Simploring 2020 (82) Grauland December 2020

12 Dec 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

Once again I came across Grauland when I was scrolling through scoop.it SL Destinations. My last visit was in August 2020 (read here). And yes, Grauland was fully redesigned once again.

Grauland is an adult homestead owned by JimGarand. He runs a shop for poses (M-1 Art Poses) in the skies above the sim. You can reach the shop by several teleporter signs spreaded across the sim.

Grauland December 2020 – birds-eye view and orientation map

Again the current version is not comparable to any of the previous designs. And this time the name “Grauland“, which is a German word combination and translates to “Greyland”, does really fit as all buildings and structures are made of grey concrete. The main objects are:
– a tall high building that looks like a horizontal mill with 4 wings, I called it “The Mill”
– a villa with pool and garden, which I named “The Residence”
– an strange building on a hill, I named it “The Octagon”
– 5 artfull memorials

Impressions of Grauland December 2020 (1) Landing point, a room above The Labyrinth, The Mill, inside The Mill

The landing is on a pier and through a arc walkway you enter “The Labyrinth”, a complex with many walls and some dead rooms. It’s not really a challenge to find the exit as that is not the intention of it.
If you ever have been to Berlin you might know the “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe” (see wikipedia entry). You find 5 different memorials on Grauland. I named them: The Labyrinth, The Blocks, The Hollow Blocks, The Walls and The Waves. As The Blocks looks quite similar to the Berlin mermorial, my first idea was that all 5 memorials might be drafts for this memorial. I don’t know .. what I know is that they are all quite impressive, offer great backgrounds for pictures and it is fun to think about their meaning.

Impressions of Grauland December 2020 (2) – inside of The Mill

I went to the building that looks like a horizontal mill, The Mill, first. You can walk up in the center and find 4 different rooms, each of them is special and each offers a great view on Grauland. What a cool building!

Apropos cool… The Residence is another cool building, not only because of the cold contrete that is used to build it and to build the surrounding garden. I found several nice spots in the garden, even a nice and cosy room. The building istself is furnished with style, a bit minimalistic with a touch of Bauhaus.

Impressions of Grauland December 2020 (3) – The Residence

I have no idea what purpose a building like The Octagon might have. Is it the welcome center for aliens? Is it a leftover from aliens? Is it a temple? No purpose can be seen, yet it is impressive from ourside as well as from inside, where the light comes in and throws shadows by the walls, that are folded like paper. Intriguing!

Impressions of Grauland December 2020 (4) – The Octagon, The Blocks, The Hollow Blocks

I enjoyed scrolling through the 5 memorials, making pictures, playing with the light and the shadows and I walked up to the scenic outlook, which is nothing else but an open hut built of concrete.

Impressions of Grauland December 2020 (5) – The Hollow Blocks, The Waves, The Walls, scenic outlook

You find quite some places to sit and watch and to literally inhale this outstanding different design. Chapeau, Jim (JimGarand), you created once again something impressive. I did enjoy my visit. I appreciate it a lot when shop owners combine their business with a place to visit. Thank you Jim for creating Grauland and sharing it publicly. Great work!

Landmark to Grauland
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mobile/28/161/22
Flickr group Grauland
https://www.flickr.com/groups/4560078@N24/pool

Simploring 2020 (81a) Oblivion – Addendum

11 Dec 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , ,

After the post about Oblivion (see here) had been published I got hints from several sides that there is more to see at Oblivion in the skies above.

Oblivion – the steampaunk airships in the skies

Right next to the landing is a telephone booth that is a teleporter, The destination “Garage” brings you up into the skies to a whole fleet of Steampunk airships with quite some nice rooms, a lot of stylish decoration, quite some BDSM equipments (though some are group access only), a gazebo with a greedy table, a seperate flying island with a fully furnished house and a garden with art from Mistero Hifeng. I even found a steampunk Christmas tree. There are several cells, a bar and many many other features, way more than I can list here. I think my pictures can tell more about this part of Oblivion. A lot to dicover!

