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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Since I understand what slide films are, I have been crazy about them. Unfortunately, not many companies make them anymore, so I can only easily try Kodak Ektachrome. I took some cameras to Tempelhofer Feld back in the summer, around the end of July, on a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Large yellow number 3 painted on a gray metal marker box standing in tall golden grass beneath a clear blue sky.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Several years ago, I was looking through the films that ORWO sold when I saw something strange: an ISO 8 film. At the time, I had never seen a film like that with such a low ISO. And, of course, I was curious to try it out, so I bought it. When it arrived […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Long asphalt runway with a worn white center stripe stretching toward trees and apartment buildings, while blurred cyclists and small groups of people use the open tarmac.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

I believe it is always good to carry a half-frame camera with you everywhere. You have so many pictures to go through before the end of the roll that, occasionally, you can even use it as some kind of photo diary. That's probably what I was going for when I […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A bearded man wearing sunglasses reflected in a large ornate framed mirror propped on a cobblestone street, with tree and building reflections behind him suggesting an outdoor market, with a high-contrast black-and-white, grainy, vintage look.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

@carusb Yeah, it's one of those! Especially when you consider what falls from the surrounding trees. But… we have fun =]

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

When I wanted to test if everything was alright with the Canon EOS 33, I carried it around Berlin, taking pictures of some routine places and things. One of these places was a weekly ping pong get-together. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a couple of friends […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A man playing table tennis at a concrete outdoor table in a city park, leaning forward to return a shot as the ball hovers above the net, with trees, benches, and parked cars in the background.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

I know that I was going from #Berlin Sudkreuz towards Warschauer Strasse but why? No idea. I know that I stopped on the Friedrichstrasse Bahnhof to change trains and took a couple of pictures. But… Where was I going? No idea […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Speeding commuter trains blur past an urban platform, motion emphasizing the rush of transit; a pedestrian station sign, overhead wires, and a nearby apartment building are visible in the background.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

A few years ago, I went on a hike with a medium-format camera and used an Orwopan 100 film that I thought only expired in the early 2000s. The results I got from it made me realize that this film was, at least, a decade older. And, for that reason, I didn't […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A desolate black-and-white marsh with tall dry grasses in the foreground, a striped barrier arm stretching diagonally across the frame, and a small weathered box-like structure marked with a painted “3” on the distant horizon.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

These are some black and white pictures that I took when I visited Lutherstadt Wittenberg earlier this month. I was on my way to Leipzig by bike, and this is where I stopped to spend the night after cycling a little over a 100 km. Lutherstadt Wittenberg is a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Low-angle view of a historic cylindrical stone tower with a crenellated top and projecting gargoyle-like spouts, framed by tree branches against a cloudy sky with a small flock of birds.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

"I find it both astounding yet also entirely expected that we are now years into the AI bubble and everything coming out of it still looks like complete shit. And will continue to do so: these companies can iterate and tweak all they want, tell us this is the future for as long as they want and […]

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

A couple of years ago, I was browsing through the films available to buy from ORWO when I spotted something unusual: a film with ISO 8. At the time, I had never seen a film like that. I was curious to try it out, so I bought it. Back in the summer, on one of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A weathered wooden post wrapped with torn striped caution tape stretches across a windswept tall-grass field, marking a temporary barrier or restricted area.

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Misinformation-Superhighwayman @damienwise.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Vale Margaret Hamilton. She was a Software Engineer. She was the _first_ Software Engineer because she defined the term, Software Engineering: "When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a […] [Original post on aus.social]

A B&W photo of a person standing next to a stack of printed paper as high as the top of their head. This is Margaret Hamilton, at work as a Software Engineer and the leader of a team of extremely specialised programmers who worked for NASA. The photo was taken in 1969, and it shows a physical form if her work since she joined the Apollo project in 1965 (she joined at the age of 29 by my calculation). My interpretation of the expression on her face is a mix of pride and mild amusement. She has glasses, long, straight hair, and neat office attire. Margaret Hamilton has her hands placed gently on the stack of printouts to keep it all balanced upright. The pages appear to be arranged in bundles, ranging from 8-10 centimetres thick, to 20cm thick or more. The resulting stack of printouts is physically impressive for being an unusual feat, and it represents something even more impressive: it's the printed form of the source-code she and the team she led wrote for the NASA Apollo project. Their software ran on the Apollo Guidance Computer that was that on board each Apollo command module and Apollo Lunar Module. The Apollo Guidance Computer onboard the Eagle was an essential flight instrument for Neil Armstrong when he piloted the craft to land on the surface of the moon.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

I was interviewed by the fine people behind Berlin Photo Studio on their series called Developing Stories. I talk about finding my own way through #Berlin with my film pictures. You can read it all here […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Abstract black-and-white close-up of interlocking ribbon-like arches with fine parallel grooves forming a looping negative-space oval, emphasizing sweeping curves, texture, and high-contrast light and shadow.

