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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 (27)
jayfar
A great perspective and a super clear shot.
Juliette.Gribnau
great pov and capture
erlandpil
A great perspective erland
farmerC
Shining shot.
mairekas
Great capture!
Annie_Photography
wonderful work
nefertiabet
Wonderful capture Sig. I was traveling with the AIDA in the Baltic Sea.That was beautiful!
renecyberdoc
nice ship.
sharky_
Nice transportation capture. Aloha
drifterlee
Cool shot! I would be afraid of those ships they have had so much trouble in the last few years.
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
dakotabluemoon
What a beautiful huge ship great shot.
Faemike55
Very nice capture Great POV beautiful ship
bobrgallegos
Great capture Sig!
ontar1
Beautiful ship, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UVDan
Nice shot of the ship!
tennesseecowgirl
Great capture!
adrie
I would love to go on that beautiful ship.....excellent capture my friend.
Cyve
Wonderful picture !
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
danapommet
It looks like this was a cruise trip and in my mind I had you driving all around Greece. I did Alaska on a smaller ship (about 700 people) and we sailed into fiords that the mega ships couldn't get into. Nice shot of the Orient Queen!
Richardphotos
outstanding photo
junge1
It was a cruise Dana. The ship served as a hotel! It was also the perfect size for this kind of cruise!
starship64 Online Now!
Nice capture.
whaleman
Nice looking modern vessel! Looks very new for a 45 year-old ship, but it was renovated 10 years ago!
flavia49
nice capture
tigertim
Nice shot..