Mar

U-Strab (41 images in 1 chapters)

The construction sites for the Karlsruhe metro at the Durlacher Tor and the Ettlinger Tor.

May

National holiday (67 images in 4 chapters)

Out for a stroll through Karlsruhe's Südstadt and the downtown area on Ascension day.

May

Jan's bachelor party: Day (161 images in 7 chapters)

Basti, Gunnar, Frank, Jan, Ruben and me started out at Karlsruhe at 11:00 in the morning, taking the local train to a small town along the Landau - Pirmasens route called Birkweiler. There, we visited a local winery, Weingut Kleinmann. After a wine tasting there, we started hiking up towards Trifels Castle, enjoying a brunch and a view over the Rhine valley (and some more wine) inbetween.

Jun

Weinfrühling 2011 (63 images in 7 chapters)

In Birkweiler, with Nico and Frank on this Pentecost monday. We were there three years ago in a different setting. See also this year's flyer.

Jul

Green balloon (Featured image)

Standing under a huge green balloon and looking up into a slightly clouded sky, originally taken during the Weinfrühling hike.

Jul

Coffee and Cake (55 images in 5 chapters)

We had rented the Seminarhaus Remetschwiel, located a 15 minute drive from Waldshut away. We took the cars there; bringing along food, bedding, tables and tableclothes. After we'd prepared the place around quarter past two / 2:30 the guests started arriving for coffee and cake.

Aug

Saturday (81 images in 11 chapters)

Out for a hike from Rothaus to a small place called "Tannenmühle" (around one and a half hours); and back to the house for a bbq.

Sep

Byala (57 images in 5 chapters)

The weekend at the Byala Beach Resort, relaxing at the poolside, swimming in the black sea, reading books, socializing and enjoying the wilder parts of the party in the evening.

Aug

Dahner Felsland (73 images in 4 chapters)

Out hiking the cliff way in the Dahner Felsenland.

Nov

Across the island (95 images in 9 chapters)

Our first exhibition lead us southwards towards Saint-Pierre and from there via the only road to cross the island over the mountain pass, down via the Plaine des Palmistes to Saint-Benoît and back home, passing Le Grand Brûlé (where lava flows from Réunion's active volcano into the Indian ocean) and lots of small villafes along the island's south coast.

Nov

A day at the beach (27 images in 4 chapters)

Spending a day at the beach in La Saline-les-Bains, relaxing, reading and preparing for our big trip to the "Piton de la Fournaise" volcano the next day.

May

Whitsun (32 images in 5 chapters)

A visit to Isabelle's parents in Ittersbach. We had actually intended to spend the Whitsun weekend in Paris, but unfortunately all the trains there were completely booked out by the time we went to buy our tickets.

Jul

Tour de Mallorca, day 1 (71 images in 6 chapters)

We rented a car for three days from a local place in Colònia Sant Jordi - our first tour taking us through the eastern part of Majorca - Santanyí - S'horta - Porto Cristo (seeing the "Dragon Caves" there) - Cala Millor - Capdepera, and back via Artà - Manacor and Felanitx (the "x" is pronounced like "sh" in "shoe").

Jul

The first day (45 images in 6 chapters)

Our flight from Frankfurt to Palma, arriving at the Hotel in Colònia de Sant Jordi, a small and quiet town in the southeast of the island.

Jul

The party (86 images in 8 chapters)

Back in the boatshouse, we started with a champagne reception, went over to coffee and cake, and - with a clear blue sky and hot weather - were thankful to jump into the Rhine river to cool off before having dinner later.

Aug

Brenden, Friday evening (36 images in 6 chapters)

Out for a weekend with friends in a vacation home in the Black Forest. We headed out from Karlsruhe after work, arriving at Brenden, the small village the house is in, for dinner.

Aug

Guitar (Featured image)

Originally taken during our stay in Brenden, sitting around the fireplace in the evening singing Beatles songs.

Jul

Kap soccer tournament 2010 (23 images in 3 chapters)

And the winner is: The Kap! See also the 2008 and 2007 tournaments.

Sep

Île de la Cité (84 images in 5 chapters)

After a boat trip on the Seine river, we went to see the Notre dame and the Sainte-Chapelle, both located on the Île de la Cité. Along the riverside there are hundreds of small street vendors selling books, post cards, art work and music.

Sep

Louvre (87 images in 9 chapters)

On Sunday, we escaped the rainy morning into the Musée du Louvre. We walked through most of it, went to see the Mona Lisa (which isn't as great as you'd imagine) and browsed through an almost endless number of rooms with even more paintings and sculptures. After that, we had a very "formidable" cheese burger and french fries and headed for the Gare de l'Est, heading back with the TGV train to Germany.

Sep

L'Élysée (28 images in 1 chapters)

Our next stop was the arrondissement L'Élysée, walking from the Place de la Concorde towards the Arc de Triomphe, which is located in the middle of a rotary with cars buzzing around it.