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tom jennings @tomjennings.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Let's have the internet be up only during business hours, with greatly reduced bandwidth during off hours.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

It doesn't happen often since I go through film rolls kind of fast. But every so often, I forget that I have something inside a camera, and months pass by. Later, when I get it developed, I have some trouble figuring out where these pictures were taken. That […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Facade of Passage Kino art-house cinema in a sunlit courtyard, black-and-white view of arched windows and balconies with a "NEUKÖLLNER OPER" banner, shadowed entrance under the marquee, and a parked scooter in the foreground.

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Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Boycotting Green Day after they insulted the MAGA agenda. Punk rock should NOT be political. Punk rock is about and has ALWAYS been about the following: -respecting cops. -upholding the patriarchy. -saluting the flag, standing for the national anthem, and unconditionally supporting the military.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

A Traveler’s Guide to Historic #Jewish Cemeteries in Europe — Visiting Jewish cemeteries in Europe offers travelers a unique lens through which to explore centuries of local culture, community struggles, and enduring heritage. ftrc.blog/jewish-cemeteries-in-euro…

A tall red sandstone grave monument carved in relief as a standing soldier clutching a rifle and emerging from flowing drapery, set among other engraved headstones and mature trees in an older cemetery.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

The Gasoline Grill may need to be on your itinerary if you are hoping for an unforgettable burger experience while visiting the Danish capital. ftrc.blog/gasoline-grill

A street-food-style double cheeseburger with two seared beef patties and melted cheddar tucked into a toasted brioche bun, partially wrapped in printed deli paper and held over a cobblestone street.

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SpookJ 👻 @snoopj.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Happy "Charles Darwin is poorly today" Day to those who celebrate 165 years ago today, Charles Darwin was having a rough one

Photo of Charles Darwin's hand-written journal entry from 1 Oct 1861 and digitized text of same

"But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything."

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

When I went to the outskirts of #Berlin, where Brandenburg and Rudow meet, I had an idea in mind. This is an area where I often go cycling, and, in one of those times, I spotted some sunflowers. Since I spotted the flowers there, I want to take my cameras […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A field of sunflowers fills the foreground with a line of apartment towers on the distant horizon beneath a soft pastel sky, contrasting bright yellow blooms and urban buildings.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Now I want to test it out with a color film, and I already have plans to do it this Friday. Let's see.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Last week, I got this Sigma 24-70 mm back, and I took it to the Berlin Marathon with a Foma 400 film to test it out. Since a friend of mine was running, it felt like a good place to test it out. I developed the film once I got back home and scanned it last […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A smiling marathon runner accepts a drink from a roadside spectator while other runners cheer on, and a cardboard sign in the background reads, “RUN FASTER.”

A spectator holds a hand-drawn cartoon cat sign reading “GO NITZAN” while a crowd of marathon runners passes along a city street in a black-and-white photo.

A spectator at a marathon holding a hand-drawn cat sign that reads “RUN FASTER,” smiling and cheering on runners along a city street, shown in a black-and-white filmstrip frame.

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D. Griffin Jones @dgriffinjones.tech.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

man, ten years ago, millennials used to be so good at killing industries. can’t we get together and do one more, for old times sake?

