Crappy Band
16 September 2000 | ||
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| We look like a crappy band on this one.... | ||
Claudi!!!
19 September 2000 | ||
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| PW and one of my old friends, Claudia, who I hadn't seen for four years until that evening.... | ||
Muenchner Rathaus
27 December 2000 | ||
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| Munich's city hall in the winter.... | ||
Irish Pub
29 December 2000 | ||
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| Karin took this psychedelic photo... Result of my camera sometimes acting funny..... | ||
Cheer Up in Ultraschall
30 December 2000 | ||
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| Der Karin taugts offenbar net so in diesem lauten Lokal.... | ||
My camera's brain hurts....
30 December 2000 | ||
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| Hallway in the Ultraschall, when my camera did weird things again.... | ||
NYE in Munich
31 December 2000 | ||
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| Reiner, Carmen and myself at Bernd's New Years Eve party in Munich.... | ||
Three minutes to go....
31 December 2000 | ||
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| Three minutes to go until 2001.... Gathering in Munich at the Friedensengel.... | ||
First Picture of the New Year!!!
1 January 2001 | ||
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| Reiner and myself with a bottle of champagne looking out for some girls to kiss.... | ||
Still no girls, but a shaky camera....
1 January 2001 | ||
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| Posing for a group photo when the flash didn't go off.... Me on the left.... | ||
Still feeling Fine....
1 January 2001 | ||
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| At Bernd's party.... maybe a bit too much bubbly glowing in my eyes.... | ||
Not feeling fine anymore....
1 January 2001 | ||
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| Headache on the train back to Freising.... short sleep on Reiner's sofa.... | ||
A fish's view of the Marienplatz
9 July 2001 | ||
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| Me kneeling down to check the self timer of my camera..... | ||
Marienplatz in the summer time
9 July 2001 | ||
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| Munich's main square, the Marienplatz in the summer.... The building in the front is the city hall..... | ||
Biergarteln
9 July 2001 | ||
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| Meeting PW at a Beergarden in Munich and enjoying Leberkas and Sauerkraut and of course some beer..... | ||
The famous Bernd Diet
5 August 2002 | ||
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| Duplo, Kefir, Pringles and Cigarettes.... For breakfast, lunch and dinner... | ||
Dr.Oli's office
5 August 2002 | ||
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| Oli in the Catenate office in Munich.... | ||
After work
5 August 2002 | ||
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| Hanging out at the Gasthaus and enjoying beer and Bavarian food.... | ||
Munich Christmas Party
22 December 2002 | ||
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| I went with Vreni and PW to a Christmas party at Hans' flatmates. He just returned from Montreal. | ||
Hans' Van from Julep d'Orange
22 December 2002 | ||
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| The photo on the background of Hans' van was made by Jerome when I was in Montreal on the same day when we went to the Julep d'Orange to photograph cars. I am sitting in the van on the left of the photo.... | ||
Winter in Munich
23 December 2002 | ||
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| It was warm this time when I visited Munich. Blue Sky, 10 degrees celsius. Made it easier for me to get acclimatized. | ||
Happy New Year 2003!
1 January 2003 | ||
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| With Marion and Andi, two friends of Vreni's after meat fondue.... | ||
Moment sums it all up
1 January 2003 | ||
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| Champagne and Fireworks | ||
PW and Vreni
1 January 2003 | ||
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| Later on at a party arranged by Bulgarian architects. I have a couple of photos of PW with this facial expression. I have no idea if it was because of the pure Vodka that they gave us or because of the camera... | ||
Odyssey
1 January 2003 | ||
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| Somehow I made it out of the building, wandered aimlessly around Munich and captured the fireworks on the road... No idea how I made it to the train.... | ||
On the train home
1 January 2003 | ||
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| Double vision.... After that lying in bed until 5pm.... | ||
Map
3 January 2003 | ||
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| From the 'Deutsches Museum', the technical museum in Munich. It is highly complicated and some of the exhibitions are at University level. PW and I were wandering around and understood only half of the explanations. | ||
Finally we can understand something
3 January 2003 | ||
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| This eye test for example in the optics display.... | ||
Ozapft Is!
5 October 2003 | ||
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| Karin has been working at the Schottenhammel for the past few years.... Watch her deal with those rowdy drunkards.... And you get scared! | ||
Oli and I
5 October 2003 | ||
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| My big brother and I lifting the beers... | ||
Any empties?
