aug, 2021)

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Snaps from a day-trip to Dortmund in August 2021.  

#Social Distancing

Social Distancing 10 (May, 2020)

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Social distancing (at the beginning of May).            

Social Distancing 9 (May, 2020)

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Social distancing (at the beginning of May).            

Social Distancing 8 (Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing end of April in Cologne.                

Cologne wholesale market (Jun, 2020)

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Straying around at the wholesale market in Cologne.

Social Distancing 7 (Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing in the mid of April in Cologne.  

Flora (May, 2020)

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A visit to the botanical garden Flora in Cologne after the first Corona lockdown.

Social Distancing 6 (Apr, 2020)

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A Friday night under social distancing (April 2020).

Social Distancing 5 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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Here are some more impressions I captured during the Corona lockdown and the still on-going social distancing (March/April, 2020).

Social Distancing 4 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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Social distancing continued (March/April, 2020)… (including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne)

Social Distancing 3 (Mar/Apr, 2020)

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The third part of my on-going ‘Social Distancing’ series (March/April, 2020).

Social Distancing 2 (Mar, 2020)

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Social Distancing continued (March 2020)…              

Social Distancing 1 (Mar, 2020)

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Exploring our new normal under the impression of social distancing and the lockdown of public life (March 2020).

#Straying around

September 2024

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Snaps from September 2024, including a visit to Pützchen’s Markt in Bonn, one of the oldest and largest folk festivals in Germany. I also had the chance to visit Groß St. Martin during the Day of the Open Monument (Tag des offenen Denkmals) in Cologne – one of the rare moments when you can take photos inside the church. The Day of the Open Monument lasted two days, so I also visited the historical town hall of Cologne as well as the Baptistery near the Cologne Cathedral.

August 2024

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Snaps from August 2024, including a visit to the wholesale market, the botanical garden (Flora), the Kartäuser Church, St. Aposteln, St. Kolumba Madonna in den Trümmern, Antoniterkirche, all in Cologne, and I spent half a day at Schloss Augustusburg in Brühl, a UNESCO World Heritage site and an important baroque site in Germany.

July 2024

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Snaps from July 2024, including a visit Wülfrath, a small town nearby my hometown. Luckily, I was also able to visit this year’s Cologne Pride Parade, which I have missed last year.

June 2024

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Snaps from June 2024.                                                          

May 2024

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Snaps from May 2024, including a visit to St. Maria im Kapitol, the Museum for East Asian Art, and a trip to Mainz.

April 2024

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Snaps from April 2024, including this year’s cherry blossom, a visit to the Cologne City Museum, which just reopened in March this year, a trip to Remagen and to Maria Laach.

March 2024

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Snaps from March 2024, including the first trip to Ahrweiler after the great flood in 2021.

February 2024

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Snaps from February 2024, including the participation in the Geisterzug during the Cologne Carnival, a Saturday walk through Cologne, and the participation in the demonstration on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (Roncalliplatz, Cologne).

January 2024

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Snaps from January 2024, including a visit to the Museum Ludwig, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, the Schnütgen Museum, the El-De Haus, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, and the Cologne Cathedral. In mid-January, something really rare happened: It snowed in Cologne. The city was covered in a white blanket, and I took the opportunity to take some pictures of the snow-covered city. We also participated in one of the many demonstrations that spontaneously sprung up across Germany at the end of the month against far-right movements and the far-right AfD party. There were 70,000 participants in Cologne alone.

December 2023

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Snaps from December 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne, the Ruhrmuseum in Essen, and the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Cologne.

November 2023

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Snaps from November 2023, mostly from the Eifel region.

October 2023

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Snaps from October 2023, including a trip to the Japanese Gardenꜛ and an ikebana exhibitionꜛ in Leverkusen, a visit to the Apollinaris Church in Remagen, a rugby match of the Cologne Crushersꜛ, a trip to Linz on the Rhine, and a visit to the Cologne Fair.

September 2023

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Snaps from September 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Bernstein Conference at the Humboldt University) with visits to the Museum for Asian Art in the Humboldt Forum, the Bode Museum, the Berlin Cathedral, the c/o Berlin, and the Alte Nationalgalerie.

