Eastward II – Spreewald and Weimar

September 16, 2017 by nadel&gabel

There it is: an isolated wooden house painted red, in the garden chard, tomatoes and thyme are growing besides flowers, happy sheep are jumping around in their enclosure while the chicken doesn’t let disturb herself in her picking routine. The evening sun brings the adjoining field to glow  .. and bsssh … a mosquito’s bite again. And in the sun room of the little, cozy furnished cabin lightened by a chain of lights  we sit in this Bullerbü-like scene, sip […]

Categories: Behind the camera, Germany, nature, objects & places, On the road, travel • Tags: architecture, Bauhaus, boat, Brandenburg, cafe, canoe, classic, culture, design, dragonfly, Germany, gherkins, Goethe, hideaway, history, literature, nature, park, remote, reserve, river, rural, sorbs, Spreewald, travel, weimar

Hole-and-corner – Meandering between Brecon Beacons and Wye Valley

August 18, 2016 by nadel&gabel

“The term ‘hole-and-corner’ derives from an old English phrase meaning a secret place or a life lived away from the mainstream: somewhere you go to contemplate, create and be inspired.” (Hole&Corner Magazine) If you’re interested in stargazing, the Brecon Beacons in Wales, since 2012 accredited as “International Dark Sky Reserve” with only little light pollution, are one of the best places on earth. However, our this year’s summer holiday seemed to be ill-starred and – starting with the end – due to […]

Categories: Behind the camera, black & white, Great Britain, nature, objects & places, On the road, travel • Tags: abbey, artisan, boat, books, Brecon Beacons, canoe, Cymru, drink, escape, Fan, food, glasbury, green, hay-on-wye, heath, hiking, historic, lake, magazine, meadow, mill, moorland, mountains, national park, nature, pasture, railway, retreat, river, river cafe, rural, sheep, traditional, travel, valley, vintage, Wales, Wye valley

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

It’s becoming a tradition – Soul food weekend

July 8, 2014 by nadel&gabel

In the woods … yes it is again this (and this) remote place in the palatine forest the middle of nowhere where we spend again two days of cooking, baking, eating, relaxing, celebrating with a bunch of friends … surely by now it’s becoming a tradition. The idea of our cooking and baking was to use the ingredients as starting point: No concrete plans, but inspiration. Zucchini, bell peppers, sweet potatoes, peaches, berries … what can make out of these […]

Categories: autumn, Behind the camera, bread, breakfast, cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, meat, nature, salad, spread, sauce & spice, vegetable, vegetarian • Tags: antipasti, baking, barbecue, berries, blackberries, blueberries, bread, cooking, crust, dip, forest, Germany, grill, lemon, meat, nature, Palatine, photography, remote, rural, salad, summer, tarte, vegetable

Between rural tranquility and modernity – Discovering southern Lower Saxony

August 28, 2012 by nadel&gabel

I am back home again – at least from my longer trips this summer. The last two weeks now I spend in the far north, at least in what southern Germans see as the far north. In many cultural aspects – food is of course a not unimportant one – Southern Germany is more similar to Austria or Swizerland than to the Northern Germany. Perhaps this can’t be sayed to be a rule, but for me Vienna f.ex. feels more […]

Categories: around the world, Behind the camera, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, Germany, In the kitchen, nature, objects & places, On the road, snacks & small dishes, travel • Tags: architecture, blueberries, cake, cookie & dessert, farm, german, Germany, landscape, Lower Saxony, mirabelles, modern, nature, photography, rural, travel

“Baker man is baking bread” – Baking and cooking for and with kids

August 10, 2012 by nadel&gabel

During the last two weeks I stayed several days with my good friends in the Palatine Forest, where they regularly run the kitchen of a youth camp in the middle of nowhere. The ambition of them as chefs is to distance from the usual simple, neither good nor healthy and often convenience food people serve, when they’re cooking for big groups. In contrary they try to make as much as possible themselves and use natural, if possible regional products for […]

Categories: Behind the camera, bread, cake, cookie & dessert, German/Swabian, Germany, In the kitchen, meat, nature, On the road, salad, snacks & small dishes, spread, sauce & spice, summer, travel, vegetarian • Tags: bread, bun, burger, food, forest, Palatine, photography, pretzel, pumpkin, rural, salad, summer, tarte flambée