Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On June 9th and 10th I drove my motorcycle from Zurich to the Netherlands and left it with a friend there. This is my first possession to move from Switzerland, the rest is to follow in a couple of weeks. Riding 850 km in one day is not my idea of fun, so I split the trip over two days, spending the night in Koblenz, one of my favourite cities in Germany. As always with a motorcycle ride, getting there was half the fun. The main picture is a view along the road north of Karlsruhe in late afternoon: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24.jpg During the earlier part of my ride I rode on small roads through the Black Forest, and was rewarded with views like this one, in the small town of Lossburg: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt1.jpg I got to Koblenz, spent the night in a cheap hotel, and went for an early morning walk on Monday before heading on to the Netherlands. Koblenz is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded by the Romans 2000 years ago at the point where the Mosel and Rhine rivers meet. That very spot is called Deutsches Eck (German Corner) and today it is a nice park, with the corner itself decorated with flags of all the German Länder (federal states); there is only one exception, added after September 11th: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt2.jpg http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt3.jpg One one of the city squares is a column depicting the history of Koblenz, starting with Roman times: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt4.jpg and culminating in the destruction and rebirth in the 20th century: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt5.jpg But supposedly the real symbol of Koblenz is a mischevious little boy whose statue stands near the city hall. You just stand there looking at it, until... http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt6.jpg http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/2003_24alt7.jpg I almost got caught unaware and barely avoided getting myself and my Leica an extra shower. All pictures with Leica CL, 40mm Minolta Rokkor (except alt5 which was taken with the 90mm Minolta Rokkor), on Ektachrome 100G. The complete PAW index is at: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/indexpaw2003.htm and comments are always welcome and appreciated. Nathan - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: nathanw@bluewin.ch mobile: +41 78 732 1430 Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/indexpaw2003.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsmanphoto.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html