Impressions of Oblivion in the skies (1)

Impressions of Oblivion in the skies (2)

Impressions of Oblivion in the skies (3)

Thank you Dante (Gian Fetuccio) and MAYA (mayamoxie) for sharing your place with the public. I enjoyed my visit.

Landmark to Oblivion
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madori%20Bay/136/112/21
Direct Landmark to Oblivion – Garage
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madori%20Bay/149/30/3019

Simploring 2020 (81) Oblivion

10 Dec 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

For my simploring tour on Saturday, November 14th, I picked Oblivion from scoop.it SL Destinations. The entry led to a blogpost of Susann Decuir “Simtipp: Oblivion (Adult)“. When reading the post I remembered why the name rang a bell. I was there before when I tried to get to the DixMix Gallery while it wasn’t yet opened. Oblivion is in the same region and it was mainly built by Megan Prumier who is also involved in the DixMix Gallery.

Oblivion – Bird’s eye view / at the landing point / crossing the bridge

Oblivion occupies a quarter of the region. It’s rated adult. Oblivion is owned by Dante (Gian Fetuccio) und MAYA (mayamoxie). As mentioned above Megan Prumier built most of it.

From the landing point you have to walk over a long bridge to get to Oblivion which is located on a seperate island. There’s a sign “Trepassers will be violated. Can there be anything more inviting in Second Life, in particular in an adult sim?

Oblivion – The Main Event Dome (1)

On the island are three buildings and a couple of places to cuddle, sit or meet with friends. I called the main building in the center of the island “Main Event Dome”. It is a huge building and has one big round room inside, perfect for events. Along the sides are several opportunities to sit, play billard, expose a slave or sub, meet and talk with friends, read or cuddle. I tried out some of them. Opposed to the entrance in a dj desk, hence i suppose that the dome is or will be used for events.

Oblivion – The Main Event Dome (2)

On the left side of the Main Event Dome is another larger building formed like a cross. The light inside has a green touch and makes it look a bit mysterious. In the center ot the cross is a round meeting place which looks very luxurious, almost like a room in a palace. From here doors lead to the 4 arms of the cross and in each of them is one room with a BDSM furniture in the center of it: A cross, a bird cage, a lounger and a doll cage. I couldn’t resists and tried out each.

Oblivion – The Luxury Playroom

The third building in a small tower which is used as a bathroom. The three buildings are surrounded by a park with several opportunities to sit or talk. The whole scenery looks quite neat and luxurious. It might be a secret club meeting here, maybe a circle of doms who enjoy some time with their subs here … or are there BDSM events celebrated here? I don’t know, yet what I know is that the place excited me and that I might come back to see what happens here.

Oblivion – Bath-Tower and places to sit and meet

Thank you Dante (Gian Fetuccio) and MAYA (mayamoxie) for sharing your place with the public, thank you Megan for building it. I enjoyed my visit.

Landmark to Oblivion
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Madori%20Bay/136/112/21
Susann Decuir “Simtipp: Oblivion (Adult)”
https://mein-zweites-leben.blogspot.com/2020/11/simtipp-oblivion-adult.html?zx=e9c0f1915588b964

Simploring 2020 (80) The Apartments

04 Dec 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

For my simploring tour on Sunday, November 8th, I picked “The Apartments” from scoop.it SL Destinations. The entry led me to a post of Maddy Gynoid “Simtipp: The Apartments” (in German) which I read before visiting myself.

The Apartments is built on a platform in the skies. Creator and owner is Paradox (Paradox Ivory). I saw Paradox’ sim “Tokyo Street and Umi” last year (read here). Tokyo Street was a big city installation and Umi was a Japanese village. And now she created “The Apartments” which is also somewhere in Japan, just in the future, yet it is no a scifi installation.

