AUTOmobile 2012
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 | Humour & Stuff, Photography blog | No Comments
The yearly car exibition of the VW Group with new and vintage car models taken place 20 to 22th of April in the CCH in Hamburg. Here are some impressions, this time also with the “fastest road-legal production car in the world” – The Bugatti Veyron:
All the world’s a stage…
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 | Photography blog | No Comments
… and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances;
and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
Shooting in Hamburg-Altona, Model: Lisa, professional dancer and singer
Inspired of Love
Monday, March 5th, 2012 | Photography blog | No Comments
They do not love that do not show their love.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.
My bounty is as deep as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
One half of me is yours, the other half yours-
Mine own, I would say; but if mine, then yours,
And so all yours!
When I saw you, I fell in love and you smiled because you knew!
(Quotes taken from Hamlet, W. Shakespeare)
Pics by myself 
Maskenzauber 2012 in Hamburg – Une hommage à Venice
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 | Photography blog | No Comments
Die Promenade der im Renaissance- und Barockstil kostümierten Teilnehmer der Maskenparade fand auch dieses Jahr im Herzen Hamburgs , an den Alsterarcaden und den Collonaden statt. In Anlehnung an den venezianischen Karneval, der traditionell 10 Tage vor Aschermittwoch eingeläutet wird, findet auch im “Venedig an der Elbe” bereits zum 10 Mal der Umzug der Karneval Begeisterten Hamburger statt. Wer nächstes Jahr mitmachen möchte, findet unter dem folgenden Link mehr Informationen.
Trip to Haifa
Sunday, June 26th, 2011 | Journey | No Comments
In this post I`ll try to sum up the 14 days in Israel in form of a diary to remember as much details as possible and to give you a chance to order my impressions:
Day of arrival… Flight was long but ok. The drive from Tel Aviv to Haifa of another 3 hours by Israeli “Marshrutka”-Taxi a big fault (by train only 1h). Exhausted we arrive in our holiday flat. Its not far from the beach and most of our neighbours are originally from Ethiopia …
Day 1.
First day at the beach in Haifa, just relaxing and watching the people (no European tourists at all!!) mostly coming from Russia or US visiting their relatives or friends. Then in the evening my first “Shabat” with delicious fish and vegetables and afterwords relaxing on the terrace with a wonderful view to the sea and the green vegetation which is typical in the northern part of Israel.
Day 2
Trip to Cesaria, a living place of the upper class Israeli with a rich historical background. Half-lying in the “Beach Bar” with some live Jazz music in the background, waching the sea and the sailors you can really forget your reality in the rainy Germany and just dream of becoming rich one day…
Day 3
Again at the beach. Realize that the third official language in Haifa (besides Hebrew and English) is Russian. That is very comfortable for us and we feel homelike. On the way back home a short look into a russian food shop, small but with a good sortiment of some delicious russian snacks and foods – feel safer with shopping it then the ”other” food because its still difficult to read in Hebrew. In the afternoon a short but impressive walk through our neighbourhood looking for a cashpoint to get more Shekel. Talking with a man in a park (also a Russian immigrant) we learn, that our neighbourhood has some more cultural diversity than we assumed first. We like the people here. It`s very easy to get in contact and get some help. I examine the architecture of the apartment blocks in Neve David (our place) with about 8 to 13 floors they differ from those ones you can see in e.g. Eastern Europe. Because of small earthquakes (my suggestion) almost all of the blocks are built on a kind of cement stilts, the walls are very drab coloured with small windows and grills infront of it. In the evening most of the people are outside sitting and talking. Some men are walking to the small synagogue to get together to the evening prayer. Younger men with Kipas are hanging out and smoking cigarrets…
Day 4
Sightseeing in Haifa: Museum, of Israel Navy and immigration, cable car to the monastery “Stella Maris”, Ben Gurion Avanue. , the Metro with its 5 stations and the Zoo. I think we`ve already seen most of the touristical places in Haifa for this city is not as popular for tourists as it does Tel Aviv, Elat or Jerusalem.
Day 5
Went to Rosh Hanitra by car, near the Lebanon boarder. I take a nice pic with the soldiers. Nevertheless it`s a really strange feeling to be at a boarder of a country which is still not in peace with Israel.
Day 6-7 Time at the beach, then eventually get to the car station to rent a car to feel more mobile and to do some trips around Haifa.
Day 8
Decide to visit the old city of Acre (an hour drive to the north of Haifa). The city walls and all the buildings are mostly built in the Ottoman period in the 18th century. The prison in the old Citadel and the Hamam bath have been used a long time until the middle of the 20th century. Around midday we start to walk back to the car but suddenly get into a crowd of Arab men. Police men stop some streets and the traffic. More and more people come from the narrow streets of the old city, now mostly women in black dresses, all of them crying and shouting. Then some men are carrying 4 coffins in the crowd…we better keep some safe distance to this unpredictable event. Later we find out it is a funeral of 4 young men who had an accident a day before in Haifa, all of them belonging to one family in Acre. We try to get out of the city as soon as possible to avoid any conflicts due to my snow-white summer dress.
Day 9 At the beach we try to sort our impressions from the days before and plan our trip to the See of Galilei tomorrow.
Day 10
The weather is cloudly and its not too hot (locals would say it`s cold). Our destination is the Sea of Galilei near the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley. We plan to do a round trip with some stops starting in Capernaum. Coming to the sea we are just overwhelmed by its beautiful landscapes. The view from the northern point radiates a very special atmosphere of calmness and peace. We find a very calm place signposted for groups of pilgrims to pray at the holy coast where Jesus lived and preached.
Then getting back to our car we are just shocked… One of the car windows is broken and my bag is stolen…Unbelievable. Obviously those holy places are much more dangerous then the “normal” ones in our atheopean ghetto. Sadly we have to interrupt our trip and go back to Haifa with some fresh wind from the open side-window. The only good thought is that inside my bag have been just a few chewing gums, a bottle of soap bubbles and my sunglasses.
Day 11-13 Stay at the beach, eat at the beach and just walk in the evening to avoid more unpleasant adventures. Nevertheless, Israel- we like U and hope to come a second time!
See the pics here:
