Nach meinen Tagen in Padua erschien mir Verona vor allem: voll. Halb Italien und Touristen aus aller Welt hatten sich auf den Weg gemacht, um der romantischen Fata Morgana von Romeo und Julia in der Casa Giulietta nachzuspüren und anschließend auf das tragisch umflorte Glück mit einem Aperol Spritz anzustoßen. Aber entlang der Etsch und […]
Schlagwort: cemetery
Strange Encounter – Cologne Cemetery Westfriedhof
I was taking pictures of a grave with flowers wrapped in plastic, when a man approached me on his bike. He was tanned, quite athletic, probably in his 50’s. ‚What’s up?, he asked. ‚I took some pictures of the flowers.‘ ‚Yeah‘, he said, staring at me. ‚I just visited the grave of my brother.‘ He […]
Surrounded by the City – Cemetery Montparnasse in Paris
Walking in a cemetery calms me down. You are in a city, pass the entrance – and you’re immediately transported into a different space. As if the sound of the city is muted by a heavy green curtain. So is your mood. You can find the tombs of many famous people in Cimetière Montparnasse but I […]
Cologne – Melatenfriedhof II
I’m not visiting the cemetery every weekend, I am really not. Actually I wanted to go to the forest. But the weather just wasn’t stable enough to risk the long drive. So it had to be the cemetery, just a 15 minutes distance with my bicycle. It was rather cold, the first weekend of autumn. […]