The Apartments – bird’s eye view

The Apartments is a quite smart installation of a big city, done with less than 5,000 prims. Zooming out you see the layout. A labyrinthine building extending over 2 floors surrounded by skyscarpers. Inside you feel like in a big Asian city. You enter the one building and get lost in hallways. The hallways are used as additional living space. At most entrance doors there’s stuff stored, be a bottle boxes, chairs, sofas, table football, garbage, a bike and many tools (amost a whole garage), etc.

Impressions of “The Apartments” (1) another bird’s eye view and around the landing point

You see a lot of cats. They occupy many chairs and couches and in particular the window benches. They seem to love seeing out of the window and watching the rain falling and all the raceways. From the windows you also see the traffic … flying cabs and flying police cars. If you have your sound turned on you often hear the sirens of the police cars.

Impressions of “The Apartments” (2) cats on window benches / in the gym

You will find almost everything within the labyrinth of hallways .. a fitness studio, a laundry, a sushi bar, lots of vending machines, parking, a gathering room and much more. There’s a lot of stuff to dicover and I’m sure I didn’t see everything.

Impressions of “The Apartments” (3) parking garage / hallways

There are also some fully furnished appartments that you can visit. They are packed with stuff, tiny appartments with large windows so that you are admist the city and have something to watch. The rain, the raceways and the traffic, the infrastructure and so many other things can be seen through the windows. For me it is one of the highlights of The Apartments that the city looks very busy.

Impressions of “The Apartments” (4) inside Apartments / public meeting point (lower left)

Appropos busy, during my visit there were a lot of other people visiting. Maddy wrote in his blog that The Apartments is listed in the SL desination guide and hence it gets a lot of traffic. The upside is that the hallways are not empty, the downside is that I had to wait with my pictures or that avatars ran into my picture when the textures had just cleared up.

Impressions of “The Apartments” (5) views outside into the city (left) / Sushi bar (right)

“Hallways, endless rain and cats lots and lots of cats” – The Apartments is a place you shouldn’t miss when you enjoy simploring (like I do). Thank you Paradox (Paradox Ivory) for this great place and for sharing it publicly. Well done!

Landmark to The Appartments
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cuscus/122/59/2060
Maddy Gynoid’s “Simtipp: The Apartments”
http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/11/simtipp-apartments.html
The Appartments flickr-page
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2984011@N23/pool/

Simploring 2020 (79) Sugar Mine

23 Nov 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , ,

I went on a simploring tour Thursday afternoon, November 5th. I picked Sugar Mine from scoop.it SL Destinations. There was just a picture from a flickr page on scoop.it SL Destinations, but Annie Brightstar (anniebrightstar) also provides links to former posts of destinations listed. And that led me to a post of Maddy Gynoid “Simtipp: Sugar Mine” (in German). After I read his post, I was really curious about Sugar Mine.

Sugar Mine – Overview and orientation map

The landing is on a stone pier leading to a quite big building with a large passage. In the building you find a workshop, at the building is a plate “Irongate Wharf”. Behind the passage is a court and another even bigger building with another passage. In one corner of the court is a lighthouse. The windlight is a bit hazy and provides a mystic atmosphere. From the landing you see a huge artifical waterfall, maybe a power plant. Furtheron you see more huge buildings on a hill and 2 light beams shine into the sky there. The scenery reminded me a bit of Metropolis.

Sugar Mine is an adult homestead, owned by Tomster Starflare and Gioia Sautereau. The landmark description doesn’t give much away: “Punky home of Tomster Starflare and his gardener Gioia Sautereau. Please feel free to explore all the places reachable by foot, vehicle, teleporters and some experience teleporters 😉“

Impressions of Sugar Mine (1) – around the landing point / Harbour

At the above mentioned court at the Habour is a teleporter pad with 4 destinations: SM Harbour, SM Cave, SM Nowhere and SM Plaza. I assume SM stands for Sugar Mine. SM Harbour is the teleporter pad at the court, SM Cave leads to a cave up in the skies. I did go there briefly but didn’t further explore it. SM Nowhere is a building and testing platform up in the skies. Gioia Sautereau was there during my visit and I wanted to talk to her, but she was absent. Finally SM Plaza leads to the building complex up the hill.

Impressions of Sugar Mine (2) – at the plaza

I went to the plaza first and I took the teleporter. Again the buildings and the building style reminded me of Metroplis. You can enter the buildings. In the largest building you find kind of a showroom, it looks like art deco, but I have no idea what the centerpiece is. Next to that showroom is a large event room, also decorated in the style of the early 20th century. Nearing on corner of the eventroom I got teleported to another room. This room looked like a cafe in one corner, like the atelier of an experimental artist in the other corner. I found no way back to the event room, hence I walked outside and found myself next to the Eiffel Tower, that had lost most of its top. Hoovering next to the half Eiffel Tower was a strange flying object, that looked a bit like steampunk. I could get in there but I couldn’t move it.

Impressions of Sugar Mine (3) – broken Eiffel Tower / waterfall / submarine

My next simploring stop was at the submarine next to the huge articfical waterfall (or power plant?). the submarine is used for living and you can walk inside, yet there’s not too much to discover.

The artifical waterfall is quite interesting, first because of its construction – where does the water come from? But then also because on the top of it you find a lovely gardem, a place to wind down and you see nothing from the surrounding sim up here, it is quite an oasis. And a great place for taking pictures as well. Now I understand why Gioia Sautereau was called gardener in the landmark description.

Impressions of Sugar Mine (4) – around and above the artificial waterfall

Below of the plaza is an elevated railroad and under the tracks are stores. To me it looked a bit like a train station, just the platform was missing. The wagon on the railroad tracks is now a fast food restaurant. The shops look Asian and are quite detailed.

Impressions of Sugar Mine (5) – the “Tram station”

I asked myself what might be in the big block below of the plaza and behind the train station. I camed inside and found a way to get in. There’s a humongous hall with an art and light installation. Look at the two dolls at the entrance. One has her hands in front of her face to protect it from the light and then she takes off her face!
There must be a better way to get it, I assume that I missed anotehr force tp point. I got out with a forced tp though.

Impressions of Sugar Mine (6) – the light art installation

Sugar Mine is a mixture of Metroplis, steampunk, fantasy, architecture and art and even garden culture, quite difficult to sort into a category. There’s a lot to discover, and there’re great backgrounds for taking pictures. Sugar Mine is just different.
Thank you Tomster Starflare and Gioia Sautereau for sharing your place with the public.

Landmark to Sugar Mine
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Starbright/202/66/27
Simtipp: Sugar Mine
http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/10/simtipp-sugar-mine.html
Gioia Sautereau flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gioia_sautereau/
Tomster Starflare flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/145604003@N04/

Simploring 2020 (78) Midnight in Paris

20 Nov 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

Once again I picked my simploring destination for Wednesday, November 4th, from scoop.it SL Desinations. The entry for Midnight in Paris caught my eye. It led to post of Inara Pey “Midnight in Paris in Second Life” and after reading it, I decided to visit myself.

Midnight in Paris is a homestead, rated general, owned and created by Billie (littlesquaw). Billie is also the creaotr of BKLYN, a place I visited in April 2020 (read Simploring 2020 (32) BKLYN). This time Billie selected Paris at night for her town scene. In order to see it properly you should use the preset windlight and switch advanced ligting on.

The landing is inside of a houseboat on the river Seine. You step outside and WOW – what a view. Billie has created a quite realistic night scene of Paris. I was overwhelmed immediately.

Impressions of Midnight in Paris (1) – the landing in a houseboat

I began to explore and left the boat, I crossed the bridge and it was raining. My latex dress and the overknee booty was once the right outfit for simploring! Billie selected the light very smart and you can see the reflections on the puddle on the street. There are also some static figures on the streets to liven up the scenery.

