This guy seems to love nettles, at least he kept still until I could take this shoot 😉 In German it’s a “Laubfalter”, at least using the very nice web page “Die Schmetterlinge Deutschlands” lets me think so. I found him in Technologiepark, right where I described it to be a nice place to spot them in this post.
So instead of going to Burg Altena again we decided to tour around in Dortmund. It’s hard to enumerate all the places we’ve seen today but I’ll try 😉
Dortmunder U (Deep Love Festival), Dortmunder Kunstverein, Street Art Gallery 44309, Gelateria Angelo Losego, Black Plastic Vinyl Shop, Gedenkstätte Steinwache, Dortmund-Ems-Kanal, Fredenbaumpark, Gaststätte Schmiedingslust, Westfalenstadion, beer garden Rote Erde, pub Kumpel Erich, Westfalenpark, Florianturm. Here are some pictures:
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On Sunday I’ve been to Aplerbecker Apfelmarkt with friends. I did not document much but used the opportunity to finally see Haus Rodenberg, there also was a little market set up around it, the mayority of the market has been in Aplerbeck itself though. The turtle in the picture I just discovered later when I downloaded the pictures from the camera 😉
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So yesterday we did a walking tour as a couchsurfing event in Dortmund. We started by ascending Reinoldikirche tower, went by metro to Rombergpark and took a walk around the main pond. From there the next obvious stop was Phoenix West. Close to Eliasbahn viaduct we met a native guy from Hörde who took us over his favourite “goat path” to some hidden spots. Later we enjoyed Phoenixsee gastronomy and took a look at Phoenixsee while the moon was shining over the construction cranes 😉
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Arriving at the main station I was greeted with this sight yesterday. 🙂
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On my way home I decided to walk a bit so I could take these pictures of the sky over Dortmund-Barop 🙂
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A nice summer day invited for another nice lunch break walk 🙂
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On Sunday I promised to give a guided tour to a couchsurfer who was visiting Dortmund. I announced the tour on the day before but in the end it’s only been the two of us, what is there to say it was stress-free that way 🙂
So most of the pictures are similar to the ones I already took but then it’s been April weather in August yesterday so at least the lightning is different. And also, if you look closely at one of the flower pics taken in Phoenix-West, you’ll find an insect I’d categorize as “cabbage white butterfly” 🙂
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I was walking through Dortmund to and from the “Sommerfest Union Gewerbehof” when I had to take pictures of some flower beds 🙂 Some have been enhanced by “Google Auto Awesome”.
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First lunch break walk in weeks yesterday, so again some more flowers and clouds of what we call “summer” now in Germany 🙂
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On Sunday I was on a guided bike tour organized by the Hoesch Museum in Dortmund. It was interested to see how everything was connected in Dortmund, liquid iron has been transported by train from one steel factory to another for example. The highlight of the tour for me was a visit to a “forbidden area”, the area of the steel factory Westfalenhütte in the north of Dortmund where I live.
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On Saturday I’ve been to Micro!Festival and from there with a small group at Lichterfest (festival of lights) in Westfalenpark. For € 10 you got some light installations and a fireworks. Would have been nice in a more romantic setting, but, alas, not this time 😉
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Ich möchte den traurigen Anlaß mit dem Tod von Robin Williams als Gelegenheit verwenden, darauf hinzuweisen, wo man in Dortmund Hilfe findet, wenn man Probleme mit Depressionen hat oder sich allgemein hilflos fühlt:
Die meisten Angebote sind kostenlos und niederschwellig. Bei den meisten Selbsthilfegruppen sollte man sich vorher informieren, ob es Regeln gibt, die einem dann evtl. zusagen oder auch nicht.
Einen Therapeuten kann man sich selber über die KVWL suchen, letztendlich benötigt man dann aber später eine Überweisung durch den Hausarzt. Stellt der Psychotherapeut nach einigen probatorischen Sitzungen fest, daß eine Behandlung sinnvoll ist, wird ein Kostenübernahmeantrag an die Krankenkasse gestellt (d.h. die Krankenkassen übernehmen die Kosten für eine Therapie). Es gibt große Unterschiede zwischen den einzelnen Therapieformen, die ich jetzt nicht erläutern kann, das hängt auch davon ab, welche Ausbildung der Therapeuth gemacht hat (Psychiater, Psychologe, Psychologischer Psychotherapeuth) – es hat jedenfalls nichts damit zu tun, daß man “happy pills” verschrieben bekommt oder ein “Psycho” ist.
Wichtig wäre noch zu wissen, daß die Aufnahme einer Therapie den Abschluß einer Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung nahezu komplett verhindert.
Die Kassenärztlichen Vereinigungen anderer Regionen lassen sich über die Bundesärztliche Vereinigung finden: KBV – evtl. sind es erstmal Direktlinks zur Arztsuche, über die Seite der jeweiligen KV sollte aber dann eine Therapieplatzvergabe erreichbar sein.
There was this supermoon – I noticed its brightness, but could not compare the size. It’s hard to take proper pictures without professional equipment like a tripod or remote control. It was nice I could watch it from my bedroom though 🙂 See Youtube here and here for some footage.
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On Monday we’ve been with a small group of couchsurfers to Phoenix-West and were able to see the sun set behind the scenery 🙂
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