Among Grapevines
Hello out there,
Coming home is for me an essential part of traveling. Especially, if I have been abroad a long time, visited a country far away or spend some time among a very different culture, I always look forward to return to my hometown. But it is not the case, that I do not enjoy the foreign environment or get homesick, it is rather the joyful anticipation to see friends and family again, as well as a familiar surrounding.
So is there one place I usually go right away, when I return to Germany. Halfway up a hill behind our house in Gau-Weinheim sits a beautiful chapel, which not only fits wonderfully into the surrounding vineyards but also has to offer an incredible view over the area. To walk up here after a long and usually exhausting journey feels very comfortable.
Just like one time, when I came home in the late afternoon of a beautiful summer day and needed to move a bit, after sitting for several hours. Therefore did I decided to hike up to the chapel the same day and since the weather conditions looked perfect for a very nice sunset, did I bring my camera along.
And just as I arrived, the golden light of the setting sun started to wonderfully illuminate the bell tower of the chapel. Even though I had been here a couple of times already during sunset, did I enjoy it a lot and found it very unique.
Well, luckily did I bring my camera along to capture this moment. Instantly I had the idea to include the vines surrounding the chapel in my photo and therefore positioned myself among them with the illumated valley in the background. Then I just had to press the shutter.