Leaving Germany
Photo: Steinerne Brücke, Regensburg, Germany. Oct 2012
I’m heading to Berlin this afternoon for my last night in Germany before flying to Wales tomorrow morning. Hopefully my bank account still has enough money left to make the UKBA agent happy when I tell them I’m planning on staying until March (not counting a Lofoten trip, probably sometime in February). After being on the road for 10 weeks, I’m tired and looking forward to being in one place for a while – though I’m sure I’ll be bored after two weeks and head up to Scotland or something. Orkney and Rackwick Bay has been on my mind a bit lately. The thought of waiting out winter storms all alone in a small stone shelter with no electricity that sits on the edge of the sea surrounded by cliffs seems to be a nice one.
The last two weeks have seen me criss crossing Germany; east to west to east, and south to north. After a long weekend in Regensburg, even getting a little snow, I headed north to Bonn to stay with a friend whom I’ve traveled with on Lofoten several times. And having the good timing of showing up for halloween, I even got to cook some pumpkin seeds (one of my favorite foods that I can only get once a year) and attend a pretty good party which didn’t see my head hitting the pillow until 6 am. I guess I’m not getting too old after all. Although a few nights later in some Cologne disco at 2 am and surrounded by 19-20 year olds all seeming to have the same haircut I knew I was a bit out of my element. For the last week I’ve been up in Rostock staying with another old friend. A good place to relax and focus my thoughts on what lies ahead in the next months.
My first priorities are to get the blog slightly back on track. I’ve never been good at the blogging while traveling thing, which is probably the reason that even after 7 years, my readership is still abysmally low. I’m always amazed at the people I see blog about going on their first trip and 6 months later they are making a living off it. Perhaps if I were some cute blond chick posting pictures of myself in a bikini while partying on the beach, or, if I actually had even some minimal talent at writing I could be doing better. Though I’m supposed to be a photographer anyhow, or at least that’s what I keep telling myself.
Speaking of writing, I also have a number of articles to write for 68north.com. Hopefully I can get one done per week, which will see new content added until sometime into the new year and possibly even until I’m back on Lofoten again. While on the Kungsleden trail in Sweden I also took some footage and shot a few time-lapse sequences. Hopefully this will turn into a short video clip, but it’s sort of a low priority behind all the images I have to process. Not to mention that I have to re-learn how to use Final Cut and edit video. All and all, hopefully I can keep myself busy and finally get some shit done! I think I’ll have some pretty good images to show…
And finally, my fingers are crossed for a cold winter in south Wales. My ice tools are are ready for some action and I need to get in a bit of training before heading Lofoten. I don’t want to be stuck pulling on plastic in the climbing gym all winter.
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