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Hi, I am Sig (junge1),
I was born in Dominikus- Krankenhaus in Berlin-Hermsdorf, Bezirk Reinickendorf in December 1939. Bezirk Reinickendorf was one of 20 Bezirke that made up Gross-Berlin before World War II and one of 12 Bezirke that made up former West-Berlin, the other 8 Bezirke were Russian occupied and became East-Berlin after the war. Moved from Berlin to Neurohlau (Nova Role) Sudetenland (now Czech Republic), in August 1943 (our entire block of apartment buildings was bombed out in November 1943) and returned back to Berlin in November 1945. Saw my dad the first time in my life in August/September 1946 after he returned from POW camp. Attended elementary school in Berlin-Waidmannslust, high school in Berlin-Hermsdorf, and trade school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Was an apprentice for the trade of Klischeeaetzer (photo engraver) at Burrath & Schmidt on Friedrichstrasse between U-Bahnhof Kochstrasse (near to what later became Checkpoint Charlie) and Hallisches Tor.
While watching Allied planes supplying West-Berlin by air during the Berliner Luftbruecke in 1948-49 I developed my love for aircraft. I guess I could be considered a 'Berliner Grosschnauze", or at least I used to be.
'Wanderlust' led me to leave Berlin in summer 1960 to emigrate to Toronto, Canada and in February 1962 to move from Canada to New York City, NY, USA. In January 1963 I joined the United States Air Force, one step ahead of Uncle Sam drafting me. Became a United States citizen within 7 weeks after it became a security issue because of my military career. One day after I was sworn in as a citizen in Seattle, my entire unit left for Southeast Asia in June 1966. After nearly 5 years of active duty (extended 11 months to make it an 18 months overseas deployment) I got discharged and moved to New York City. In 1973 I moved to Phoenix, Arizona and two years later joined the Arizona Air National Guard.
Received my higher education at Arizona State University and the University of Georgia and worked for 22 years for the Arizona Department of Water Resources in various capacities. Upon military retirement in 1999 and State retirement in 2005 I looked at a number of things to keep me occupied. Traveling and joining 'renderosity' in September 2007 were a couple of them,
Sig..
Comments (35)
flora-crassella
Monaco ist einfach "nur" schön! Wunderbares Foto!
thevolunteer
It's scenes like this that remind me of the Bogart movie Casablanca. Such a cozy looking street. Nice capture. Aloha
kgb224
Excellent capture.
bmac62
Excellent view of a narrow road certainly visited by only a few. Glad you were one:)
PIERRE25
Jolie capture, belle photo!
lyron
Wonderful light and colors. Excellent shot!!
SSoffia
BEAUTIFUL CAPTURE & PERSPECTIVE:)
durleybeachbum
Gorgeous light, it looks so lovely!
ledwolorz
Fantastic colors and light,Super photo.
flaviok
Soberba foto, lugar maravilhoso, aplausos (5)
ysvry
great capture of this lara croft wanna bees ;P
Minda
wonderful place love it look very clean excellent shot sig!!
debbielove
A beautiful shot of a side the tourists generally never see! well done and thanks again. Rob.
MrsRatbag
Gorgeous!
lucindawind
wonderful capture!!
lizzibell
great capture...
shadownet
Nice!
annie5
Great light and colors..superb capture Sig! :)
Meisiekind
Lovely soft pastel colors and a marvelous POV Sig! :)
sandra46
wonderful light and colors, it captures the spirit of the Riviera!
bebert
nice street, without cars.
MrsLubner
It does have a sultry feel to it with that lighting. Wonderful pov.
Miska7
Great colours and lighting! Excellent capture.
qrud
lovely shot.
jocko500
super with the shades of light on the buildings
duncanoooo
Very candid shot, great job.
auntietk
This looks like a wonderful place ... I'd love to walk there. Great shot!
flavia49
Nice shot!!
furuta
Beautiful color and wonderful composition. splendid capture!!
DennisReed
Cool capture Sig!