Not only in the beautiful autumn is the hill, where the Communauté de Taizé lives, providing a great panorama. One line of hills is following the other, nothing seems to disturb the harmony of nature.

And in the night, you've got a unique sky of stars. No big city is disturbing the look of the viewer, and the position on the top of the hill is offering a 360-degrees-wraparound-expectation.

(Taizé, Burgund, France)

The Cévennes need by their inclement nature a very special flexibility of the people to their environment - also by buildig special types of houses. This slate-stacking is providing enough resistance against the power of the natur - aridness, heavy rain und last but not least the all-time-blowing south-wind "Mistral"

(Soudorgues, Cévennes, France)

Even if it doesn't seems like it on the first view, this letter-box is been cleared! In addition, it's the only one in the whole village.

(Soudorgues, Cévennes, France)

Very, very slowly the dust is rising from the surrounding valleys up to the hills, the old ruins of the castle are perfectly hidden by the white flood. Slowly it's dawning, the clearly feelable coldness is going away by the time and also the dark clouds will soon move away for a clearly blue sky.

(Soudorgues, Cévennes, France)

Even if it's not the "Café - Bar - Restaurant" you are expecting - a short visit it's always worth! But if you couldn't get anything to eat here, it's also a little bit my fault - during our school-trip we tried to make Spaghettis in the corresponding gité. But the spoon was to short for the saucepan, so all the noodles glued on the bottom of the pot. The following try to clean the pot-bottom was also worse as it was really damaged by that. We hope, it wasn't the only saucepan they had!

(Soudorgues, Cévennes, France)

Clearly the stronglines of the cross are visible in front of the unique grey of the sky. Fixed by a heavy concrete-block, it's seems to affront every weather, sun, rain and storm. This filigree seeming cross made of heavy cast iron, beginnig and ending at the same time is standing at the entrance or exit (depending on the position of the viewer) of the Communatué-region.

(Taizé, Burgund, France)

Also this staircase is formed by the time. Long time ago, it was a very important link between way and path, but here it is not more doing well. Every step, hand in hand with the Wind and the weather where stronger then the power of the wood. By the way, the staircase was rebuilded now so that this romatic view is historic now - a ideal place to hiding yourself and to escape the people it's furthermore.

(Taizé, Burgund, France)

Who likes to go at 6:40 am to the station? But sometimes it's worthy getting up very early. Like in this picture, cause such a seizing moment you don't have every day. The harmony of nature and technology are creating a scene which let us stop breathing.

(Karlsruhe, Germany)

A big box of in the sunlightt reflecting water - that is how the pavillion of Island is presenting itself on the EXPO 2000 in Hannover. Unreal, but connected with a great fascination. And in the inner part, a 12 meter high geyser is presenting the geographie of the small island. Well, sometimes it is not as bad as it seems to bee a small country, how could you otherwise project the names of all living and deceased inhabitant onto the walls?

(Expo, Hannover, Germany)