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

These are some of the pictures I took during the #Polawalk organized by Berlin Photo Studio in July. Besides using the small Polaroid camera, I had my rangefinder with me and a roll of soup film from Hanalogital that I bought several years ago. And this is […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A person with half-blond, half-dark bangs and sunglasses is holding a vintage instant camera to their face, taking a photo in a sunny outdoor crowd; visible arm tattoos and festival-goers are walking behind them.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

A small update to my Now page at Frame Travel Roam Capture: ftrc.blog/now

Bold, tall orange headline "FALL 2026" over a dark, vine-covered brick wall with a small "FTRC.BLOG / NOW" label in the top left, serving as a promotional banner announcing Fall 2026.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Early on a Friday, a couple of weeks ago, I thought about going on a bike ride along the lakes on the East side of #Berlin. My idea was to go around Müggelsee, reach Erkner, and go back home through Köpenick. Since I had just bought a Canon EOS 33, I decided […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Fallen logs and twisted branches extending into a calm green lake beside a leafy shoreline, with a distant marina of sailboats and masts along the horizon.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

While I was still trying to figure out how the light meter worked on my Minox GT, I went for a walk around my office and decided to catch some trains passing by #Berlin Südkreuz. As you can see here, it seems like there isn't anything wrong with this camera […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Railway tracks converging toward the horizon with a switch creating multiple rails, flanked by tree-lined embankments and a building at right, vegetation, and ground rendered in surreal magenta tones beneath a pale sky.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Last night I watched this video about guerrilla whooping, and the Berlin/Germany section of it was filmed in this place! youtu.be/cKV-Q6ARMpI?is=uY8gQvmtoUP…

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

The Chemiewerk Rüdersdorf is a huge abandoned factory in Rüdersdorf, a small-town close to #Berlin. The factory started its life in 1899 as a cement factory, and through the years, it has produced bauxite, animal feed, and phosphates for farming purposes […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Abandoned factory rooftop walkway with rusted metal railings leading to a decaying power‑house façade of broken window panes, graffiti-covered walls, and a tall brick smokestack in the background.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

An endless grid of contemporary concrete buildings abruptly stops at a tall brick wall northwest of Warsaw’s busy city center. This enclosure marks a firm boundary between the passing traffic of Okopowa Street and a sprawling, shadow-draped canopy of deep […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Overgrown historic cemetery with moss-covered, leaning headstones rising from thick ivy and greenery, a large fallen tree trunk stretching across the shaded graveyard under a canopy of trees.

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Ruth Mottram @ruth-mottram.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

This, from the European Correspondent, is a very good way of showing that even though they fill a lot of the media time, the far right are very far from the majority in any country (possible exceptions are Poland Hungary), the main question then is how to […] [Original post on fediscience.org]

A poster titled going far right where multiple boxes each representing one European country has purple shading showing the proportion of voters who voted for far right parties. Only two get even close to having 40% of the box filled with purple. Most are much much lower

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Last month, during a sunny afternoon, I took a couple of cameras to Tempelhofer Feld. One of them had a roll of Ektachrome that I thought would be a good opportunity to try again. I received the film yesterday, and I believe that this may be the first […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A golden field is cordoned off with red-and-white safety tape tied to a post in the foreground, with a distant white radar-topped tower and low city skyline under a pale evening sky.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

I don't have the right to vote in #Berlin, but I went to the polls with my girlfriend either way. The roads around Rathaus Neukölln have several stickers from Die Linke, like this one.

Red political sticker urging anti-fascist action reading, “Make Nazis afraid again! Die Linke” pasted on a weathered blue surface.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

I'm not sure when I first read about the AgfaColor Optima II, but I know that it was on a Reddit post about old films that people missed now that they are not being produced anymore. One of the films that many people were talking about was the Optima range […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A yellow tram pulling into a street-level stop beneath an elevated iron railway as golden evening light hits the structure and waiting commuters.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

The factories of the AEG-Werks Brunnenstraße in the #Berlin district Gesundbrunnen were a large location of the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) and are today a monument of Berliners' Wilhelminian-period industrial culture. This is where I took my […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Historic red-brick warehouse complex with elevated metal walkways spanning a sunlit cobblestone plaza with tram rails, bicycles, and a few pedestrians under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

A few weeks ago, I was testing a new camera during the solar eclipse. And I thought it would be cool to take pictures of the people around me because I knew I didn't have the right gear or skills to do so at the event itself. So, there I was in a corner in […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Person watching a solar eclipse through decorative cardboard eclipse glasses, holding them to their face; sunglasses perched on their head, septum piercing and neck tattoo visible, wearing a red ribbed top and chain necklace.