5 October 2003 | ||
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| Karin taking the empty Masskruege away.... | ||
Hendl
5 October 2003 | ||
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| A Hendl is a special grilled Chicken which you eat at the Oktoberfest. Yummy! And you need the calories and grease to linen your stomach for the liters to come.... | ||
Niederboarn
5 October 2003 | ||
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| Some folks from Lower Bavaria trying to amuse Vreni - who was not amused... | ||
Work's Over!
5 October 2003 | ||
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| PW and Karin on their last day of work.... PW would then join me for a diving holiday.... | ||
Uhm....
5 October 2003 | ||
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| No comments needed.... From Vreni's eyes, my eyes and the big arm with beer sticking out of PW's pink-bunnied head.... it's the Oktoberfest! | ||
The more beer, the better the music gets....
5 October 2003 | ||
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| And the Stimmung gets better and better.... | ||
Dani and Nora
5 October 2003 | ||
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| Dani and her friend Nora who we met at the Oktoberfest.... At the time when everyone holds onto someone as you fall over otherwise... I should know, I had lots of bruises the next day.... | ||
Night Out
16 October 2003 | ||
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| In Munich with the rest of the gang in the Lisboa bar.... | ||
MUC Sunset
1 November 2003 | ||
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| As my conference in NYC got postponed I got the chance to visit Munich for a DVB meeting. This was the sunset that awaited me at Munich airport... | ||
More MUC airport sunset
1 November 2003 | ||
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| Great setting and colours... What a shame it had to be taken through a glass window.... | ||
Bernd and Karin
4 November 2003 | ||
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| I took out George who was also at the DVB meeting to a typical Bavarian Gasthaus... Karin, PW and Bernd joined us there.... | ||
Olympic Stadium
21 February 2004 | ||
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| The munich Olympic stadium when Dani took me on a bicycle tour around Munich... | ||
Winter Atmosphere
22 February 2004 | ||
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| Usually in the summer this is a warm and sunny lake for bathing.... | ||
Tollwood
18 December 2004 | ||
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| The alternative Christkindl Markt in Munich.... Lots of Gluehwein... | ||
Happy New Year!
1 January 2005 | ||
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| Up on a hill, overlooking munich... | ||
Sparklers
1 January 2005 | ||
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| Dani and Nora (in the middle) and Dani's brother with fiancee on the outside. | ||
Munich Panorama
1 January 2005 | ||
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| Little tiny bottle rockets everywhere.... and the camera shaking a bit.... | ||
Sparkler and stranger
1 January 2005 | ||
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| I like the waves of light.... | ||
Nora and Dani
1 January 2005 | ||
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| As happy as when I met them the first time.... | ||
Schnurli
1 January 2005 | ||
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| We were all playing Dani's family's cardgame. Quite strategic... Actually more strategic than we were still capable of.... | ||
Mandrill
2 May 2005 | ||
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| He looked at me so intensely... Very sad photo.... | ||
Lemur baby
2 May 2005 | ||
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| Cute yellow eyes.... | ||
Human Baby
8 May 2005 | ||
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| As carried by Markus.... | ||
Kino, Mond und Sterne
23 June 2005 | ||
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| A Munich tradition is the open air cinema at the Westpark. Once it gets dark, the stars come out and the film starts to play. Very good projection quality and screen, too. Film of the night was the wonderful 'The Story Of The Weeping Camel'.... | ||
Tollwood
3 July 2005 | ||
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| The tents of Munich's winter and summer festival up next to the Olympic Tower... | ||
A Sculpture at Tollwood
3 July 2005 | ||
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Orange Tent...
3 July 2005 | ||
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| With the lights of the Olympic tower next to it... | ||
Flooding...
24 August 2005 | ||
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| The Isar just close to my apartment... Three meters higher than usual... Downstream, Freising was being flooded... | ||
Wiesn Paar
17 September 2005 | ||
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| Bernhard this year accompanied Karin and worked alongside her while taking time off his day-job. | ||
Dominik and Mathias
22 September 2005 | ||
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| Looking like a group of Lounge DJ specialists! | ||
Katja, Kai, Oli
22 September 2005 | ||
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| Wearing traditional costumes, which I had failed to get myself that day.... | ||
Another day...
