madlennicolaus

Five JEWELS hidden between the SEA and SKY

June 29, 2011 by madlennicolaus

Cinque Terre…a place so gorgeous – it’s worth a second visit or more… But really, this place is like heaven for me. It just has everything: – Lots of SUN for sunning, – Lots of SEA for swimming, – Beautiful MOUNTAINS for hiking (full of wine gra…

Categories: Travel • Tags: beaches, best place in italy, Cinque Terre, Corniglia, Cote d Azur, georgous, hiking, holiday, Italian riviera, Italy, Manarola, Monterosso, Monterosso al Mare, mountains, Riomaggiore, secret travel treasure, summer, Vernazza

Packing up Dubai impressions – A week in the Future

June 5, 2011 by madlennicolaus

I am back on the Island and still stunned by the amazing physical infrastructure that I have seen in Dubai during the last couple of days: This city was turned from a desert to today’s business hub with the highest tower in the world, and some of …

Categories: Travel • Tags: a week in the future, arab world, bloggers, Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Deira City Centre, Desert, Dubai, Dubai Metro, highest tower, microcosm, middle east social media conference, non-Muslims, sci-fi, Sheikh Zayed Road, social media report, SP Jain College, tweeters

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Chasing Superlatives in Dubai

May 28, 2011 by madlennicolaus

O.k. I can confirm – everything is a little bit taller, a little bit brighter and much warmer here in Dubai! I got sunburned already… As I could never decide what to capture first, I let the EasyShare Touch create little photo collages: And I can …

Categories: Travel • Tags: 123rd floor, atmosphere lounge, Burj Dubai, Burj Khalifa, Dubai, EasyShare touch, highest restaurant, photo collages, portrait format, superlatives, worlds tallest tower

Westcountry Roadtrip – Following the tracks of a Novelist

May 24, 2011 by madlennicolaus

Looking at the calendar, I cannot believe that it’s already one month since I did this amazing road trip to Cornwall and Devon with my mom; following in the tracks of Rosamunde Pilcher. Rosamunde is a British author of romance novels and mainstrea…

Categories: Travel • Tags: Aghata Christy, british, Brixham, bude, croyde, Dartmouth, Englands wild west coast, following, german tv, Kingswear, lands end, life's a beach, mainland britain, minack theatre, novelist, Plymouth, romance, rosamunde Pilcher, Summerleaze, The beach restaurant, Torquay, Westcountry Roadtrip

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A Forest Reborn

May 21, 2011 by madlennicolaus

Today we went to Swinley Forest in Berkshire, where two weeks ago a huge forest fire burned down about 300 hectares (740 acres) of forest. The BBC says it was the largest blaze in the county’s history. Even though it was very sad to walk through t…

Categories: Other, Photography • Tags: BBC, Berkshire, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest, burning, country's history, England, fire, flowers, forest, forest fire, green spouts, huge, Swinley Forest, Swinley Forest Berkshire, UK, woods

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“Some people who don’t wait” … to work on their dreams!

May 16, 2011 by madlennicolaus

This speech by Robert Krulwich, whom I admire and who’s Radiolab podcasts always entertain and educate me while jogging…has so much truth in it – for all kinds of professions – that I want to highlight it and recommend you to take the time to re…

Categories: Other • Tags: profession, Radiolab, Robert Krulwich, Some people, who don't wait, work on your dreams

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Seeing London through a different lens

April 25, 2011 by madlennicolaus

It’s Easter Sunday, so I decided it was about time to use my egg shaped fish eye lens! So if you sorta squint a little, you might see some chocolate rabbits! 😉 We started the day making sure we were going the right way. We eventually made it to P…

Categories: London, Photography • Tags: Downings Street, Easter Sunday, egg shaped, fish eye lens, food, horse guards parade, Las IGuanas, North London, Parliament Square, pidgeons, Primrose Hill, Route, Royal Wedding, Southbank, tasty Brazilian, Westminster Abbey

Good Friday Easter Egg Trail at Cliveden House

April 23, 2011 by madlennicolaus

Good Friday is for hiking…at least it used to be back home in Germany. And since I try to bring a bit of old habits to the island, we sort of went hiking in the sun yesterday as well … We explored one of the many beautiful National Trust Estates: …

Categories: Events, London • Tags: 376 acres, Boulters Lock Restaurant, British Sangria, Cliveden House, Easter Egg Trail, Germany, Good Friday, Habbits, hiking, Pimms, The Cliveden House

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Berlin, home and back – Short stop over in my Heimat

April 15, 2011 by madlennicolaus

Before this weekend starts, I want to share some impressions from last weekend in my Heimat: Where I not only saw a famous sights, memorials and crazy monsters in Berlin… But most importantly spent some time with my family and friends… Enjoyed del…

Categories: Travel • Tags: Berlin, Crazy monsters, Dresden, exposure, famous sights, Fish smoking, Grape growing area, Heimat, long, Long exposure shots, Monsterkabinett, Photo, photograph, Radebeul, Reichstag, Saxony, schloss Wackerbarth, shot

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Author Archives: madlennicolaus

Five JEWELS hidden between the SEA and SKY

Packing up Dubai impressions – A week in the Future

Chasing Superlatives in Dubai

Westcountry Roadtrip – Following the tracks of a Novelist

A Forest Reborn

“Some people who don’t wait” … to work on their dreams!

Seeing London through a different lens

Good Friday Easter Egg Trail at Cliveden House

Berlin, home and back – Short stop over in my Heimat