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Subject: [Leica] Another Hanseatic City - Bremen this time
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Wed Apr 2 14:37:21 2008
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Gene,
let me know when you're here, the first round is on me :-) .
If not I may see you around at the coming Photokina if I find the time 
to get down to Cologne this year.
I like the combination of journalism and law, I think the young lady 
could go a long way with that.
Cheers
Douglas

grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:
> Doug,
>
> Nice shots of Bremen.  You are giving me lots of ideas of where to visit 
> later this year.  ;-)
>
> I just noticed you are in Hannover, our last German student/daughter was 
> just in Hannover for 2 weeks visiting her uncle and working at his law 
> office as an intern.  She actually wants to be a journalist, but wants to 
> get her law degree first.  Interesting combination.  ;-)  She lives in 
> Hurth, just south of Cologne.  We will be staying with her and her family 
> in October this year, right after Photokina.
>
> Cheers,
> Gene
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
>   
>> Hello all,
>> had to take a trip up to Bremen on Sunday, my missus was being 
>> interviewed by Nordwest Radio.
>> Lovely weather and Bremen was looking its best.
>> These are straight out of lightroom, some cropped a little and minimum 
>> tweaks - for the technically minded Canon 20D + Tokina f4 12-24mm
>>
>> 'Im Schnoor' the oldest part of town, down by the River Weser (yes 
>> that's the one - deep and wide - but Hamelin will be another trip)
>> Hochzeitshaus - it's a cafe
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7504.jpg.html
>>
>> The narrow main street of the Schnoor quarter
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7507.jpg.html
>>
>> A small square just off 'Im Schnoor'
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7516.jpg.html
>>
>> Theo Schl?ter's bike
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7518.jpg.html
>>
>> Professor Theo Schl?ter (Radio Journalist) and my missus, Frauke
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7535.jpg.html
>>
>> The 'Bremer Roland' statue on the Domhof
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7540.jpg.html
>> Roland is a sign of commercial honesty and trust in the Hanseatic League
>>
>> Beck's am Markt, where we had lunch afterwards
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7542.jpg.html
>>
>> The 'Bremer Stadtmusikanten' - folk story figures who met up with each 
>> other on the way to Bremen to earn their keep as musicians,
>> on the way they scared a band of robbers out of a house and liked it so 
>> much that they stayed. In spite of their name, they never actually got 
>> to Bremen excapt as the statue - it's supposed to bring luck if you rub 
>> the Donkey's nose or hoof.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7543.jpg.html
>>
>> Outdoor cafe in front of the Town Hall (Rathaus) and the Cathedral (Dom)
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7543.jpg.html
>>
>> The Rathaus and another church (St Martin -I think)
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7548-Edit.jpg.html
>>
>> B?ttcherstrasse - Bremen has always been famous for artists and 
>> craftsmen (Worpswede is not far away - Modersohn-Becker and co.) this is 
>> an art deco street, still full of art deco shops and galleries.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7555.jpg.html
>>
>> Bremen was still rich at the time Germany still had a 'Kaiser' - this is 
>> representative of typical Bremen bank architecture, and a rather nice 
>> transition between old and modern architecture.
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7557.jpg.html
>>
>> The centrepiece of one half of Bremen's B?rgerpark (Citizens' Park) the 
>> 'Stadtm?hle' (City Mill)
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7560.jpg.html
>>
>> If you held out until here, thanks for taking the time to take a look.
>> When I get around to it, I'll do some more serious editing on some of them
>> Best from Hannover
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
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