"December Days in Paris" - Part 2

Paris | France | 2009-12

In December 2009 I played it by ear to travel to Paris. From Karlsruhe near my hometown it is only a short 3 hour drive with the french highspeed train TGV. Sadly the weather wasn´t very good and the pics I took often show wet surroundings. Sometimes the transfer of this pics into B&W improve them.

"December Days in Paris" - Part 1

Paris | France | 2009-12

In December 2009 I played it by ear to travel to Paris. From Karlsruhe near my hometown it is only a short 3 hour drive with the french highspeed train TGV. Sadly the weather wasn´t very good and the pics I took often show wet surroundings. Sometimes the transfer of this pics into B&W improve them.

"Waterdrops after rain"

Waterdrops | Berlin | Germany | 2009-11

After a rainy day I walked on my favorite path around Ubstadt and saw a lot of Waterdrops on the plants. Be witness of this little wet things.

"Potpourri Berlin 2009"

Mix | Berlin | Germany | 2009-11

Here are some pics from Berlin which didn´t fit in another category.

"From where Germany is ruled"

Reichstag | Berlin | Germany | 2009-11

The Reichstag building is a historical edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Reichstag, parliament  of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894 and housed the Reichstag until 1933. No attempt at full restoration was made until after the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990, when it underwent reconstruction led by internationally renowned architect Norman Foster. After its completion in 1999, it became the meeting place of the modern German parliament, the Bundestag.

"It was just another Brick in the Wall"

East Side Gallery | Berlin | Germany | 2009-10

The East Side Gallery is an international memorial for freedom. It is a 1.3 km long section of the Berlin Wall located near the centre of Berlin on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.The Gallery consists of approximately 100 paintings by artists from all over the world, painted in 1990 on the east side of the Berlin Wall.

"Autumn in the Zoo"

Zoological Garden | Berlin | Germany | 2009-10

End of October 2009 we stayed for some days in Berlin. Like often we spend some hours in the Zoological Garden. Here are only a few pics of this afternoon.

"When a spider is hungry"

Makro | Berlin | Germany | 2009-08

During my summer holidays in Berlin 2009 I shoot some pics with my makro-lens of a spider (during eating) and a dragon-fly.

"Where the "Old Fritz" was living"

Sanssouci | Potsdam | Germany | 2009-08

Sanssouci is the name of the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. After World War II, the palace became a tourist attraction in East Germany. Following German reunification in 1990, the final wish of Frederick came to pass: his body was finally returned to his beloved palace and buried in a new tomb overlooking the gardens he had created.

"Where in former times was The Wall"

Mitte | Berlin | Germany | 2009-08

In the summer of 2009 I made another visit of Berlin. This time I visited again the Holocaust Memorial and for the first time I took some pictures from the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz.

"The former inner-German border"

Mix | Gartow | Germany | 2009-05

Gartow is a municipality in the district Lüchow-Dannenberg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the easternmost tip of Lower Saxony, on the river Elbe, approx. 30 km northeast of Salzwedel, and 20 km west of Wittenberge. I stood there for roundabout 1 week in early summer 2009.