Impressions of Midnight in Paris (2)

I went seeing the louvre with the Eiffel Tower in the background. I really got the feeling of being in Paris, a town that I have visited back in 2014 the last time in the physcial world.

Impressions of Midnight in Paris (3)

But there’s more to see at Midnight in Paris, not just the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the promenade along the river Seine. Behind a Bistro there’s a passage leading to a cul-de-sac road. And that is designed really well, almost perfect. There are so many little details to discover, be it the graffiti at the wall, the different stores, signs, bicycles, garbage tons, a chair, the illumination above the street, etc.

Impressions of Midnight in Paris (4)

After a while I returned to the promenade and found way more scenes and places to take pictures.

Impressions of Midnight in Paris (5)

What a great place to immerse yourself into Paris at night! And what a great place for taking pictures in Second Life. I had a great time. And I was and I still am impressed of Billie (littlesquaw)’s work. Thank you for creating Midnight in Paris, Billie, and for sharing it with the public.

Landmark to Midnight in Paris
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Marion/105/119/22
Flickr-group
https://www.flickr.com/groups/14639771@N24/
Inara Pey’s post “Midnight in Paris in Second Life”
https://modemworld.me/2020/11/02/midnight-in-paris-in-second-life/

Simploring 2020 (77) Clef des Champs

16 Nov 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

Sunday, November 1st, I went on another Autmn simploring tour. I picked Clef des Champs from scoop.it SL Destinations because of the lovely Autumn picture. The post led to a post from Maddy Gynoid “Simtipp: Clef des Champs – Herbst 2020“.

Bird’s eye view of Clef des Champs

Clef des Champs is a full moderate region owned by Rose Ulrik (Rose Siabonne). Rose’s partner Renan Ulrik contributed as well to the sim.

I was not disappointed, Clef des Champs is a great place to enjoy the colours of Autumn. And there’s a lot to discover, many views to enjoy. There’re enough places to sit and cuddle and to enjoy. At many places you can also use an intan to dance.
I refrained from making a real orientation map as most of the sim is covered with forest. There’re trails to follow, quite a lot of residential houses, some meadows with grazing horses and beach plots where you can enjoy the view on the sea.

Impressions of Clef des Champs (1) – close to the landing point

I didn’t find out, if all houses are for rent, but some are and there were some available for rent at the time of my visit. Hence I didn’t walk into the houses. I also found one prefab houses that is rezzed obviously to showcase it.

Impressions of Clef des Champs (2) – lower right shows the public gazebo

Clef des Champs is tagged with “photography, blog, cosy, beach, gacha, rental, garden, hire, Lighthouse, fishing, beach, rezz, sex, BDSM, picnic, fairy, magical, butterflies, birds, voice, chat, hangout, scenic, scenery, flickr, public, hors du temps”
In Maddy’s post I read that Hors du temps is another sim Rose Ulrik (Rose Siabonne) that is closed in the meanwhile. On the ground your find some teleporter pads that can be used to get around quickly to twwo other spots on the sim and to get to 2 others places in the sky: Winter and BDSM. I didn’t go there (yet).
The flickr group for Clef des Champs is rated adult.

Impressions of Clef des Champs (3) – upper and lower left shows another public gazebo

The preset windlight is a bit too light in my opinion and hence I darkened it a bit for my pictures. This way I got a lot of real nice Autum impressions.

Impressions of Clef des Champs (4) – upper right is the above mentioned prefab house

Most areas at Clef des Champs are free to visit and there’re also some houses, like the gazebo, that are clearly not for rent but for public use. I spent far over an hour just walking around and enjoying the views. Clef des Champs is another beautiful place to enjoy the colours of Autumn. Did I mention in this blog alread that I love Autumn in general and in Second Life? *winks*

Impressions of Clef des Champs (5)

Thank you Rose Ulrik (Rose Siabonne) for sharing so much of your place with the public. I enjoyed my first visit a lot.

