Hace... pues casi un año! el pasado Abril del 2015, hubo un encuentro de representantes de Etsy en Alemania al que fui invitada. El encuentro tuvo lugar cerca -más o menos- de Berlin.. en Wartin un pueblo de Brandenburgo profundo lindando con Polonia... granjas y castillos prusianos perdidos entre tilos y bosques de robles... campos llanos de ovejas peludas... los narcisos de pascua alegrando la hierba en sombra. Los groselleros floridos llameando en rojo magenta. Y ranas verde esmeralda destelleando entre la paja seca.. El palacio austero y tronado se desconchaba y así me encantaba. Restos de frescos en el techo, molduras de escayola y mucha madera: en el suelo crujiente y en los muebles, vigas y carpintería, enormes chimeneas de azulejos calentando cada recinto... entrando los rayos de Abril en el comedor. Ajenos al mundo, al presente.. Con un piano de cola aquí y otro allá.. partituras de Mozart y candelabros.. ah! creo que me están dando ganas de volver en Primavera.. y quedarme más tiempo esta vez..
El encuentro no lo puedo resumir tanto. Hubo muchas charlas de la amable y dispuesta gente de Etsy que habían venido de todo el mundo. Así como propietarios de tiendas en Etsy, artistas de diferentes campos (textil, ilustración, pintura, joyería..) Fue una inyección de inspiración que espero que fructifique en mi área con una comunidad más unida...
I am nearly one year late posting this! But... never too late to do well..
This was the meeting of Etsy sellers in Germany with the Etsy Team who came from all over the world. We met in an old charming castle Wartin in deep Brandenburg, close to Poland. So quiet, forgotten, pure, peacefully, out of the noisy world ... I might go again to spend much more time.
It was a totally inspiring meeting, with creatives of all branches with a lot of experience to share.. It will still take some time to fructify all the knowledge, projects and ideas that I took there with the aim to grow a solid Etsy team here in Frankfurt area..
Showing posts with label Brandenburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brandenburg. Show all posts
Mar 2, 2016
Oct 31, 2014
Boletus Edulis
and other nature samples that we find in our Brandenburg walks on Sundays.
Here below a"Penny bun" in english, also known with its italian name "Porcini". Steinpilz auf Deutsch.
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| "Boletus Edulis" Watercolor & pencil drawing /You can buy the PRINT here/ |
I was totally impressed when I found this baby lizard in one of this walks through Brandenburg! I never saw a lizard in Germany before, and specially this kind of lizard! Searching in google I started thinking it was an "Ocellated Lizard" but it is quite impossible as they live nearly just in Spain and Italy. So it might be the "Lacerta Viridis" which distribution area is more possible (see the tiny spot in East Germany!!).. Anyway I was very happy!
Another day we found even a real snake! Someone said this little one was a Common European Viper, "Vipera berus", but I think it is a Smooth Snake or "Coronella Austriaca" Anyway, I didn't dare to take this one on my hand :P
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| "Lacerta Viridis" or European Green Lizard (I think) Photo taken by Hong Wang. |
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| "Coronella Austriaca" or Smooth Snake (I think) Photo taken by Bastian Götze. |
Jul 14, 2014
Baumblütenfest in Werder
Blossom festival of Werder (Havel).
It was already long ago, nearly three months ago, but we had already Summer weather and Summer feelings! Spring in Berlin can be a gift.
We went to Werder, a little, cute old village a bit further than Potsdam, along many canals and Havel river. They celebrate at the end of April this street festival, with many stands of fruit wine.
The location is really like a dream if the weather is sunny, as it was. We made a hiking in the hills surrounding the village. There were many little "Biergarten" with really old apple trees, and also many apple trees fields that made me remember my homeland Asturias.. I just missed the Cider...
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| after the Wine and the Hiking, here was the "Himmel" Watercolor on Hahnemuehle sketch book. |
We went to Werder, a little, cute old village a bit further than Potsdam, along many canals and Havel river. They celebrate at the end of April this street festival, with many stands of fruit wine.
The location is really like a dream if the weather is sunny, as it was. We made a hiking in the hills surrounding the village. There were many little "Biergarten" with really old apple trees, and also many apple trees fields that made me remember my homeland Asturias.. I just missed the Cider...
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| Me drawing the lazy and tired people around, at the end of the hike. It was a special magical Biergarten with music instruments! |
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Hace ya casi tres meses tuvimos tiempo de verano, y fuimos de excursión a Werder, un antiguo pueblo un poco más allá de Potsdam, rodeado de ríos y canales.
A finales de Abril hacen un festival de vinos aprovechando la floración de todos los frutales que hacen todo tan bonito y alegre. Había muchos stands con vinos macerados con diversas frutas y la locación con ese día soleado era de ensueño.
Caminamos por las colinas de los alrededores. Había muchos merenderos con manzanos, y muchos campos de manzanos o pomaradas, lo que me hizo recordar a mi Asturias natal .. solo faltaba el olor a sidra escanciada... y un par de culines que con gusto hubiese tomado! :)
May 3, 2014
Easter trip: Berlin-Usedom
Cycling!
