[Leica] Waiting - Leicanon in Berlin/chronicle of a very long day

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

We were in Berlin for the day yesterday, my wife had to go into hospital 
for a series of check-ups, so I
went along too, just to keep her company.

Little did I know -

this meant getting out of the hotel at 6.30 am (at least the breakfast 
was excellent)

and then waiting -

for admission at 7.30, for doctors at 9, for coffee at 10, for lunch at 
12, for the sun to come out,
for sparrows to sit still, for the S-Bahn, for dinner and for our train 
home (takes about an hour and a half Berlin to Hannover at 250km/h, the 
only fast thing all day)

Luckily, for me, the Leicanon went along too - here a few impressions of 
taking pictures just to kill  time.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2746_edited_1    
early morning shadows at the entrance to the new clinic
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/J_MG_2748_edited_3_001 
one of the chairs outside the cafeteria where I sat for hours
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2749_edited_2  also 
waiting , for crumbs
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2753_edited_2  a 
welcome source of entertainment
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2761_edited_2  Mrs. 
Sparrow waiting in a nearby tree
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2763_edited_2 young 
Sparrow too
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2744_edited_3 
Outpatients waiting area

Too much sitting around called for a walk through the grounds
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2738_edited_1  The 
Boilerhouse
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2736_edited_2 The old 
Main Tract
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2768_edited_2 Where 
the nurses live - hanging gardens of Wuhletal

On the way home,
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2776_edited_3 Now we 
know what happened to Putin and Jelzin's predecessor
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2787_edited_2 Our 
train is announced
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2780_edited_2 at 
least other people are waiting too
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2788_edited_2 No, 
Frauke, the next one is ours
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2791_edited_4 still 
no train
http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/MG_2792_edited_3 At last!!

Believe it or not , today was even worse - just back from a Hannoverian 
clinic after a Bursectomy ( a bloody big hole and 35 stitches in my left 
elbow)
and probably in a sling for the next couple of weeks.
cheers from the "one armed man"
Douglas