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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 (25)
rbowen
Very beautiful capture!
Cyve
Marvelous seascape and fantastic picture... Beautifully captured my friend !!!
Jay-el-Jay
A nice image of this hillside port.
Richardphotos
I think I seen this same view on TV. very beautiful seaport capture
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
nefertiabet
Wonderful capture Sig, love it!!!
moochagoo
A classical greek view. Bravo !
West_coaster07
Awesome!
Rob2753
I have been there and my God it was a hot day ! Beautifully taken Sig
jayfar
A wonderful scene.
tigertim
One beautiful view.. looks very hot though!!
adrie
Very beautiful landscape capture my friend.
drifterlee
What a gorgeous place and shot!
auntietk
I do like this sort of view. Wonderful shot!
Faemike55
Very beautiful area Sig! Great capture
flavia49
lovely landscape
sandra46
SUPERB WORK
blinkings
Beautiful. I wonder if it is the law that people must paint their house regularly....and WHITE! Or is it just the accepted custom and done automatically by the residents?
jocko500
lovely
danapommet
Skala looks like a beautiful place. What a great place to spend a few days doing nothing but wandering around!
junge1
Hot is relative. While I was on this trip Phoenix recorded an official temperature of 49 C one day, a near record. This last summer we had over 30 days with temperatures exceeding 45 C. So this temperature in the upper 30's was not too bad, for me anyway, especially when it cooled off at night, but it is pretty warm for Europe. I seemed to have seen somewhere, that the building code requires new construction follow certain guidelines, i.e. style and maybe color also. Keeping the houses looking shiny white is in the interest of tourism. A neat and clean looking place attracts more tourist, and tourism is a big business for these islands..
starship64 Online Now!
I love all those brilliantly white buildings. Wonderful picture.
dakotabluemoon
Awesome shot of this area.
farmerC
Exellent shot.
debbielove
Look at the colour of that water! Incredible.. A lovely shot Sig mate. And, can I wish you a Happy New Year. Rob