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 (34)
Faemike55
Great shot! Nice looking boats
NoelCan
Nice pic..
prutzworks
nice pano
anitalee
Great shot
mariogiannecchini
Uma bella immagine piena di vita !
shadownet
Pretty yachts all in a row!
jeroni
wonderful photo and colours
aureagle
V. nice scene... awesome shot man!!!
renecyberdoc
rio de la plata always reminds me of the graf spee,maybe because as a kid ,the first time i heard of the rio de la plata was with the graf spee as my father told me the story.
tennesseecowgirl
Lovely harbor view.
pspworkshop
Very beautiful work!
annie5
What a pretty view..magnific capture! :)
virginiese
a very modern city ! nice capture of it !
flora-crassella
wunderschönes Panorama!!!! Super Foto!!!!!
emmecielle
Beautiful panorama! :)
carlx
Fantastic harbour scape!!!
farmerC
Fantastic Shot.
marybelgium
superbe !
kgb224
Wonderful capture my friend.
Montanan
A soft blue panaroma, one of the best i have viewed lately.
sandra46
fascinating place. i'd like to own one of those yachts ...and the skipper ;-D
flavia49
great POV!!! wonderful skyline!
MrsLubner
it has a parking lot quality to it. Rows of boats, rows of buildings. So very modern and I can see the money in the air.
lucindawind
very nice capture !
npauling
A great looking place to spend some holiday time. Lovely capture.
bmac62
Glad you left everything big...I like looking over all the boats. Good one, Sig.
Miska7
Very nice view! Great shot.
auntietk
What a great place to hang out and spend a little leisure time! Nice shot, my friend.
jocko500
wonderful shot
Alex_Antonov
Very nice!