Coal is just dead dinosaurs – 20th July

Sorry, this entry is only available in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and Română. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. So my Uncle used to say. I’m not so sure of the science behind that, but this dinosaur is very much alive! Its arms flail around scaring small children under the guidance of cyclists and campers until it reaches the centre of the village. It’s stomache opens up and regurgitates a hosts of black…

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A night at Ventus – 18th July

Sorry, this entry is only available in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and Română. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. (PICTURES TO FOLLOW – INTERNET TOO SLOW!!) After 70 kilometres, we arrive in the little village of Niebendorf to stay with Christian, Ben, Lucia, Virginia in the gardens of Ventus e V. It is a group of fantastic people who are giving a few teenagers a chance to try an alternative psychiatric health treatment,…

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Grenzen der Mehrsprachigkeit

Sorry, this entry is only available in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and Română. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. Wir werden auf unserer Reise mehr Sprachgrenzen übertreten, die nicht mit Staatsgrenzen übereinstimmen, als Staatsgrenzen, die gleichzeitig eine scharfe Sprachgrenze darstellen. Heute haben wir eine überquert: Die erste Grenze der “offiziellen” Mehrsprachigkeit. Auch wenn dies z.B. in Berlin jeden zweiten Meter passiert: Die Stadt mit ihren tausenden Sprachen gilt juristisch gesehen als einsprachig. Anders…

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PEOPLE POWER – a poem on the go!

Sorry, this entry is only available in English. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. L’energia flueix com la vida, there’s just something in the air que j’ai jamais entendu; c’est l’amour, c’est la colere maybe is only the smile in the face. But it needs to be done com una ploma que bat les ales; pero nunca encuentra su sitio where to rest just for a bit. It’s the sun going down but not the feeling of being alive, feel the…

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Track records

Sorry, this entry is only available in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and Română. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. I am gonna upload the GPS logs of what we cycled. It might be helpful to others in a future :-) This is the second day track, until ZEGG – where we are staying. bt13d02 For now, we are having problems with wordpress accepting files beyond common media ones… so You’ll need to change…

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Dreaming of football – 17th July

Sorry, this entry is only available in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and Română. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. We woke early for breakfast at 8pm, and then joined a tour of the campus. After the tour some people helped in the garden whilst others swam in the pool, or relaxed, before we met the community for an information exchange. After lunch, we cycled into town, just 2 km, to the local refugee…

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Grenzen zwischen Stadt und Land

Sorry, this entry is only available in English. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Fuer Fluechtlinge, wie diejenigen, die wir in Bad Belzig getroffen haben, ist die Grenze zwischen Stadt und Land eine, die fuer sie noch viel mehr von Bedeutung ist, als fuer Menschen mit nicht-eingeschraenkter Bewegungsfreiheit – fuer welche ja die Stadt-Land-Unterschiede auch sichtbar, aber nicht unbedingt lebensentscheidend sein koennen. Denn wer als Asysuchender_r nach deutschem Recht innerhalb der “Kreisgrenzen” einer kreisfreien Stadt (z.B. Berlin) gefangen ist, hat dort andere…

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An Introduction to the Zegg – 17th July

Sorry, this entry is only available in English, Castellano, Deutsch, Français, Italiano and Română. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in this site default language. You may click one of the links to switch the site language to another available language. A coal-fired power station, a Hitler youth camp and a Stazi centre for international espionage. None of these things could be further from the Zegg – a Centre for Experimental Culture Design based in Bad Belzig in East Germany. It’s difficult to believe in the site’s dark history as Nadia, our guide, walks us…

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