26 September 2005 | ||
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| ... another visit to the Oktoberfest! | ||
Lebkuchenherzen
2 October 2005 | ||
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| Speciality at the Oktoberfest.... | ||
Suppa Bedienung
3 October 2005 | ||
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| As I live close to the Oktoberfest venue, Karin and Bernhard moved in with me for the two weeks... They worked from 8am to 1am every day.... Karin cut her hands with glass by accident and got bad flu. But nothing could stop her. | ||
Nora und Dani
3 October 2005 | ||
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| Two Wiesn Maedels.... | ||
Dani und Juli
3 October 2005 | ||
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| One the site where we met two years earlier... | ||
Last day of Work
3 October 2005 | ||
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| So Peter is happy... but bigger things are up ahead soon.... | ||
Leonora
1 November 2005 | ||
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| On the 31st October, Leonora was born to her proud parents Vreni and PW. | ||
We are getting old
14 November 2005 | ||
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| Couple evenings with babies and engaged couples... | ||
PW im Fasching
28 February 2006 | ||
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| Fasching is the German carnival... These are the proceedings on the Kehraus, the final Tuesday.... | ||
Unhappy colors
28 February 2006 | ||
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| Guy looks like John Lennon | ||
Bernhard im Fasching
28 February 2006 | ||
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| Bernhard obviously having a great time... | ||
Easy to spot PW
28 February 2006 | ||
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| Great for orientation in the masses.... | ||
Car
5 March 2006 | ||
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| Covered up | ||
It was getting warm again!
5 March 2006 | ||
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| The suddenly the whole night it snowed... | ||
Frauenkirche
5 March 2006 | ||
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| The twin towers of Munich's famous church.... | ||
Marienplatz
5 March 2006 | ||
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| Munich's famous city hall and before it the makeshift snow mountain which the snow ploughs made their center. | ||
Beergarden
5 March 2006 | ||
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| The Viktualienmarkt beergarden was open already... and then covered in snow... | ||
Winter Sky
5 March 2006 | ||
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Daffodil
5 March 2006 | ||
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Tulip
5 March 2006 | ||
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Rose
5 March 2006 | ||
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More roses
5 March 2006 | ||
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Even more roses
5 March 2006 | ||
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Karin
26 April 2006 | ||
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| Karin is happy on her birthday.... | ||
Happy Hubby
26 April 2006 | ||
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| And Bernhard, her hubby is happy too. | ||
Wawanco
1 May 2006 | ||
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| On May, 1st, the workers day, we found out that our former music teacher was playing with his band at the Viktualienmarkt.... | ||
Worker's day
1 May 2006 | ||
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| And unions distributing balloons... | ||
Wawanco
1 May 2006 | ||
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| Completing the deja vu of music teachers (including Herr Ruhland on the way to Egypt), here is Herr Hartmann in the middle... | ||
Rose
13 May 2006 | ||
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| I am into still life pictures these days... | ||
Bernhard and PW
25 May 2006 | ||
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| At the Klenze Strassenfest... On the lookout for pretty girls in the spring, but no chance... | ||
Germany vs Costa Rica
9 June 2006 | ||
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| At the start of the worldcup... Low expectations at the Menterschwaige Beergarden... | ||
Dani and Nora
9 June 2006 | ||
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| German flag colors.... | ||
Germany wins against Argentina
30 June 2006 | ||
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| And the city goes wild and people throw Mathias including his two mobile phones into the fountain.... | ||
Brazil Fans
1 July 2006 | ||
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German Fans
1 July 2006 | ||
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Germany Loses against Italy
5 July 2006 | ||
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| Makes PW sad... | ||
Germany wins against Portugal
9 July 2006 | ||
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| And yet more partying ensued... | ||
Back-Red-Gold
9 July 2006 | ||
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| Everywhere! | ||
Go on your knees
9 July 2006 | ||
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| And then a countdown would start... ending up with everyone shouting and jumping... | ||
They partied, too!
