2010-09-30

woods,

Glaring lights in the woods

Either a UFO is about to land or they are working round the clock to build an extension to the sports school.

2010-09-28

autumn, biergarten

Biergarten in Autumn

Not so many people, but still hard to get a seat.

2010-09-25

peacock

Breakout

Sometimes the inhabitants of the zoo get bored of their surroundings and decide to go for a stroll.

2010-09-18

tortoise

Plodding

The spots on Mr Tortoise's back where the first drops in a torrential downpour that cleared the zoo of human visitors in the space of a minute.

2010-09-17

fish

Piranhas

Looking unperturbed by the hordes of visitors on the zoo's annual open day.

2010-09-16

tower

Tower ruins

The remains of Bucherbach castle, built in the 14th century and, like much else, totally devastated in the Thirty Years War.

2010-09-12

red brick,

Red bricks

In Saarland, one rarely sees bare red brick façades, but in the pretty old mining town of Von der Heydt one sees nothing else.

2010-09-07

pithead,

White pithead

In 1994 at a cost of ca 200 mllion euros, the tallest pithead in the world went into operation in Göttelborn. So much money and hi-tech would surely save the coal-industry in Saarland. But it was not to be. Six years later all coal-mining in Göttelborn ceased. By the end of 2011 not a single chunk of coal will be produced in Saarland.

2010-09-04

rain

Rain on a train carriage window

Unfortunately, a rather typical shot for August 2010 in Saarland.