Sep

The eiffel tower at night (56 images in 5 chapters)

After having dinner around the corner from our hotel, we went back to the Eiffel tower again, this time to stand in line and wait to get up on its top. Unfortunately, the topmost floor had closed by that time, but the night views from the second platform were great nonetheless.

Oct

Hornisgrinde - Night Photography #2 (24 images in 5 chapters)

Up again on the Hornisgrinde army base, this time with Mike and Alex, for some more light painting - in a snowy setting.

Oct

Fall (21 images in 2 chapters)

Out jogging with Isabelle in the Oberwald on a sunny fall afternoon.

Nov

Zurich, evening (33 images in 7 chapters)

Out with Sarah and Tobi in Langstrasse in district 4 of Zurich.

Oct

Halloween 2010 (85 images in 5 chapters)

In the Kap, with Marie, Alex, Yvonne, Ingrid, Jan, Mike, Frank, Isabelle, Gunnar and Olli.

Nov

Thanksgiving (61 images in 5 chapters)

Thanksgiving at the Friebe-Remington house in snowy Waldshut, with Ingrid, Jan, Anna, Sarah, Tobi, Isabelle, Felix, Suzanne, Bernd and me.

Jan

Telephone dial (Featured image)

Originally taken at our New Year's Eve party.

Apr

Easter 2009 (30 images in 3 chapters)

Out for a walk through the woods on Easter sunday in Ittersbach with Isabelle and her family.

Apr

Saturday: Calma (105 images in 11 chapters)

Saturday, still feeling the long night out, we went on a sightseeing walk through Barcelona, seeing its old town (again, but by daylight), lively market halls, the port and the beach (where we stopped to relax and drink some cocktails in the sun). We did go out again in the evening - not for long though - to catch the flight back we'd have to get up at 6 in the morning.

May

Frischfleisch Vernissage (62 images in 2 chapters)

A photography assignment at the vernissage of the "Fresh meat" art exhibit with Tom and Mike inside the Fleischmarkthalle.

Jun

Tunnel (Featured image)

Originally taken during our trip to Schaffhausen last week. See also another shot of an underpass I took two and a half years ago.

Oct

Downtown San Francisco (103 images in 6 chapters)

After arriving at our hotel in Market Street the evening before, we were too tired to really go out exploring, so instead decided to have a sandwich, watch some TV and fall asleep. The next morning, starting out with a coffee at Starbuck's, we started walking up and across Nob Hill down to Ghirardelli Square, over to Pier 39 and through the Financial District to SoMa, where we had our first burger in the U.S. inside an American Diner (what else?). It started to rain around 3 in the afternoon, so our tour stopped there and we went back to catch up some more on sleep.

Oct

Grand Canyon (44 images in 5 chapters)

At Grand Canyon West; and the Skywalk glass walkway more than 1'100 meters above the canyon floor - the first time you set your foot on the glass is really awkward and you just hope it will touch ground soon (which it does, of course) - after that, it is actually manageable to stand there and look straight down.

Dec

Wart ihr auch alle schön brav? (80 images in 4 chapters)

Over at Olli's apartment for a theme party at St. Nicholas day.

May

Weinfrühling 2008 (65 images in 6 chapters)

A sunday afternoon in Birkweiler for the "Spring of wine" with Julia, Kerstin, Yvonne, Olli and Gunnar.

Jul

Grindelwald (30 images in 3 chapters)

First of our four-day stay in Grindelwald area.

Jul

Kleine Scheidegg (103 images in 8 chapters)

Hike up to the Kleine Scheidegg with Sarah, Isabelle and Tobi; meeting the rest of the group up at the top and climbing our way down via the Eiger Trail and the glacier gorge.

Jul

Jungfrau (99 images in 7 chapters)

Isabelle and me up on the top of Europe - with beautiful weather and amazing views.

Aug

Getting close... (18 images in 2 chapters)

Using the 200mm lens and trying to focus on details.

Sep

Kap-Turnier 2008 (100 images in 5 chapters)

The Kap's yearly soccer tournament.

Nov

Halloween 2008 (30 images in 5 chapters)

In the Kap, with Alex, Marie, Ruben, Sylvia, Sarah, Katharina and Frank.

Nov

Jumeira public beach (42 images in 2 chapters)

Dec

Downtown Bucharest #1 (127 images in 7 chapters)

After having partied with work colleagues from Romania at the 1&1 Winterfest in Bucharest all night, Thomas and me got up early to see some of the city: A 27.2 km walk taking us from Piata Unirii to the Palace of the Parliament, through the old town, and via Calea Victorei to Piata Romana and back towards the hotel. The last time I had the chance to see downtown Bucharest was in 2005 - see here for the pictures I took then.

Dec

Downtown Bucharest #2 (101 images in 7 chapters)

The second part of our city tour on Sunday took us via University square, from where we took the metro to Aviatorilor (at Charles de Gaulle Square) to the Arcul de Triumf, through Herastrau Park to the Gara de Nord train station, and back via Piata Romana down to the Palace of the Parliament, making this 28.2 km walk a bit longer than yesterday's (just like Bulevardul Unirii, Bucharest's Champs-Élysées, which is longer than the original).