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25T01 The first day, again

Fly fly away to Europe.

A new spring, another summer on the way. Last year went very well, and I thought to try it again this year.

It’s 3 months on the trot, and my itinerary consists of Frankfurt am Main, Cologne with a day trip to Dortmund, Berlin for several weeks with a day trip to Schwerin (MV), several weeks in Vienna, Nuremberg, and finally Cologne.

I haven’t set foot in Berlin in almost 4 years, and there is a great abundance of places and traces to follow. As for Vienna, this is the 4th consecutive summer, and I never have to justify returning to “the world’s most liveable city.”

Curiosity creates questions, which propels a search for answers, which in turn creates more inquiry. The who what why when and how only emphasizes the need to remain present in the now.

The first day of travel is dominated by the overnight flight from the Canadian Southwest to Western Europe. 9 to 10 hours on a plane doesn’t seem like much anymore, although I’m anticipating the usual fatigue and jet-lag upon arrival. Exactly as last year, I have for the next 3 months a 32-Litre backpack and 21-Litre medium-sized messenger bag; see here.

I viewed travel day One from the Skyteam Lounge at YVR’s international departures.

*Open food area with pasta, sandwiches, pastries, a fresh noodle bar; coffee, tea, cold drinks. There’s a separate bar for alcoholic beverages.*

*Spring is fully sprung, and I’m outta here.*

*Airbus 330-900neo in Condor’s blue stripes: my ride to Germany.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 8 May 2025. I received neither request nor compensation for this content. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

Condor Flugdienst, Condor Airline, A330-900neo, YVR, Vancouver, BC, Canada, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: over the big eastern pond

When this post goes live, I’ll soon be on my way to Europe again. Perhaps, I’ll travel with the very plane shown above: D-ANRT, Airbus A330-941, operated by Condor Flugdienst. In the image above, Condor’s big plane in blue stripes has just arrived from Frankfurt am Main at Vancouver International Airport.

I made the image above on 8 May 2024 with an iPhone15. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-usr.

David Oppenheimer: Germany to Vancouver

Featured: Alter Markt, facing southwest to the former Schloss Blieskastel at upper-centre: Blieskastel, Saarland, Germany (X70).

David Oppenheimer: ✵ 1 January 1834 – 31 December 1897 ✟

As a child of the city, I learned the name of Vancouver’s 2nd mayor, David Oppenheimer, who served in the top post from 1887 to 1891. Escaping the violent revolutions spreading through Europe, David Oppenheimer and his brothers had long been immigrants from Germany, and after time in New Orleans and California, they arrived in what is now southwestern British Columbia and developed business success with their supply stores during the Gold Rush, and with wholesale trade and real estate in the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, where the national railway established its western terminus one year later in 1887. The Oppenheimers stamped their civic legacy not only with the location of the railway terminus, but also with an expansive infrastructure program including a new grand city park, fire department, extensive roadworks, a city-wide electricity grid, streetcar public transport network, and a city cemetery. On 11 April 2008, the Government of Canada’s Historic Sites and Monuments Board designated David Oppenheimer as a National Historic Person.

There’s little doubt the Oppenheimers spent plenty of time in what are now Vancouver’s Chinatown and Strathcona with their business interests and connections to the city’s Jewish community. These are neighbourhoods, respectively, where my parents sought closer ties with the Chinese-Canadian community, and where they bought a new house to raise their family. Decades later, I’ve flown out from Vancouver, and I’ve been on the train from Frankfurt to southwest Germany’s Saarbrücken for its proximity to the Völklingen Ironworks world heritage site. I also recently learned David Oppenheimer was from the area and born in the city of Blieskastel. I arrange to meet with a representative of Stadtarchiv Blieskastel (city archive), and I make my way to Blieskastel to see what I can learn about the Oppenheimer family.

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Rathauspark, Rathaus, WienLiebe, Stadt Wien, Vienna, Wien, Österreich, Austria, fotoeins.com

24 for 24: Foto(ein)s in 2024

Above/featured: “Hashtag Wienliebe” (Vienna love), Rathauspark. Photo, 15 Jul 2024 (P15).

2024 has been an interesting year of personal challenge and discovery. A conclusion for the family house provided fresh impetus to inhabit (in the short term) new spaces and places to improve overall health and happiness. In Vienna, I spent a full month for the third consecutive summer. Yes, it was continent hot, but time in the Austrian capital was both glorious and productive as expected. In Calgary is a city I hadn’t visited in many decades, and I witnessed a very happy aunt surrounded by many family members on her centenary year. In California’s Bay Area is a place where I hadn’t set foot in over ten years, but whose daily temperatures and chances of consistent sun offer a higher level of content.

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Drumheller AB: badlands, dinosaurs, oh my!

(Relatively short drive from Calgary)

In south-central Alberta, a leisurely 1.5 to 2 hour drive northeast from Calgary takes me past trucks, farm equipment, drilling rigs; through undulating hills and open fields of grain.

Population at a touch under 9-thousand, the city straddles the gentle flow of the Red Deer River. I’m led here by the notable attractions, and integrated over a couple of days here, they do not disappoint.