9 July 2006 | ||
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| Portugese Fans... | ||
Flags
9 July 2006 | ||
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Flags at the Siegestor
9 July 2006 | ||
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| More flags and singing and jumping... | ||
Strange Combo
9 July 2006 | ||
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| But I liked it... | ||
Summer trip
9 July 2006 | ||
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| ...to the outskirts of Munich.... | ||
Great Summer Day
9 July 2006 | ||
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Carmen's Party
15 July 2006 | ||
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| Party at her university - Karaoke everywhere! | ||
Street Party
16 July 2006 | ||
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| Typical Sunday in Munich.. Some street festival somewhere... This one with great skateboarding, Caipirinhas, rollerblade stunts, etc.... | ||
Birthday in Munich
17 July 2006 | ||
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| My mum celebrating her birthday with us... | ||
Katja, Daddy and Oli
17 July 2006 | ||
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Making plans....
18 July 2006 | ||
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| ...to visit Tim's kids christening in a week's time.... | ||
Nora and Dani
28 July 2006 | ||
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| Heading out... while I stay in... | ||
Munich bridges
30 July 2006 | ||
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Munich on a Summer Day
30 July 2006 | ||
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| The Isar river going through it.... | ||
After I returned from Japan
1 August 2006 | ||
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| This gorgeous flower bouquet welcomed me... | ||
And a beach in Munich
9 August 2006 | ||
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| At our beach at the Isar they created an artificial beach... Too bad the hot weather of the past weeks had gone by, by then... | ||
Munich Nightsky
9 August 2006 | ||
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Oli's Birthday Party
29 August 2006 | ||
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| A bit later on... | ||
The pope is in town!
9 September 2006 | ||
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| And the media are all there! And I was heading out there with Dani, too... | ||
Statue of Mary
9 September 2006 | ||
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| At Munich's central square together with the Catholic flag | ||
And we were waiting...
9 September 2006 | ||
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| ...and on big screens we saw his arrival at the airport and how the motorcade rapidly approached us.... | ||
Welcome!
9 September 2006 | ||
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| Well, he was somewhere behind there... The Papa mobile was really much smaller than I thought.... | ||
Safety everywhere
9 September 2006 | ||
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| Helicopters and Snipers on roof tops in black enclosements... | ||
Sadly on the other side of the statue
9 September 2006 | ||
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| I thought originally he would be up at the Rathaus, the City Hall, which is stupid, because why would he be at a worldy building. Of course he would be at the statue... | ||
Gargoyles
9 September 2006 | ||
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| Why they aren't smiling today is strange for me... | ||
Choir
9 September 2006 | ||
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| Which sang a few hyms at the beginning... | ||
Watchers
9 September 2006 | ||
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| ...from the department store Ludwig Beck... | ||
Well, here is the proof....
9 September 2006 | ||
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| Look at the bright Bishop's cap on the right.... And you see him on the next photo to the left of the other side of the statue. | ||
Bavarian National Anthem
9 September 2006 | ||
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| It was sung with all verses. All celebrating Bavarian way of life. 'Work hard and play hard' is actually part of the hymn. I sang loudly along. And I felt Bavarian more than ever. | ||
Bavarian symbols
9 September 2006 | ||
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| A Catholic Flag and a beer with the pope on it... | ||
Same procedure as every year...
17 September 2006 | ||
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| At the Schottenhamel... PW having a smile on his face was good to see, though.... | ||
High Altitude Carussel
17 September 2006 | ||
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| Looks like a flower... Like a dandelion | ||
Munich passing by....
17 September 2006 | ||
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| I love this photo.... | ||
Enjoying the ride...
17 September 2006 | ||
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| ...at least I think we were.... | ||
Fiver Looping
17 September 2006 | ||
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| The big rollercoaster we went on.... | ||
Oli, Joerg and Beer
22 September 2006 | ||
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| And fun was had! | ||
Leonie is here!
24 September 2006 | ||
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| The workaholic from London is spending a few weeks here... And was visited by a Texan... Evidently a Narcissist, because his heart says he loves himself... | ||
Abschiedsfoto
24 September 2006 | ||
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| Farewell photograph. That's what she called it. But I was still in denial. But a couple of hours later I realized it all a bit more... | ||
Leonie going for the Magenbrot
25 September 2006 | ||
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| ...and being consulted by expert Dani... | ||
Autumn in Munich
25 October 2006 | ||
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| One thing I really missed when I was in the United States were the colors of the Bavarian Autumn... I love cycling alongside the Isar these days.... | ||
Red, yellow, Green
25 October 2006 | ||
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| Leafs, leafs, leafs.... | ||
Old new look
25 October 2006 | ||
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| And a smile on my face.... | ||
Isar River
25 October 2006 | ||
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And the trees....
