At low tide the Hamburg canals expose their muddy banks.
Sheryl sitting on steps by a Hamburg canal, pondering the options for breakfast once shops open. It was a holiday of some sort. We often get that when arriving in a city.
Elegant gas turbine exhaust stacks.
Modern Hanburg adopts a brick/rust colour scheme.
At low tide the Hamburg canals expose their muddy banks.
Aggressively preaching with a large cross outside a major train staion in Hamburg, this preacher was remarkably reluctant to have his photo taken
My first glimpse of the Alexanderplatz Fernseheturm in 25 years.
My old streets are looking a lot more colourful that they did 25 years ago, when the drab concrete facades were crumbling after decades of neglect, war damage unrepaired.
My old streets are looking a lot more colourful that they did 25 years ago, when the drab concrete facades were crumbling after decades of neglect, war damage unrepaired.
Peter and Ollie.
Peter and Helen, it a pose I recall from 30 years back.
Trams of Berlin, with Sheryl and Peter.
Peter paying homage at the Ernst Thälmann memorial.
Also a pose that could be easily from 30 years ago.
Sunset at the Wasserturm.
Sunset at the Wasserturm.
Chris Hughes arriving in the golden light at the Wasserturm park.
Alexanderplatz
What is there not to love about the massive granduer of the people's palace of Karl Marx Allee? A huge post-war East German building project for workers housing, although it is likely the best housing was reserved for party members.
What is there not to love about the massive granduer of the people's palace of Karl Marx Allee? A huge post-war East German building project for workers housing, although it is likely the best housing was reserved for party members.
What is there not to love about the massive granduer of the people's palace of Karl Marx Allee? A huge post-war East German building project for workers housing, although it is likely the best housing was reserved for party members.
What is there not to love about the massive granduer of the people's palace of Karl Marx Allee? A huge post-war East German building project for workers housing, although it is likely the best housing was reserved for party members.
What is there not to love about the massive granduer of the people's palace of Karl Marx Allee? A huge post-war East German building project for workers housing, although it is likely the best housing was reserved for party members.
A remaining East German frieze that describes the joy of soviet progress and everyone's place in it.
Look closely and note that the man holds the atom and the woman the dove of peace. In other sections of the frieze, the woman is shown nurturing her children while the men work heroically.
Typical Berlin colour.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
According to the designer, The Berlin Jewish Memorial is not meant to signify anything. A person entering it is free to find their own meaning. For me, walking the canyons and looking over the expanse of grey blocks quickly brought a deeply contemplative slightly claustrophobic mood of insignificance into which the reason for the memorial could expand into consciouness.
The Brandenburger Tor thronged with tourists on a weekend.
The Templehof airfield terminal buildings.
Templehof stopped operating as an airport in 2008, and was turned over to public use. The terminal buildings house artists and startup spaces while the airfield is an open recreation area.
The Templehof airfield terminal buildings.
Templehof stopped operating as an airport in 2008, and was turned over to public use. The terminal buildings house artists and startup spaces while the airfield is an open recreation area.
Chris and Sheryl on the runway at Templehof.
Templehof stopped operating as an airport in 2008, and was turned over to public use. The terminal buildings house artists and startup spaces while the airfield is an open recreation area.
Chris and Sheryl on the runway at Templehof.
Templehof stopped operating as an airport in 2008, and was turned over to public use. The terminal buildings house artists and startup spaces while the airfield is an open recreation area.
The Templehof airfield terminal buildings.
Templehof stopped operating as an airport in 2008, and was turned over to public use. The terminal buildings house artists and startup spaces while the airfield is an open recreation area.
To everyone's great surprise, Sheryl did not notice the large passenger jet landing on the Templehof runway.
Sheryl in her favourite yoga pose on the Templehof runway.
I could watch the barge traffic on the Rhine for a long time from the Düsseldorf traffic bridge.
I could watch the barge traffic on the Rhine for a long time from the Düsseldorf traffic bridge.
I could watch the barge traffic on the Rhine for a long time from the Düsseldorf traffic bridge.
Sheryl in Dusseldorf.