Landmark to Clef des Champs
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Clef%20des%20champs/76/152/21
Maddy Gynoid’s “Simtipp: Clef des Champs – Herbst 2020”
http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/10/simtipp-clef-des-champs-herbst-2020.html
Clef des Champs flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/3818097@N24/

Simploring 2020 (76) Still Waters

14 Nov 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

Wednesday, Ocotber 21st, I saw several pictures of Still Waters on scoop.it SL Destinations. One entry led to a post from Maddy Gynoid “Simtipp: Still Waters (Herbst 2020)“. After reading it, I almost had to visit it as I like the colours of Autumn and I hadn’t yet visited a sim dedicated to the foliage this year. To say it right away, I was not disappointed at all

Still Waters overview and orientation map

Still Waters is a moderate homestead, owned by Talia (Natalia Corvale), who also owns Broken, which I visited last year (read here)

Still Waters is a sim to enjoy the colours of Autumn. The island has the form of a hoof, the sim surround fits perfectly. The landing is on a pier right next to one of a few residential homes on the island. The house is fully furnished and the doors were open, hence I dared to have a look into it. The other houses are also furnished as far as I could see through the windows.

Impressions of Still Waters (1) – around the landing point

Next to the house is a meadow, blooming in yellow, where two horses are grazing. They can be ridden and I took one for a ride.

Impressions of Still Waters (2)

The views I got were just overwhelming, the windlight fits perfect and the leaves almost glow. Amazing. I came along a waterfall and stopped at a chariot used to showcase books. I hadn’t seen it in Second Life ever before.

Impressions of Still Waters (3)

I left the horse and continued on foot I walked up the hills. Above the waterfall is a great place for a break, lovely decorated for the season. Maddy had fun watching the fox there – and I also enjoyed that in particular besides the great view.

Impressions of Still Waters (4) – scenic outlook above the waterfalls

There are many more places to sit and enjoy the views. I took many pictures and enjoyed the Autumn, Still Waters is just beautiful and I’m really happy that I visited and had my Autumn trip. Hence, if you love the colours of Autumn, I strongly recommend to visit Still Waters.

Impressions of Still Waters (5)

Thank you Talia (Natalia Corvale) for this great place and for sharing it with the public. I enjoyed it to the fullest.

Landmark to Still Waters
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Porter%20Islands/85/114/21
Maddy Gynoid’s Simtipp: Still Waters (Herbst 2020)
http://echtvirtuell.blogspot.com/2020/09/simtipp-still-waters-herbst-2020.html

Simploring 2020 (75) Dagger Bay Autumn 2020

04 Nov 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

I was looking for a sim with the beuatiful colours of Autumn. I scrolled through scoop.it SL Destinations but didn’t find a new place that really caught my interest. Then I remembered Dagger Bay and The Beguinage of Bruges. I had visited this great place back in 2018 (read here) the first time and I was there again in 2019 on a little Autumn tour (read here)

The landmark description is unchanged: “We invite you to visit the beautiful Village of the Beguinage of Bruges and surrounding countryside. Please enjoy a walk on the forest path or relax in the coffee house along the canal with a snack or something to drink.”

Dagger Bay and The Beguinage of Bruges – Autumn 2020 (1)

The place itself is decorated for the season. There might be some changes but it looks pretty much like 2 years ago. And I did enjoy it again. I used the preset windlight this time for most of my pictures and I simply enjoyed the colours of Autumn.

Dagger Bay and The Beguinage of Bruges – Autumn 2020 (2)

Dagger Bay and the adjacent homestead (South Haven Bay and Haven Bay Hunting Estate) are owned by Jaysun Dagger. For more information read my post from 2018)

Dagger Bay and The Beguinage of Bruges – Autumn 2020 (3)

Dagger Bay and The Beguinage of Bruges – Autumn 2020 (4)

Dagger Bay and The Beguinage of Bruges – Autumn 2020 (5)

If you haven’t seen Dagger Bay in Autumn, now is the time to visit it. It is jsut beautiful. Thank you Jaysun for keeping this great place alive. I enjoyed my visit once again!

