Another enjoyable walk very well organised by Johannes Rigal, again with a series of inspirational assignments. This time, the walk went from S-Bahnhof Frankfurter Allee along Frankfurter Allee and Karl-Marx-Allee to Alexanderplatz.

IN PROGRESS

The photos are currently in chronological order and I will have to select a few and group them later.

Main purpose bird watching. Heard a lot, saw some, did not get many photos, except of the usual swans (of which there are many at Urbanhafen). I actually find them quite boring, yet not as easy to photograph as one would think.

Nearly back home, I was treated to a lengthy concert by a robin.

Primary purpose annual meeting of IACE DE.

Then katamaran to Cuxhaven. Also visit Bremerhaven while there.

Other things to do in Hamburg:

Walk via Holzmarkt to Sandperle.

Check out NABU’s birdwatching events and pick a lake to walk round.

This exhibition in Deichtorhallen.

And definitely this exhibition in Bucerius Kunstforum.

Perhaps this in Hamburger Kunsthalle.

Recommended restaurant: Hotpot & Grill Restaurant Spicy.

Recommended Indian restaurant: Pabla Sweets.

Recommended fish restaurant: La Sepia.

Recommended ramen restaurant: YUME.

Recommended Greek restaurant: The Greek.

Recommended Korean restaurant: Seoul 1988, Karolinenviertel, Karolinenstr 1

Recommended traditional fish restaurant (traditional is not really my thing, but if they know how to cook fish, it is worth giving it a try): Fischereihafen Restaurant.

More photo tours from the book “Hamburg Fotografieren”

Recommended Café: Café Himmlische Versuchung

Another recommended Café: Hadley’s, Beim Schlump 84A, 20144.

Hiking Alstertal, e.g. between S Bahn Ohlsdorf and SBahn Poppenbüttel.

I try to eat spinach one way or another at least twice a week, and since apparently, raw spinach is not than healthy, I am always looking for variety in ways to cook it.

Here is one way:

One bag of spinach (for example 100 g baby spinach, in this case from Rewe) (of course always bio), rinsed and dried in the salad spinner

1 tsp sesame oil, toasted or regular

1 tsp soy sauce

1/2 tsp miso paste

2 garlic cloves, minced or very finely chopped

1 tsp toasted sesame seeds

Mix the miso paste, the soy sauce, and the garlic together.

Gently heat the oil and stir in the spinach. Add the miso paste mix and stir gently till the spinach starts to wilt.

Sprinkle with toasted, black sesame seeds before serving.

What was I thinking? Also in view of the fact that, reading the description again, I can see that this retreat is for photographers in a league that I will never attain (I would not even go as far as calling myself a photographer), I will stick to my old promises to myself: never to visit USA again, and never to fly again.

Main purpose: photo workshop in Santa Fe organised by Strudelmedia.

ABQ Balloon Festival – all one needs to know here.

Contemporary art in Albuquerque here.

Contemporary art in Santa Fe here.

IN PROGRESS

24 April:

25 April:

26 April: Leipziger Straße/Lindenstraße area, from Galerie Konrad Fischer to Berlinische Galerie

Map of the route here.

The event on InterNations here (please sign up if you want to attend).

Tentative list of galleries to visit (clustered if they are on the same address:

1. Galerie Konrad Fischer; 2. Galleries Shahin Zarinbal, Sweetwater, and Klemm’s; 5. Buchmann; 6. Max Goelitz; 7. Galeries Barbara Thumm and Carlier Gebauer; 8. Galeries Nordenhake, Soy Capitán, KOW, and Persons Projects; 9. Galerie König; and 10. Berlinische Galerie.