Taking a rest for a while...
Took a train from Berlin to Lübbenau (it took around 1.5 h) to visit Spreewald last Sunday. It's situated about 100 km south-east of Berlin and was designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 1991. It is known for its traditional irrigation system which consists of more than 200 small channels (called "Fließe"; total length: 1,300 km) within the 484-square-kilometre area. The landscape was shaped during the ice age.
Silver grassland
Spreewald means "Spree woods" in Lower Sorbian: a Slavic minority language spoken in eastern Germany in the historical province of Lower Lusatia, today part of Brandenburg. About 50,000 people live in the biosphere reserve (1998). Many of them are descendants of the first settlers in the Spreewald region, the Slavic tribes of the Sorbs (a Western Slavic people of Central Europe living predominantly in Lusatia, a region on the territory of Germany and Poland)/ Wends (a historic name for West Slavs living near Germanic settlement areas). They have preserved their traditional language, customs and clothing to this day. 
An old house with a thatched roof
A drying washing is waving in the wind.
A path of light and shadow
It was really interesting when I imagine the old lifestyle of the Slavic tribes in this massive grassland. The autumn is arriving there for sure.
I found acorn trees.
A shining pansy
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