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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 (29)
DarkStormCrow
Very nice shot, well done..
Faemike55
Excellent shot!
NoelCan
Interesting perspective view..
lyron
Great picture!!
kgb224
Excellent capture my friend.
renecyberdoc
a hell of a cruiser.wonderful.
DAVER2112
Great shot! It's amazing that these things float. :)
timtripp
damn that's a big boat!
flavia49
Wow!! impressive shot! It's so huge!!!
auntietk
I know how big these cruise ships are, but I guess my mind can't hold the information ... I'm always amazed when I see their vast size!
thevolunteer
This kind of ship looks small from a distance. But, when you are right up to it, they are huge. Nice capture. Aloha
Dreamingbee
such a big ship .. amazing shot !
giovanino
wow big ship
flaviok
Fascinante captura meu amigo, aplausos (5)
ShadowsNTime
I haven't seen this particular one before, can't get over the huge size! Very nice capture!
lucindawind
wow thats huge! wonderful shot
orig_buggy
How impressive this must have been to stand there!!
bmac62
It is hard to imagine the size until you see it in a setting like this. Excellent Sig.
dbrv6
Cool shot and those lifeboats look very sizable. I wonder how many cruises it takes to even pay the cost of one of those ships.
Minda
U did amazing shot sig...very big ship,,,
tpx1
interesting
debbielove
Not like the Caribbean.. Very much an opening area for tourism I think.... Lets hope they don't ruin it... But as we know, Sig, Money rules! Great snap! Rob.
farmerC
Shining work.
tennesseecowgirl
Great photo~~
Darkwish
Amazing pic! EXT!
myrrhluz
Man, that's a big ship. Great capture! I love the activity of people disembarking.
Richardphotos
what an experience
carlx
Impressive ship!!!
DukeNukem2005
Bravo! This is a very beautiful image. Remarkable job. This picture very much has liked to me. Five stars!