25 October 2006 | ||
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| ...glow in their colors in the sunshine... | ||
Gruenwald
25 October 2006 | ||
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| North of Munich... | ||
Bavarian Sky
25 October 2006 | ||
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| Has to be a church in there... | ||
Perfect Road
25 October 2006 | ||
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| Just purely beautiful... | ||
Isar....
26 October 2006 | ||
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| ....Looks like some American National park, yet is only a couple of miles from my home... | ||
Autumn Glow...
26 October 2006 | ||
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More autumn glow
26 October 2006 | ||
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| What a start into the autumn so far... and it would only go better.... | ||
Glowing trees....
26 October 2006 | ||
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Long-time exposure....
26 October 2006 | ||
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| Softens the river... | ||
Yosemite
26 October 2006 | ||
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| Not really, just 1km away from my home... | ||
Sunset
2 November 2006 | ||
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| We had one of these every day.... | ||
Before....
7 November 2006 | ||
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| ...The sun starts glowing... | ||
After...
7 November 2006 | ||
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| ....fiery reds all over the sky.... | ||
Salad
8 November 2006 | ||
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| De Cables.... | ||
Police everywhere
9 November 2006 | ||
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| The new Jewish synagogue was built and the holy Tora scrolls were transfered by rabbis from all over the world... Since the tiniest problem would cause major headlines all over the world, police presence was very strong around my home, close to the old Jewish center. | ||
Segway!
9 November 2006 | ||
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| Segway with a steady cam, how cool is that! | ||
Musicians
9 November 2006 | ||
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| ....playing Jiddish music in front, with the scrolls behind... | ||
Parade
9 November 2006 | ||
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| On a historic day... | ||
Press having a field day....
9 November 2006 | ||
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| ...looks almost as if the Japanese crown princess is somewhere around here.... | ||
Police
9 November 2006 | ||
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Perfect Autumn
15 November 2006 | ||
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| The leaves going greyer by the day... Still this was the best autumn in a long time... And perfect for cycling.... | ||
Autumn Road
15 November 2006 | ||
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| Alongside the Isar.... | ||
Museumsbruecke
16 November 2006 | ||
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| At the German Museum.... | ||
Mid-November
16 November 2006 | ||
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| And the most beautful sunshine across Munich... While jogging, I had to stop a few times to take photographs.... | ||
Autumn Leaves
16 November 2006 | ||
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More leaves....
16 November 2006 | ||
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| And more stopping while jogging... Not such a good idea, since running again is always a hassle.... | ||
Dark room, red wine and Neon lights
19 November 2006 | ||
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| .... and people start getting creative..... | ||
Doc Vreni
19 November 2006 | ||
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Neon Scene
19 November 2006 | ||
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Karin's Neon Outfit
19 November 2006 | ||
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Neon Cocktail
19 November 2006 | ||
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| With an LED ball.... | ||
Wii Mania!
8 December 2006 | ||
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| So I wanted to get myself a Nintendo Wii - the first store in Munich city that opens half an hour before others is the Kaufhof... This was the queue there at 9.... | ||
Side Entrance
8 December 2006 | ||
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| This was the side entrance... While there were about 30 at the front, we actually opened a bit earlier... Then race 3 flights of stairs up and 20 consoles were taken in 5 seconds. I thought 'gentle, gentle' and even though I was one of the first there, no luck.... No wonder if you look at the competition... Look at the guys eager hands! Later one of the unlucky guys told me 'I had one in my hand, I touched it!'. | ||
Zeldas
8 December 2006 | ||
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| Zeldas being handed out for the lucky few.... | ||
Next stop Karstadt
8 December 2006 | ||
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| 25 Minutes later we were thirty people. I was quite at the front and we ran five flights of stairs up until quite a few of us were out of breath. 3 Consoles in the entire store.... Before I did this, I had a look at Saturn... | ||
Saturn Hansa 25 minutes before opening....
8 December 2006 | ||
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| Two nutters had been here since 2am in the morning. By 9:30 there were 100 in the queue and 36 Wiis up for grabs... I headed down there 20 minutes later just to check it out... And fifty people ran in my direction trying to find another store with one.... I wonder what kind of scenes had happened there - with the insane 'Greed is great', 'Geiz ist Geil' mentality by this store... | ||
Good things come to those who wait
8 December 2006 | ||
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