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 (47)
drifterlee
This is beautiful!
jeroni
Excellent shot, fantastic colors and details
dbrv6
Very Beautiful capture.
watapki66
I could live there at least for a while... wonderful image!
Minda
beautiful capture sig remind me of my country..
duncanoooo
Beautiful!!! Great picture.
auntietk
I'll take it for the season! Then I'll hightail it out of there, just like the locals probably do. This is exactly the way we'd like to imagine a tropical island to be!
flavia49
gorgeous image!!
kgb224
He/she can virtually walk into the water. Outstanding capture my friend.
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTY
sandra46
superb capture!
billcody
Looks warm and sunny - could be something for me. Coldness will not end here, even at the Easter Days.
npauling
How lovely to be so close to the sea on a sunny day but what about stormy weather. An excellent capture.
junge1
I personally would not want to live there. It is at the mouth of a river- and they have caymans in them. The Caribbean coast is also very humid and receives a lot of rain. That plus the possibility to loose the house during a hurricane or tsunami!
tennesseecowgirl
I could see the Skipper and Gilligan at home here.. beautiful place!
amanda_a42
I would NEVER live in such a place. Scary!!!
bebert
nice view