Trip to Rügen, Germany’s largest island in the Baltic Sea. Some nice spots there but the weather conditions (especially at Cap Arkona) prevented some nicer shots. From there by car to Berlin which allowed for a visit in Peenemünde. Rügen Rügen is Germany’s largest island, located in the Baltic Sea. Seaside Resorts Cap Arkona Chalk […]
Zoo Pictures 2009
Bremerhaven 2009
Hamburg from the top
Shots taken from the roof of the old Unilever building early morning and a second visit later the year having not so nice weather conditions. The first picture was taken through the window. A couple of shots of the building itself also included.
Cuxhaven 2008
Sunrise over River Elbe (2008-02-03) Sunrise at River Elbe, shot taken at Neufelder Schanze. Sunset over Northern Sea (2008-02-10) Shots taken near to Arensch at Werkhof. Open Ship 2008 (2008-08-17) Shots taken at the fair near the Harbor. Marina (2008-11-22) One shot used for Christmas card. Christmas Market (2008-12-06) Castle Ritzebüttel where the yearly Christmas […]
Egypt 2008
I changed the way to store pictures from internal WordPress mode to use SmugMug. Link to the Gallery is given below. Short Appetizer…
Sunday, 26th October 2008
Last night, the good man at the front desk asked if I wanted to be woken up. I said I wanted to use the cell phone as an alarm clock, but after some back and forth, I agreed. What luck. During the night, the phone changed from daylight saving time to winter time. When the […]
Saturday, 25th October 2008
So, last day today. Tomorrow at 4:30 the driver comes to the airport Hurghada. Then it goes back; to where it is cold and rainy. At 9 o’clock with the shuttle still to the in-house beach at the Red Sea. Quite nice, but Cuxhaven offers more. The water is far away because of the tide […]
Friday, 24th October 2008
It’s a great facility here at the Steigenberger Golf Resort Hotel. However, not quite my cup of tea. New and old have never been. Food is of course top class and even the spaghetti is on the plate and not next to it. Towards afternoon a short tour to downtown El Gouna. Here everything really […]
Thursday, 23rd October 2008
So, the reason for the trip is reached…. Now I can join in with the 50-year-olds. Today we go in convoy from Luxor to El Gouna. At 8 o’clock we start. Mohammed says goodbye and hands us over to two drivers. One of them speaks a little English, the other apparently not at all. Around […]