Knights' Tournament

... taking place at the miniature version of the Wartburg:

Parade der Kulturen: Indonesia

I took so many pictures at that parade, quite a few of which turned out alright, so I decided to make the planned week 10 days instead.
Indonesia alone is so amazingly colourful that I felt the need to upload 3 photos.

The full hour

Always at the full hour after 10 p.m., thousands of little lights start flickering all over the Eiffel Tower.
I captured this spectacle with my Nikon 2200 (in pre-SLR times), without a tripod and holding my breath...

The wait is over

Hello, everyone, I'm back! And to open this year, I want to show you my best fireworks-in-London picture. We waited for 9 (!) hours at 2°C to see a 10-minute show but it was all worth it. Towards the end, one of us would jokingly say "Ok, we've waited long enough, let's go home ;-)".

Russendisko

Russendisko is Wladimir Kaminer's "baby", it is the title of his first book (published in English as "Russian Disco") as well as an actual biweekly event in Berlin.

Yesterday, he was reading here in Frankfurt, partly from his last book but mostly new, unpublished and unread material, yay! Reading his books is nice but hearing him read (and talk for that matter) in his irresistible Russian accent is simply the best. So damn funny, especially when you see his expression and gestures at the same time.

I had planned to take photos of him, so it came as a bit of a shock that it was not allowed to use the flash. Nevertheless I think I managed quite well without and during the signature session that followed with use of flash.

The drama queen and king of Neu-Anspach

These will be the last Hessenpark photos for a while now (got one more that I really like but I'll save that for later). Regularly, there are open air plays in the museum, set in the late 19th century, with peasants, a bailiff and the village's schoolmaster.