Tag Archive for ‘Travel’

Cologne

Cologne

The city of Cologne from a dirty airplane window. If you look closely you can see the cathedral at the Rhein river bend. The city is the oldest in Germany. Already year 50 it was granted city privileges from the Roman empire. With one million inhabitants it is the forth largest German city.

What goes up, must come down. Ha de Gött!

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Siegburg

Siegburg

Siegburg is a city with around 42 000 inhabitants 10 kilometres from Bonn and 26 kilometres from Cologne. Administrative centre for the Rhine-Sieg-Kreis district in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. On a high hill in the middle of the city is the old Benedictine monastery founded in 1064. The abbey is known by the name Michaelsberg Abbey.

All places has a story, even the unexpected ones. Ha de Gött!

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Nine meter

Nine meter

Nine meter sail free height to the air cables, at the north end of lake North Bullaren and the beginning of Enningdal River. The river marks the border between Norway and Sweden for a few kilometres flowing north to Idefjorden. In Swedish the name is Enningdalsälven and Norwegian Enningdalselva.

Sail on, ha de Gött!

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Forest river

Forest river

Today it was snow and the sun graced us with its presence today so I took a drive into the deep forests and found this beautiful spot. I’m not sure but, the tracks in the snow could have been wolf! Spent some thirty minutes in the spot and I’m sure I felt that someone was watching me.

Howl, ha de Gött!

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Ramskär lighthouse

Ramskär lighthouse

The 16 meter high lighthouse was built in 1917 with great difficulty on the naked black cliff. Situated 10 kilometre west of Havstenssund and a part of Kosterhavet national park. The name Ramskär comes from the black rock. Ramn is ancient nordic for raven. Hence raven black skerry.

That’s something to be, a house of light. Ha de Gött!

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Tadjik Markhor

Tadjik Markhor

The beautiful and special corkscrew shaped horns of the Tadjik Markhor (Capra falconeri) is the reason for its decline. The horns are popular among trophy hunters. I guess it’s the stupidity of mankind, the need to own what’s beautiful and unique.

This goat lives in mountain areas and is a fantastic climber. The females live in groups but the males are solitary and only meet to mate. Violent fight take place between the males and the winner then get to mate with several females.

Only shot worth taking, is with the camera, ha de Gött!

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