Landmark to Dagger Bay
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Dagger%20Bay/136/239/25
My original post from 2018 “Simploring 2018 (100) The Beguinage of Bruges”
https://themaurers.me/2018/11/26/simploring-2018-100-the-beguinage-of-bruges/

Simploring 2020 (74) Ruegen

02 Nov 2020 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

For my simploring tour on Tuesday, October 6th, I picked “Ruegen” from scoop.it SL Destinations. The entry let me to a post from Inara Pey “Ruegen Island in Second Life“.
The name Ruegen caught my attention immediately. Rügen is Germany’s largest island, located in the Baltic Sea in the State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. I’ve been there in the physical world and I loved it. Rügen is famous for its chalk cliff line, which belongs to the Jasmund National Park. Of course I had to see Ruegen in Second Life.

Ruegen is an adult homested owned by André Nalin (reizwolf). He wrote in the landmark profile “An attempt, to depict the landscape of the beautiful Baltic Sea island of Rügen in Second Life.“

Ruegen – overview and orientation map

To start with, Ruegen in Second Life is inspired by the beautiful landscape of the Balic Sea shore and its offshore islands, but it is not the attempt to build parts of it in Second Life. Despite the cliff line it could be any of the Baltic Sea islands or somewhere at the German shore. You won’t see the famous pier of Binz nor the promenade nor the castle Granitz.
What you will see is the beauty of this landscape and you can explore and experience it without being amoung many other tourists.

Impressions of Ruegen (1) – at the landing close to the main house

The landing at Ruegen is in the center of the island next to the main house, persumably the home of the owner. It’s a big and modern house with a wonderful roof terrace. Close to the house is a pool and a small greenhouse. I went to the main beach and walked around the island following the shoreline. At the beach a few horses are grazing, at the horizont you see a lighthouse. The selected windlight provides a particular atmosphere. The sun is still shining but a storm seems to be close. The sky is dark and full of coulds.

Impressions of Ruegen (2) – Beach house and Beach Café

Walking along the shore you get to another residential home, which I called “Beach house” and later you come to the “Beach Café” where I sat down for a break.

Impressions of Ruegen (3) – Beach hut and Chalk Cliff line

After this short break I continued my tour and got to the Beach hut which is quite close to the backside of the Main house. I had another short break, then I came to the Chalk Cliff line. André placed a board there explaining that it is natural that parts of the Cliff fall into the sea every once in a while as the wind and the elements wear the cliff down. Such a sign could really be at the island of Rügen *winks* – mabye it is! The board is in German though.

Impressions of Ruegen (4) – Fischerman’s home

Towards the end of my round island tour I came to a small fisher harbour with one boat, two huts and a residential house that is quite typical for the Baltic islands. There are sheep grazings (also very typical). The Fisherman’s home is a great spot for taking pictures. I really liked it there.

Impressions of Ruegen (5) – Jet ski rental, in the forests of Ruegen, Fisherman’s home on a sunny day

Before I completed my round coming back to the landing point I came across a jet ski rental. Great! I have to keep that in mind as I like driving them. What I hadn’t explored so far were the forests inside of the island. I discovered a camping site and another small hut.
Finally I tried to take some pictures with another windlight, just to see how it looks – not as good as with the windlight, that André has selected.

I enjoyed my visit to Ruegen. It’s a great place for taking pictures, to wind down and to enjoy the nature. I felt almost a bit like being home. Thank you André Nalin (reizwolf) for sharing your place with the public!

Landmark to Ruegen
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Valium%20Sea/156/149/27
Inara Pey’s blogpost “Ruegen Island in Second Life”
https://modemworld.me/2020/10/06/ruegen-island-in-second-life/

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