Posts tagged ‘Hamburg’
Fotoeins’ Capture of Four Seasons
The seasons help mark the passage of time. While the extreme summer heat or the extreme winter cold may be at times irritating or even hazardous, there is always beauty to be found at any given time of year.
Booked.net is presently running “Capture the Seasons” meme, and Erik Smith has kindly nominated me.
SPRING
I realize it’s spring when an explosion of colours lie in wait wherever I’m traveling. A beautiful set of flowers provided the perfect foreground to the Old Town Hall in Bamberg, Germany. It’s not enough that the Old Town is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, but there are beautiful flowers present everywhere in town in springtime.
SUMMER
I realize it’s summer when it’s time to hop on a boat to cool off. In Hamburg, you can take a cruise through the city canals and visit some of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in town. Then again, after watching this gentleman canoe down the Goldbekkanal, I believe that this man had a very “exclusive” insight to taking things easy in Hamburg.
AUTUMN
I realize it’s autumn/fall when deciduous trees change colours, and the annual cycle continues with leaves falling onto the ground. While walking within the interior courtyards of the Heckmannhöfe in Berlin, I found three giant leaves on the ground and placed them on the bench. The brightly coloured leaves, the brown earthy colour of the bench, and the red-brown bricks on the ground formed a wonderfully representative image of the season.
WINTER
I realize it’s winter when Christmas lights are out, and the sights, smells, and sounds of the Weihnachtsmärkte (Christmas markets) in Germany are in full swing. On Christmas Eve 2010 in Berlin, I made my way to a quiet Brandenburg Gate in heavy snowfall and gusty winds. The Christmas tree-lights and the streaks of blowing snow combined to make a great winter picture.
To continue this thread, I’d like to nominate the following people:
• Debbie of European Travelista
• Catalin & Maria of 2away
• Oneika the Traveler
• Nancie M of Budget Travelers Sandbox
• Aleah of Solitary Wanderer
I made the four photos above between 2008 and 2010. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotopress at fotoeins.com.
Disclosure: No Connection, Unpaid, My Own Opinions. I have not received any compensation for writing this content and I have no material connection to the brands, topics and/or products that are mentioned herein (cmp.ly/0).
Hamburg, Germany in June
June is a great time of year to visit the Hanseatic city of Hamburg, Germany.
27 June 2010 was a beautiful and sunny early-summer Sunday. However, the city was relatively empty as most were at a bar, a restaurant, anywhere with a screen which would show a football match. It was no ordinary football match, as Germany defeated England 4-1 in the knockout stage of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
At a latitude of 53 degrees North, 17 hours of daylight in late-June are accompanied by clear blue skies and warm temperatures. There’s lots to do in these summer conditions, including:
- Hop on a ferry on the Elbe river to see the activity around the Port of Hamburg
- Walk along the canals or “Fleets” (German Wiki)
- Take in a photography exhibition at the Deichtorhallen
- Ride a boat through the Fleets, the Speicherstadt (warehouse district) or through the Alster lakes
- Stop for a drink or a bite to eat in the Sternschanze neighborhood (description in German)
I made the photos on 26 and 27 June 2010. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotopress (fotoeins.com).
Fri(day) Fotos Festive theme
As announced a few days ago, today’s Friday-photos theme is “festive”:
Christmas market at Old Town Square : Prague, Czech Republic – 4 December 2008.
Crib or Manger Market : Munich, Germany – 1 December 2010.
Christmas market at Römerberg : Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 18 December 2010.
Christmas market at Rathausmarkt : Hamburg, Germany – 21 December 2010.
Unter den Linden (near U/S Brandenburger Tor) : Berlin, Germany – 24 December 2010.
Pariser Platz, near Brandenburg Gate : Berlin, Germany – 24 December 2010.
I hope you enjoyed the photos above, as much as I enjoyed making them! More blog posts about Christmas can be found here.
This post appears originally on Fotoeins Fotopress (fotoeins.com)
Good eats in Germany
“Essen und Trinken in Deutschland”
CAUTION: The photos you are about to see may cause unstoppable drooling. If you get the case of the noms, I claim full responsibility.
Over a two-week interval in early-fall 2011, I went up and down the length of Germany. I started in Frankfurt, a short hop to Köln, north to Hamburg, back to Frankfurt, east to München, south to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and finally, back to Frankfurt.
That was about 1900 km (1200 mi) of traveling on the train, but there was some food in between …
Foreground: Wiener veal-schnitzel with fries, lemon slices, capers, sardines. Background: Flammkuche with feta, green chiles, olives, onion : RheinZeit, Köln – 29 September 2011.
Döner sandwich with cilanto, onion, red hot peppercorns; Ayran yogurt-drink : Oruc, Köln – 29 September 2011.
Lunch starter, thin bread with spicy red dip, sour cream with carrot, sour cream with cucumber : Mangal, Köln – 30 September 2011.
Lunch main, grilled lamb over wood/coal grill : Mangal, Köln – 30 September 2011.
Künefe, baked dessert with angel hair, cheese-center, cream and walnuts on top, all on thin layer of honey : Mangal, Köln – 30 September 2011.
Currywurst (spicy), fries, Fritz-Kola : Edelcurry, Hamburg – 1 October 2011.
Hamsi (Sardellen) fried-fish sandwich, fresh lemonade : Meral’s Imbiss (döner boat on the river Main), Frankfurt am Main – 3 October 2011.
Jägerbraten (hunter’s style roast pork in mushroom sauce), homemade Spätzle : Gasthof Werdenfelser-Hof, Partenkirchen – 8 October 2011.
Even with this small sample, I do think food throughout Germany can be colourful and tasty, and can offer variety outside of the traditional “meat and starch” fare. Now and again, I do want the latter; the final photo above is evidence of that!
What’s timely is this post on Käsespätzle (from Nov 11) : please go read Laurel’s post, and tell her how fantastic that photograph of Käsespätzle looks.
For your interest, here’s where I described my travel plans and my rail itinerary with a RailEurope pass:
- Yet another trip with German Rail, 23 Aug 2011.
- Saving money with a (German) Rail Pass, 15 Sep 2011.
- Flexibility with a German Rail Pass, 19 Sep 2011.
I made the eight photos above between 29 September and 8 October 2011. This post is published originally on Fotoeins Fotopress (fotoeins.com).
Disclosure: No Connection, Unpaid, My Own Opinions. I have not received any compensation for writing this content and I have no material connection to the brands, topics and/or products that are mentioned herein (cmp.ly/0).
Sunset at Sandtorhafen
Both photos above were made on 2 October 2011 with the Canon EOS450D camera, EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM lens, and camera settings 1/200s (roughly), f/5.6, ISO100, 300mm focal length. This post is published on Fotoeins Fotopress at fotoeins.com.
