dresden – zwinger II
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my next project is the city of love.
it will start tomorrow.
this is all from dresden for now.
I hope you like my home town.
i am back with my blog.
so i can start with my new series: dresden.
dresden is my home town. so i have a special relationship to this town.
in the next days i will show you some personal views of dresden.
but before i start, i will tell you some facts about dresden:
- dresden is the capital city of free state of saxony.
- saxony by the way is an east state of germany.
- dresden was build in a valley on the river elbe.
- it is famous for its baroque-style architecture and is also know as “florence of the elbe”
- dresden is more than 800 years old
stay tuned. tomorrow you will see the first picture.
dresden | 0 comments »next week I go on holiday.
so I restart with my new galery Dresden on 2009/09/28.
stay tuned!
Lars F. Menzel
general | 4 comments »this was my last picture of magic mongolia for the moment.
I hope you’ve enjoyed the series as I’ve enjoyed the visit of mongolia.
thank you for following my blog so far.
you can still buy my calendar from amazon.de:
stay tuned! tomorrow I will start a new gallery.
Lars F. Menzel
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| sunset on khuvsgul lake | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
sunsets in mongolia are very impressive.
maybe the clear air is responsible for it or the wide panoramic view.
by all means you get very romantic vistas.
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| fast changing weather conditions in the altai | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
in the altai you have to keep the attention to the weather high.
in a few minutes it can changes completely.
this clouds are moving very fast.
So it was a good idea to look after a secure housing.
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| khuvsgul lake with horses | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
the khuvsgul lake is surrounded by grazing lands.
in the summer period they are filled with horses.
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| group of ger’s in the mountain | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
this is a typical weather situation on the foothill of the altai.
mongolian nomads use the rich meadowland covert by the foothill for their herds.
therefore you can see ger’s often in such areas.
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| land for grazing | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
grass-covered land used for grazing livestock
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| foothill of the altai | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
the area around this foothill of the altai is used as meadowland.
so you can see the characteristic housings of mongolian nomads, the ger’s.
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| tax in front of an upcomming thunderstorm | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
a taxi-driver maintain his car in front of an upcomming thunderstorm.
you can charter such cars for long-distance travel around mongolia..
khuvsgul weather conditions in july are very frendly but unsettled.
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| passage near the khuvsgul lake | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
horses have long been an essential part of mongols life.
the bond between people and horses goes back at least a thousand years.
most of them are living freely in herds on open land but are owned by nomadic people.
only to milk they have to come “home”.
at this passage near the khuvsgul lake a herd of horses crosses a small river.
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| a nomad women waters a camel herd | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
there are drinking fountains spreaded over the whole country,
which are generally build in the time of mongolian people’s republic.
nomads stay near such fountains to get water for the herd.
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| satellite village | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
also at the smallest villages, you can find this satellite dishes.
sometimes they are bigger than the houses of the occupants.
in solitary regions, where no electricity is available, you can found also small wind generators.
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| supermarket of a small village | Lars F. Menzel | ||||
this is a typical small-town mongolia supermarket, that features many of the supplies for the country’s home.
supplies comes usually from all over the world, amongst others from united states, germany, russia and china.
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