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

"Executives working on AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language models are predatory pieces of technology that have been built on what a Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft […]

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Two years ago this week, as a way to celebrate my bike ride from Berlin to Copenhagen, I bought a Canon L-1! My first rangefinder and one of the cameras I like the most. ftrc.blog/canon-l-1 #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography

A handheld vintage Canon L-1 rangefinder film camera with a 50 mm f/2 lens, a worn black leatherette body, and a silver top plate, gripped by a thumb and attached to a braided wrist strap.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Now that I got some new film rolls developed, I can go back in time a few weeks and share some of the pictures I took. Like these from the outskirts of #Berlin, where Brandenburg and Rudow meet. This is an area where I often go cycling. It sounded fun to me […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Sunflower field at golden hour, rows of yellow blooms facing the same direction and stretching to a tree-lined horizon under a warm, hazy sky, with a nearby sunflower in the foreground softly out of focus.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Two years ago this week, I went on a journey into Megalithic Burial Chambers on the idyllic Danish island of Møn while I cycled from Berlin to Copenhagen ftrc.blog/denmark-burial-chambers

Large lichen-speckled standing stone dominates the foreground on a grassy hill, with a solitary broad tree and cloudy sky in the background, evoking a quiet, ancient rural landscape.

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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

Last weekend, roughly 200 media, IT, and policy people attended #FediDay Berlin to discuss the status quo & future of the #Fediverse & decentralized #SocialMedia. Our @lxplm also attended – albeit on behalf of #SWR X Lab (welcome to the #ARD federation) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Jörgi (chaos.social) @joergi.eu · 14/09/2026

For those of you who are looking for jobs: there was a talk about a businesspage like linkedin but in the Fediverse at the Berlin Fedi Day. it's called @vutuv ! vutuv.de The project is done by @wintermeyer so give it a try and spread the word if you like it #fedihire #fedihire_de […]

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`Da Elf @elfin.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Timeline cleanser of a parrot that found a traffic cam to ham it up for.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Leipzig is a cool city in Germany. I think I have been there once a year for the last six years or so, and there is always something interesting to see or somewhere to go explore.

A smiling bearded cyclist in mirrored sunglasses and a cap, with a septum ring and tattooed arms, crouched in front of packed bike bags and held a neon green helmet.

Grand civic building entrance with three tall arches and a central column, topped by an ornate crest and round clock beneath a stone inscription, framing clear blue sky and trees beyond.

A colorful neon billboard at night showing three stylized figures eating from bowls, outlined in pink, yellow, and blue, with the headline “VEB FEINKOST LEIPZIG” advertising a Leipzig food company.

Historic baroque church tower with a green copper dome and tall ornate spire rising above a narrow European city street lined with older and modern buildings under a clear blue sky.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Subsequently, the bike ride was filled with lakes, rivers, and some old buildings until I reached Leipzig in the middle of the afternoon. My girlfriend was there already, and she gave me a beer so we could celebrate the 200 km that I cycled in the last couple of days.

A field of mature, drooping sunflowers with brown seed heads and yellowing leaves stretching toward a dense treeline under a pale sky.

A solitary elevated wooden hunting blind on stilts with a ladder standing in a dry grassy meadow, surrounded by shrubs and trees beneath a wide, overcast sky.

Directional roadside signs marking cycling and travel routes to German towns—Bitterfeld‑Wolfen 23 km, Leipzig 21 km, Wolteritz 6.3 km—with green lettering, bicycle route icons and a regional shield against a cloudy sky.

A curving highway ramp with a concrete barrier and painted arrows in the foreground, overgrown roadside vegetation and green trees in the midground, and a distant city skyline of towers beneath a pale cloudy sky. That is Leipzig.

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Felipe Tofani | FTRC.BLOG @ftrc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

The next day, I got on the bike again with a bit less than 100 km until #Leipzig. The day started well enough, but I got caught in the rain before my first stop.

A calm view of the Elbe river winding through green banks with a small white chapel on the left, mirrored in still water beneath a vast pale sky.

A narrow paved path framed by overhanging trees and dense hedges forming a leafy arch that opens onto distant fields and wind turbines beneath a pale sunset sky.

Paved path into a dark pedestrian and bicycle underpass through a grassy embankment, concrete walls with graffiti, overgrown vegetation, a nearby shared-use sign, and overhead wires.

POV from a cyclist on a loaded road bike with pink handlebar tape and mounted light/computer, riding down a straight wet country lane lined with tall grasses and yellow wildflowers under an overcast sky with power lines to the left.

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