Eastward I – Leipzig and Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland

September 3, 2017 by nadel&gabel

After our last holiday trip took us to a foreign far away island, we decided that we would like to discover in our summer holiday … other foreign far away places – but this time in Germany! Truth is that even in this small country for us there are still so many ‘blind spots’ that we only have vage ideas of or not even that. „Willst du immer weiter schweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah.” (J.W. Goethe, Erinnerung) Time […]

Categories: Behind the camera, Germany, nature, objects & places, On the road, travel • Tags: Bastei, Bohemia, bridge, city, Czech Republic, ecotourism, Elbe, Elbsandsteingebirge, forest, gauge, Germany, hideaway, hiking, industrial, Leipzig, monument, mountains, national park, organic, photography, retreat, river, sandstone, Saxon Swizerland, Saxony, Sächsische Schweiz, Schmilka, Spinnerei, travel, Tyssa

Lisbon Love

September 9, 2015 by nadel&gabel

It was already the third time that we’ve visited Lisbon – a city that we’ve both fell in love from the first time we arrived there. It’s unique beauty is just amazing: Hilly narrow streets with azulejo tiled houses, elevadores that climb up the hills and roll them down again, breathtaking views from the oh so many miradouros. Part of nostalgic, part of practical reasons we stayed, like on our visits before, in the small and simple hotel Anjo Azul […]

Categories: Behind the camera, objects & places, On the road, Portugal, travel • Tags: Alfama, alpargatas, azulejo, Bairro Alto, bica, city, concept store, Embaixada, Entre Tanto, food, hip, industrial, Lisboa, Lisbon, LX factory, Miradouro, pasteis, Portugal, Príncipe Real, restaurant, shopping, tejo, travel, trendy, view, young

Mind the fietsers – A city trip to Amsterdam

April 13, 2015 by nadel&gabel

It’s only a few days ago, that we came back from our little spring timeout in Amsterdam. A pleasant spring weather made it easy for us to discover and enjoy this city which is bustling and relaxed at the same time. Sometimes I find taking photographs a difficult thing to balance, especially when travelling. I want to keep memorys, impressions, but at the same time I see the risk to miss out on the experience while concentrating on taking pictures. […]

Categories: Amsterdam, Behind the camera, objects & places, On the road, travel • Tags: Amstel, Amsterdam, architecture, beer, boat, cafe, camera, canal, city, dock, dutch, flower, food, gracht, hip, Holland, IJ, indonesian, industrial, museum, Nederlands, old town, pancakes, photography, rembrandt, restaurant, ship, shop, spring, stay, travel, trip, tulip, vintage, waffles, water, wharf

Store in style – DIY wire baskets

November 21, 2014 by nadel&gabel

When I had finished my crocheted washcloths and scrubbies I found them too beautiful to hide them away. So I thought about how to display them in our bathroom, incorporate them into the interior design. Wire baskets came to my mind – and I remembered a tutorial for a DIY wire basket that I had seen a while ago and bookmarked. I followed the comprehensive pictured tutorial of Amy and have to say: These baskets are really easy to make, […]

Categories: craft & DIY, interior, storage • Tags: basket, box, Craft, design, industrial, mesh, metal, organize, plier, rustic, storage, tutorial, vintage, wire

Turné i södra Sverige II – Lakes, forests and the Göta Canal

September 7, 2014 by nadel&gabel

After some swedish culinary impressions here’s the next chapter of our foto travel journal: The first stop we made after we got our rental car in Stockholm (No Volvo! Big dissapointment for his part!) was at the biggest IKEA in the world. Why? – Let me go farther back… There are a few things that are good to know, when you decide to travel to Sweden, that we learned sooner or later: 1. Tourism in Sweden is mainly directed to […]

Categories: Behind the camera, nature, objects & places, On the road, Sweden, travel • Tags: accomodation, Örebro, boat, Borensberg, castle, channel, forest, Forsvik, Göta, history, Hjo, hostel, industrial, kanal, lake, landscape, Motala, nature, photography, remote, retro, rural, sluice, sweden, travel, vandrarhem, Vättern, water gate, wood

Industrial ambience and lots of creativity – “Vogelwild” market

May 12, 2014 by nadel&gabel

This weekend I mingled with the young-creative-hipster-world – on the lifestyle and design market “Vogelwild” that took place around here. A fine selection of different kinds of small makers presented their craft and design work. From furniture or clothing, bags, jewellery to stationary – everything could be found. A lot of the designers are working with ecological and fair produced material or are recycling old material – an approach that becomes more and more important for me, too. The industrial […]

Categories: At the sewing machine, Behind the camera, craft & DIY, objects & places • Tags: art, bag, craft & DIY, creative, dawanda, decoration, design, eco, fair, fashion, furniture, hipster, industrial, jewellery, lifestyle, market, recycling, retro, sewing, startup, stationary, young

Winding paths through Wales III: Coal, books and heath covered mountains

September 16, 2013 by nadel&gabel

So, here it is: the third and final part of our journey through Wales. Although we tried to avoid sitting to much in the car on our trip, we still spend quite a time on the roads. Therefore today I’m starting with some road impressions: streets, signs, obstacles, familiar things, cause, After spending great days on the west and south coast of Wales we finally reached the capital: Cardiff. What to say about Cardiff? It’s difficult … it isn’t the […]

Categories: Behind the camera, Great Britain, nature, On the road, travel • Tags: book, Britain, Cardiff, coal, Great Britain, holiday, industrial, industry, iron, lake, landscape, mountain, nature, photography, river, sunset, tearoom, travel