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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 (30)
Cyve
Fantastic POV and marvelous image !!!
jayfar
A first class view point and a great shot Sig.
Rob2753
Ah! Patrida :) (Greek for homeland :)) beautiful shot Sig :)
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
MagikUnicorn
Gorgeous POV
tigertim
Lovely postcard shot.. great POV.. that ship certainly has an interesting hull form around the stern.
drifterlee
Beautiful ship and shot!
Richardphotos
I recently read that Venice is not allowing cruise ships to enter their harbor. really a great photo
junge1
@tigertim. I asked about it and the Chief Engineer told me it was a stabilizer. It looked to me like an add-on!
dragonmuse
Very lovely capture.
ArtistKimberly
Gorgeous Image,
Faemike55
Fantastic overview (literally) of the ship and harbor Sig!
Minda
wow! excellent POV sig,,,
jocko500
cool shot
blinkings
Those ferries are sitting on a gold mine.
whaleman
Nice shot!
SunriseGirl
I also like the POV on this shot. Thanks for sharing
starship64
Beautiful shot!
illkirch
Must be difficult to maneuver here. Interesting shot
farmerC
Exellent shot.
UVDan
What a super shot!
Crudelitas
Is even better if the big ship does not come too close to the shore. As we have seen in the Italian example, can have fatal consequences ... Terrific photo, with great views!
flavia49
amazing POV
sandra46
GREAT SHOT
auntietk
I like the smaller cruise ships like this one ... they look so much more manageable, and so much friendlier! (If that makes any sense.) Wonderful view!
junge1
@ auntietk: Tara that makes perfect sense. It was so much easier to to on and off, even at the end of the journey. With these big behemoths getting off is similar to a military deployment. This was very personal, actually met the captain and had our picture taken with him, individually,
LBJ2
Fantastic capture, Sig. There is a great view from that height.
danapommet
A great POV for a wonderful souvenir of your ship!
dakotabluemoon
Beautiful capture of this ship.
debbielove
OK folks lesson No1.. (as I was taught on my first cruise! lol) M.V. = Motor Vessel. S.S. = Steam Ship Obviously most are M.V. now! lol Great shot Sig, I love it! Rob