security conference munich ~ sicherheitskonferenz 2018

soooooo, the protest against the next security conference in munich is over. the security conference (MSC) or military science conference which is its former name (~ wehrkundetagung, sicherheitskonferenz / SiKo) is an event where the military complex meets politics and where the west plans its wars of aggression. just read the names of the attendees (stoltenberg, netanyahu (netanjahu), guterres, mattis, poroschenko, kagame and many, many heads of governments, NATO, intelligence agencies like CIA and MOSSAD, foreign ministers, 'defense' ministers, the weapon industry and many more here)

we are many thousands activists in the streets against this war supporting and thus refugees creating event, you know? let's stop NATO, let's stop WAR.

enjoy few pictures:

me, preparing for the demo :-)

source: my stop wars blog

hmmm, why is besides the North Atlantic Terror Organization (NATO) also BMW the logo for war? even if  among many others BMW also sponsors the munich war conference, krauss maffei or rheinmetall or EADS would be more suitable, if you asked me ...

NATO's blood track: iraq, yugoslavia (kosovo), afghanistan, libya, syria, ...

there were many kurdish protesters ... and many from congo / ruanda as well

our ignorance is maybe the reason why also (western) wars of aggression work :-(

(source: dilbert by scott adams)

more pictures here

insights + pictures from the last year's protest here and please follow also to my stop wars blog.

PEACE :-)

what a nice visit to my mother @bratislava (slovakia)

well, i do quite often visit my ailing mother in bratislava / slovakia. if you asked me, she is fine, still physically strong, easy to make happy - it is enough to walk with her for a while or to go to a coffee shop and order a coffee :-)

i'm so thankful my youngest brother and his wife take care of her. it a really good feeling to know she is fine ...

what about bratislava? well, it is so great that i always manage to visit some interesting place i have never before and yes, i can also often meet few friends here

bratislava castle above the old city center (bratislavsky hrad)

the flag ship restaurant is located in a former monastery

see you next time again, dear mother / mutter 

 arts?

 the evangelic church we went into with my mother on sunday

part of the monastery in the flag ship complex

more pictures here.

one of my last visits in bratislava here.

kloster höglwörth (monastery)

do you already know that i like to visit some nice place on the way when travelling? you do, true? well, on our loooong way to slovakia we have visited the höglwörth monastery at the bavarian-austrian border.

 höglwörth monastery from 1125 (augustiner kloster / augustiner chorherrenstift)

 inside + outside the church

more pictures here.

btw, we have made a break in the adjacent village of anger last time and did not know what a jewel could be found at the nearby lake höglwörther see then :-). wanna more bavarian lakes? here we go: LAKES in BAVARIA.

eof

augsburg

main square in augsburg with town hall (rathaus) and the perlach tower 

we have been at a birthday party in göggingen (southeast part of augsburg) this weekend. the communication was really good and mainly dedicated to the healer movie 'Wunder der Lebenskraft: Eine Erlebnisreise zur Kraft, die in uns wirkt' by stephan petrowitsch.

of course, we welcomed the chance to visit this old, old, old city (2,033 years old as founded in 15 b.C.), which is the 3rd biggest in bavaria after munich and nuremberg. augsburg is part of the bavarian disrict schwaben / swabia. unlike today, swabia was a huge historic territory in medieval southwest germany before.
the most important part of its history is bonded to the fugger family, who were probably the richest people on earth in 15th &16th century.

 göggingen

goggingen

augsburg, ulrichskirche + basilika st. ulrich und afra

 st. anna - augsburg

 schätzlerpalais

 

rokoko hall, schätzlerpalais

fuggerei, the oldest social estate was provided by the fuggers

air strikes bunker from WWII

time for lunch in town hall's cellar. there were many peaceful fans of FC eintracht frankfurt waiting for the bundesliga match against FC augsburg

perlach tower (perlachturm) + ratskeller restaurant

good-bye, augsburg

more pictures here (probably too many)