Author: Astrid

Perfect twins
Reflections are fascinating: They present themselves either as perfect twins, or they appear abstract and provide a completely different view on the reality. Others allow us to sneak a peek “round a corner” just because we look into a well-placed Read More …

Puerto Deseado Historic Train Station
One of the most beautiful historic train stations is located in a small town in Argentina: Puerto Deseado. The station was closed in 1978 and 10 years later the former employes raised funds and started to renovate the station with Read More …

Historic Train Station Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
I like to travel by train! I like train stations – well, the nice ones. The one in Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, built in the beginning of the 20th century I know quite well, but only from running through it to catch a Read More …

Portraits of Flightless Birds
I like to take photos of animals. They don’t disguise, they don’t pose (if not trained to do so) – they are just natural. Sometimes I had to wait for a long time for just one nice shot, sometimes I Read More …

Birds of Prey Sanctuary Hellenthal
In May 2016 I visited the Birds of Prey Sanctuary of Hellenthal with some friends for watching a flying demonstration. But unfortunately the wind was against the birds and us: there was simply no wind. For bigger birds like the Read More …