A Birthday Party Without A Party

As every year, I had my birthday beginning of January. But this year it wasn’t possible to have some friends over. So I decided to do it differently this time. I invited every one of them separately to a Covid-safe meeting, either to

  • a walk at night in the city
  • or a hike on the countryside
  • or a video chat

And I’m still on it. It will take more than three month and it’s great. Don’t get me wrong: I could really have a party and some food with friends right now, but I had a lot of good conversations that I wouldn’t have had on a gathering with a lot of other people.

So here ist the documentation til now:


Walk in the Park with Edi


Videochat with Elke from Hongkong

Elke was “imprisoned” in her hotel room at the time. She was in quarantine for 18 days. She even had an “ankle cuff” on her arm.


Meeting Vika & Sebastian


Night hike through Tiergarten with Susanne


Night Hike along Panke with Chris


Hike around Bötzsee with Eva


Along Panke with Jonathan, Nico and Louis


To Plötzensee with Christian


Fullmoon walk through Wedding and Mitte with Jenni


In the Park with Judith, Tilman und Ilma


Night walk with Inke & Jürgen

To be continued …

Berlin Night Hike: Empty Covid City

I started taking walks at night sometimes on my own, sometimes with a friend to move my tired home-office legs. You see some dog walkers around but even Unter den Linden and Brandenburger Tor is empty. Nobody is out there and it’s like in a movie where you wake up and suddenly you become aware that you are the only person around.

Road Trip From Berlin: The Castle Of Fürst Pückler

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The bridge over Neisse river to Poland unfortunately was closed because of corona virus. The park continues over there.

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Glashütte

On our way we visited the village of Glashütte because we thought this would be THE Glashütte, where the watches are manufactured. That isn’t the case. A quite pretty village anyway. But very touristic also. We didn’t stay for long.

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Treptower park

Berlin Treptow: A Walk In The Park

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Berlin

Berlin Day Hike: A Winter Walk Trough The City

We have been too tired today and there was still a risk that the weather might change to “Blitzeis” (very quickly developing black ice) and so we stood in the frosty city and took a walk.

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