August 2023

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Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

July 2023

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Snaps from July 2023, including a trip to Berlin (Glia Conference) with visits to the James-Simon-Galerie (with a special exhibition on ‘Archaeological treasures from Uzbekistan’), a trip to Bad Breisig and the Botanical Garden (‘Flora’) in Cologne.

June 2023

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Snaps from June 2023 (summer in Cologne).                  

May 2023

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Snaps from May 2023, straying around in Cologne and at Maria Laach.

February 2023

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Snaps from February 2023, straying around in Cologne, and trips to Wuppertal, the Eifel, the Cologne Wholesale Market, and a visit to the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne.

January 2023

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Snaps from January 2023, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art in Cologne.

December 2022

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Snaps from December 2022, including a visit to the Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg and the New Year’s Eve in Cologne.

November 2022

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Snaps from November 2022, straying around in the Eifel.

July 2022 (2)

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The last chunk from July 2022, with a trip to the Eifel and a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum in Cologne.

June 2022

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Straying around in June in Cologne.                              

May 2022

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Straying around in May (Cologne, Eifel, and Bergisches Land).

April 2022

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Straying around in April (Cologne, Andernach, Bad Breisig, and Aachen, including snaps of this year’s cherry blossom in Cologne).

March 2022

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Straying around in March (Maria Laach and Cologne, including a visit to the Museum for East Asian Art).

February 2022

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Straying around in February 2022 (Rodder Maar in the Eifel region).

January 2022

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Snaps from January 2022 (straying around in Cologne, including a visit to the new city archive).

A Saturday (Oct, 2021)

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A Saturday in October.                                                        

The (un)lost place (Aug, 2021)

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Playing around in a former industrial complex.        

A trip to Dortmund (Aug, 2021)

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Snaps from a day-trip to Dortmund in August 2021.  

Straying around 10 (Jul, 2021)

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Straying around in the area of the Deutz harbor. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 9 (Jul, 2021)

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Straying around in the area around the autonomous center in Cologne. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 8 (Jun, 2021)

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Straying around in Ehrenfeld this time.Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 7 (May, 2021)

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At the wholesale market in Cologne again. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 6 (May, 2021)

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Straying around the streets in May, part 2. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 5 (May, 2021)

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Straying around the streets in May, part 1. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 4 (Apr, 2021)

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Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 3 (Mar, 2021)

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Spontaneous Summer: In the last week of March there was an unexpected short period of sunny summer days. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 2 (Mar, 2021)

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Still straying on the streets. This time in Köln Deutz. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

Straying around 1 (Mar, 2021)

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The constant repetition in a never-ending Corona-lockdown for a year now…can’t stop us from straying on the streets. Straying around is a loose series of walks through Cologne (mostly) during the Corona pandemic.

#Tea

August 2023

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Snaps from August 2023, including shots of my new tea ceramics, a visit to the Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, and Schnütgen Museum (all in Cologne).

Exploring Japanese tea (Apr, 2021)

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I recently started to explore Japanese tea.              

#USA

A conferences in Washington, DC (Nov, 2015)

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I’m sitting at the hotel bar, spending my last night in Washington, DC.

#Vienna

Random Thoughts (Dec, 2018)

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Just some random snaps I put together as the end of 2018 is approaching.

Trip to Vienna (Sep, 2017))

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Lost and Found: A day-trip to Vienna in 2017.          

#Wuppertal

February 2023

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Snaps from February 2023, straying around in Cologne, and trips to Wuppertal, the Eifel, the Cologne Wholesale Market, and a visit to the Schnütgen Museum in Cologne.

Trip to Wuppertal (Mar, 2020)

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Some snaps from a trip to Wuppertal in March. It was the last one right before the Corona lockdown in Germany.

Ölbergfest Wuppertal (Jul, 2020)

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This was the Ölbergfest in Wuppertal 2018.            

Ölbergfest in Wuppertal (May, 2016)

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This was the Ölberfest in Wuppertal 2016                

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