The first morning in Krakow. Outside, right outside my window, the traffic rushes along a four-lane road, Aleja Juliasza Slovackiego, which is named after an important Polish romantic writer, as Wikipedia tells me. I slept badly. When I open the window, damp cold creeps into my pyjamas. I put my down jacket and sweatpants on […]
Schlagwort: fog
Seascape in the Mist – Zeeland (Netherlands) in February 2017
Cowled in their blankets against the cold and their breath smoking, shuffling through the black and silky drifts. They were crossing the broad coastal plain where the secular winds drove them in howling clouds of ash to find shelter where they could. (Cormac McCarthy, The Road). Depressing. The first word which came to my mind […]
Pale Sky and Empty Space – Zeeland (Netherlands) in February 2017
Wir fahren fast jedes Jahr nach Holland an die Küste. Entweder im November oder rund um die Karnevalszeit. Meist bläst uns der kalte Wind ins Gesicht, dass die Ohren schmerzen. Dieses Mal war das Wetter ganz anders. Der erste Tag war fast windstill, feucht und schwer hing ein fahler Nebel über dem Meer. Am zweiten […]