hopefully the weather is ok the coming days. we planned to make pictures along the german coast from poland to the netherlands and dry weather without thiunder would be very welcome. the german coast is not so long. with stays near strahlsund, wismar and plön we should able to visit many places and cover most of that coast.
according to the travelguides and pictures on the www there is a lot to see, a.o. from the hanze periodincluding some unesco monuments. recently there were pictures from large farmhouses in lutuania. it is interesting to see that slowly the area between finland and the netherlands gets more visible and becomes more part of the scenery in europe. in that sense we are very interested in a car trip along the coast from germany to talling or even st petersburg.
for the time being the work on coastlineproject develops well. there have been weeks that i made many pictures and others that were less productive. the work on the tulips proceeeds as well: schoolchildren will draw the tulips; students from professional schools will make the tulips and companies will assist the students in the production of the final models. a working windmill will produce energy and a small workshop will offer possiblities for pupils from basic schools to get acquinted with all kind of technological challenges and possiblities. the whole project should reflect the enthusiasm en creativity of the children and the other who made it possible.
the plans for the construction of a second fisherman proceed well. this fisherman is meant as a gift to the city of istanbul and will be transport over the rhine, rhine-donau canal, dona and black see and symbolically connect rotterdam and isntabul in the near future. for me it is a very inetresting project as it connects two important cities and their inhabitants and in particular their students.