January – April 2021
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Yay! 2021. Year two of the pandemic!
There was some good snow at the beginning of the year. So we drove over to Remscheid – which lies a little higher than Düsseldorf – to get into some proper snow action.
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Played “Stratego” for the first time in ages again. Used to be one of my favourite games. I lost of course.
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Online birthday party.
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Free soon
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Was there a lookdown at the beginning of the year? I think so. Because we spent a lot of time on playgrounds.
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Neighbourhood impresson 1
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Neighbourhood impresson 2
A birthday was celebrated in person:
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Birthday boy
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Three generations.
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Anne turned their terrace into a small curling field.
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Quick portrait in the sun.
There was more snow and we headed over to the nearby toboggan hill (is that the word?!):
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More neighbourhood-in-snow impressions.
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Then the sun was out and it was warm and beautiful. And we made a little trip to the “Urdenbacher Kämpe”:
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Then I made a short trip to Freiburg. My step-grandma had died. She was 92. I wanted to attend this. But – to be honest – mostly to see my dad and have an excuse to travel and see another place. It felt exciting, although that feels wrong to say given the occasion.
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“We’re getting vaccinated. Grandma first.”
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Arrived
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Saw this solar-panel covered building as I was walking towards my hotel.
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Went up a tower in a park and photographed in every direction.
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Reached the hotel.
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Dinner with dad and Tina.
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At the funeral service.
After the funeral, I walked around town, until taking back the train back to Düsseldorf.
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This cannot be translated properly into English.
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More rubbish.
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How the rubbish looks back in Düsseldorf.
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Basketball practice with Zoe.
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Friends on the swing.
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Always wanted to photograph this.
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More panoramic shots from the Horizon S3. Love this cam!
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Our most frequented Corona test centre.
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At the skate shop
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On my new skateboard
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Another birthday.
And even more Horizon shots:
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I bought a cable release. Good decision!
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Like to take the Horizon with me while cycling.
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Easter egg hunt.
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Made a trip to the little forest nearby.
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Asparagus!
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The weather was crazy that day. One minute snow…
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… and the other minute sunny.
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Mum.
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Tried a telephoto lens on a SLR.
And we’ll end this post with more panoramic shots that came out to my liking:
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The train has written “Wuhan China” on it. And I thought that was a bit ironic.
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Erik and family bought a caravan.
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