22.08.2010 - Sound of Silence II

...the whole day this little ball tried hard to spend so much fun and joy, but now in the evening - everybodys already sitting around a warm fireplace - nobody cares how this sad, lonesome and forgotten toy will pass the cold and dark night out in the wild and cruel nature of Brandenburg...

17.08.2010 - Maneater



...huge origami tiger in front of the Hauptbahnhof (cenral railway station) demonstrates why these impressive but endangered wildcats are hunted ...by people who build their houses right in the middle of the tigers living room...

16.03.2010 - Chanson d'amour



...on ne doit pas etre amoureux pour savourer les chansons d'amour au Café "ici" - le charme extraordinaire et l'ambiance douillette de cette galerie sont de quoi y aller et sejourner pour un moment en balade de la nuit...

15.08.2010 - Tango



..."Hoy En Dia - tango para violin y guitarra" is the titel of their debut album which these two excellent and virtuosic musicians Nelegatti & Folkers presented in front of the illuminated portal of the Bode-Museum...

14.08.2010 - hula hoop



...almost midnight when I unexpectedly droped in at a hulahoop party at the "Rosengarten" in Prenzlauer Berg.
Although I've admired these dancers several times before at the "Karneval der Kulturen", again the swinging hips and really groovy beats were so fascinating that I almost forgot my date... ;-)

13.08.2010 - Pokemon (we are family)



...no it's not an alien, it is a Pokemon (yellow not black) - whatever the difference is.
Tomorrow the "Pokemon Day Tour 2010" all over Germany starts in Berlin-Tegel...

12.08.2010 - sundown




...sundown at Altmühltal...

11.08.2010 - Oachkatzerl



...Oachkatzerl is the bavarian word for squirrel, ...or is it an austrian term...?!?

austrian = from Austria (Schwarzenegger) - not Australia (kangaroo)...

10.08.2010 - Drink & Drive



..Crowded House from Australia had an utterly brilliant idea: Always take the weather with you, ...but why don't you always take the beer bar with you - like clever Bavarians always do in the English Garden of Munich...

09.08.2010 - goosy idiom




...obviously he's not the man who wouldn't say boo to a goose..., but his goose will be cooked if he really catches one of these holy geese of the English Garden (Munich)...

...oh, that reminds me on a song (--> lyrics)..

"I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son
I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes."

(repeat several times very quickly)
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07.08.2010 - Holla die Waldfee























...her name was Holla, she was a showgirl, she suddenly seemed to appear from nowhere with her sisters Hillu and Hella just to show me...

(Foto: medieval festival in Augsburg/Bavaria)
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05.08.2010 - Long John Silver



...rain forces silver man - in front of a silver screen - to move!!! that is one thing human statue street performers normally never do - unless they hear the sound single silver coins, ...or drizzling rain...

03.08.2010 - Frogmania




...protected, covered, sheltered and shielded - a windscreen prevents this little biotope from detrimental effects that the population of these rare species is guaranteed and can even grow... I am sure, it will... ;-)

02.08.2010 - Ready for Take Off


...in the meadows of the river Regnitz - close to the franconian Erlangen - one of the numerous frog filled storks is trying to escape the photographer...

01.08.2010 - Katzenjammer


...one of my personal highlights of the 35th Bardentreffen - music festival in Nuremberg: "Katzenjammer" from Norway,
a must see ...and listen... when they come into your town - don't hesitate to ask me for more pictures of those fabulous girls... ci@o-paolo.de

31.07.2010 - Communication?!?


...or rather "communication breakdown"...

30.07.2010 - Bardentreffen Nuremberg
























...if all kids only would know how they can supplement their pocket-money, parents would not have to push their children to practice their instuments.
At the festival "Bardentreffen" in Nürnberg (Nuremberg) busking is very popular and not less enjoyable than the main acts on the official stages...

31.08.2010 - Katzenjammer

23.07.2010 - Backstage



...actors of the open-air-Hexenkessel-Hoftheater acting backstage - todays play "Juliet & Romeo"...