Favorites

A collection of my favorite pictures.

Court House metro station in Washington D.C.
This dented car carried us loyally over thousands of miles along the east coast of the United States. You have to be at least 21 years of age if you wish to rent a car in North America. As none of us had that age in 1996 we really had a problem. We even went to "Rent a Wreck" in Boston but nobody wanted rent us anything for a reasonable price. Luckily the uncle of a friend helped us out. He gave us this Pontiac Sunbird for over one month and even bought brand new tires. As far as I remember the Pontiac stood in his backyard. After a terrible accident he reasonably repaired the car but left it unused in the garden for some time. I must admit that I was not sure if the Pontiac would survive the long road from Boston to Key West. Nevertheless he never let us down and carried us thousands of miles. I really again have to say thanks to uncle Stevie for his generous help!
Gabriel is posing in front of our dickey Pontiac Sunbird
Meals for the visitors are prepared in giant bowls
Didgeridoo player in a temple nearby the Hofburg
Candles in S. Pietro in Vaticano (St. Peter's of Rome). Each candle stands for a wish.
Colosseum
Medieval cloister
The water in and around Stockholm is very clean. During the summer months you can even swim in the river. A fisherman is standing besides a canal in the city centre and prepares his fishing rod.
Lloyd’s of London
View by night out of my hotel room in the Millenium Plaza in Manhatten
The Frankfurt headquarter of Commerzbank
Skyline of Frankfurt with the Eurotower and the Commerzbank during sunset
Frankfurt skyline on sunset
Car hanging on the wall in the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt
This image reminds me of a Celtic folk band group picture. It is no posed situation and just resulted from a nice coincident of dark storm clouds, a mediaeval ruin and five persons. Unfortunately the compression ruined most of the picture. The outlines are washy and not at all sharp. I just can underline that it looks very good in the original 6 mega pixel format. ;-)
St. Servatius in Quedlinburg
Close-up view of an old book titled "Der Gute Ton" ("The Right Tone"). It is some kind of guide to correct behaviour.
Beautiful view over Lake Walen (Walensee) in Switzerland. The lake is surrounded by high mountains and looks like a giant natural bathtub.
Famous view from the Marienbrücke (Marie's Bridge) to Caste Neuschwanstein an the lakes of the East Allgäu plain
Formidable view of the Alpsee from the throne room of King Ludwig II. in Castle Neuschwanstein
Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt
View from the roof of the Commerzbank to other skyscapers in Frankfurt. You can see the Main Tower in the middle.
Ruinous concrete building on a cliff above the sea
The fantastic exterior of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
Guggenheim Bilbao
The entrance to a church in San Sebastian ist blocked by iron bars
The dragon is attacking his adversary with his flaming odem
Street in the golden light of the sunset in Italy
Statue in the palace gardens of Herrenhausen
Water fountain in the palace gardens of Herrenhausen (it is not easy to hold your hand completely still if the camera needs about two seconds to expose the picture). The entire park in Hannover is illuminated by hundreds of lights by night.
Schönbusch Park (nearby Aschaffenburg)
Colourful half-timbered house in Gelnhausen
Marienkirche Gelnhausen
The new Ambergtunnel nearby Feldkirch
American flag in front of the Washington Memorial in Washington D.C.
Niagara Falls
Half-timbered houses in the city center of Quedlinburg
Trinity church and John Hancock tower
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chinatown in New York
Mont-Saint-Michel by night
The Eiffel Tower by night. At the top is a revolving searchlight. The steel structure is illuminated by thousands of lights hidden between the bracings. The Eiffel Tower (French: La tour Eiffel) is the most recognizable landmark in Paris and is known worldwide as a symbol of France. Named after its designer, Gustave Eiffel, it is a premier tourist destination, with over 5.5 million visitors per year.
Basilica Cistern, turkish Yerebatan Sarnıçı or Yerebatan Sarayı
By night the Musée du Louvre is illuminated by thousands of small lights hidden in niches and protrusions of the baroque facade the magnificent museum.
View over Boston
Cowboy hats shown in a shop in Bandera
Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Washington Lincoln Memorial
Tanaka Atsuo Electric Dress 1956/1986
Above the attic of St. Peter's Basilica, thirteen statues (each about 5 1/2 meters tall) stand on the balustrade. They portray Christ, St. John the Baptist and eleven Apostles.
Golden Gate Bridge
California gulls above San Francisco Bay
        
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