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 (28)
UVDan
I love how everyone is dressed like us westerners.
junge1
I think these tourists are mostly Japanes.
erlandpil
yes we now it goos´d shot erland
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTIFUL !
tigertim
Nothing like taking a photo of you and your friends to give you bragging rights.. that you were there... a cool photo!
Faemike55
looks like two on the far right saw you taking the shot and have posed for you cool capture
vis151
people are the same, all over the world.
moochagoo
Nice street scene. Bravo.
drifterlee
Lovely shot!!!!
emmecielle
Excellent shot! :)
flavia49
excellent shot
bobrgallegos
Great candid capture of these tourist being tourist Sig!
Flint_Hawk Online Now!
It looks like they are enjoying their vacation!
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God Bless.
gaius
Thank you so much for these photos which bring back memories...I had the tremendous pleasure to go to VietNam several times mainly as an invited professor at the Hanoi University..."the fist French professor since 1954" ! Very moving...
starship64
Such a great concept: a picture of tourists taking pictures of other tourists. Wonderful capture.
Hendesse
Superb shot. I know this from Heidelberg, that is also full of tourists.
fallen21
Excellent shot!
farmerC
Shining.
whaleman
I love watching Asians taking photos, they are different at it and they seem to take it fairly seriously. It would be nice to see their resilts and to hear them narrate the story to others. I have a friend, a westerner, who recently went to China with his wife. Almost every shot had one or both of them in it, LOL!
pat40
Lovely.
UteBigSmile
♥ EIN SCHÖNES FOTO!
adrie
Wonderful photoshot my friend.
auntietk
You inspire me to get going with a series of tourists posing! I've been taking these shots for years, but have never done anything with them. SO interesting to see this! It gives me hope ... :) (Got your note, but a busy couple days. I'll answer soon ...)
sandra46
a lovely slice of life!
lyron
Very cool capture!!
ragouc
Cool shot.
bazza
Super capture of the tourists Sig!!