It was the first time I did a more-than-a-day Bike trip, and it was really amazing, specially the nature and landscape, we were nearly always alone on the road, through conifer and beech forest, many times along the shore of some quiet lake, through shiny and slightly undulated rape fields. We saw many time wild animals that were surprised in the quietness of this sweet landscape.
Old roads, some times just sand paths, sheltered by centenary pear and cherry trees, lime trees, or thick trunk willows.
We also rode trough old "east-german" villages with beautiful scruffy houses and cobblestone roads.
I hang here the map of the route we did.
If you want to see my "mind - Instagram" (instant pict of the trip I took from my souvenir) GO HERE. You dare laugh, no worries.
En Semana Santa hice la ruta "Berlin- Usedom" ( en el mar báltico) en bicicleta. Era la primera vez que hacía una ruta en bici de más de un día. Tres días de viaje, parando a dormir, y recorriendo aproximadamente 70Km al día..
It was the first time I did a more-than-a-day Bike trip, and it was really amazing, specially the nature and landscape, we were nearly always alone on the road, through conifer and beech forest, many times along the shore of some quiet lake, through shiny and slightly undulated rape fields. We saw many time wild animals that were surprised in the quietness of this sweet landscape.
Old roads, some times just sand paths, sheltered by centenary pear and cherry trees, lime trees, or thick trunk willows.
We also rode trough old "east-german" villages with beautiful scruffy houses and cobblestone roads.
I hang here the map of the route we did.
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| First night at Joachimsthal. |
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| Snack break... and the rain started! |
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| Second night: Wilsickow in Uckerland. |
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| Grey Heron flanking the Ueckermünde, where the river flowed into a big lake which we crossed with ferry until Usedom. |
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| At last! the so dreamy, windy and peaceful Usedom. Here Ahlbeck beach.. I will come back! |
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| Maritime Violets, I suppose.. |
If you want to see my "mind - Instagram" (instant pict of the trip I took from my souvenir) GO HERE. You dare laugh, no worries.
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| The white sand beach, backed up by a maritime forest. Here the path trough this forest which led to the sea. |
Fue una experiencia fantástica! sentir cómo va cambiando el paisaje y vamos atravesando diferentes zonas al ritmo "humano" de la bicicleta, la mayoría de las veces solos en ruta, entre bosques de coníferas o hayas, muchas veces a la orilla de un lago tranquilo, entre radiantes y ondulados campos de colza... Sorprendimos animales salvajes varias veces en nuestra ruta, despistados ante la presencia de intrusos en esa quietud natural.
Antiquísimas caleyas flanqueadas con perales o cerezos centenarios, tilos o sauces de troncos muy anchos, podados ya tantas generaciones..
Atravesamos pueblos de la antigua Alemania Oriental, de casas hermosas y desconchadas y calzadas de adoquines (que tanto me gustan, pero no con la bici :)
Y al final, tras atravesar en Ferry el lago de Uckermunde que separa Usedom del resto de tierra, llegamos, tras unas cuantas frondosas colinas de hayas -en las cuales yo ya no podía subir las cuestas- al mar! al tranquilo y somnoliento mar báltico.
Y si queréis ver una Instantánea del viaje, hecha a posteriori de mis recuerdos, visitad mi otro blog AQUÍ. :)
Apr 22, 2014
Ribbeck im Havelland
Da sind wir am letztem sonnigen Sonntag gewandert, in diesem, durch das Theodor Fontanes Gedicht, berühmten Ort. Ein bezaubertes kleines Brandenburger Dorf, voll dekoriert mit Obstbäumen, natürlich nun weiss blühende Birnbäume. Und sogar haben wir uns mit den Herren von Ribbeck getroffen.
We went wandering last Sunday to Ribbeck. It was very sunny and I loved this little village, well known because of the Poem of Theodor Fontane that each german children learn in school years. The village is all decorated with fruits trees, special pear trees, now blooming all white.. and we even met the Lords of Ribbeck!
El pasado Domingo fuimos a caminar a Ribbeck, un pueblecito de Bandenburgo bien conocido por el poema de Theodor Fontane, que todo niño alemán aprende en los años escolares. Hacía mucho sol y el pueblo estaba decorado con frutales, especialmente perales floreciendo ahora todos en blanco! Incluso nos encontramos con los Señores de Ribbeck.
We went wandering last Sunday to Ribbeck. It was very sunny and I loved this little village, well known because of the Poem of Theodor Fontane that each german children learn in school years. The village is all decorated with fruits trees, special pear trees, now blooming all white.. and we even met the Lords of Ribbeck!
El pasado Domingo fuimos a caminar a Ribbeck, un pueblecito de Bandenburgo bien conocido por el poema de Theodor Fontane, que todo niño alemán aprende en los años escolares. Hacía mucho sol y el pueblo estaba decorado con frutales, especialmente perales floreciendo ahora todos en blanco! Incluso nos encontramos con los Señores de Ribbeck.
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