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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 (22)
giulband
Great capture!!!!!!!
bazza
Oh Wow when I saw this before reading your description I thought it was a big hotel building and I thought how have they got this building to "float" thing of earthquake protection or something.. Durr I'm a worry sometimes lol.. Nice shot Sig!!
rawdodb
I agree looks like the side of a building if you ignore the Lifeboats... Cool shot!!!!
starship64
Great shot.
Juliette.Gribnau
those ships are so huge ! greta capture
Cyve
Very great shot.
debbielove
Whoa! Too big for me mate, I'm an old school cruiser lol Nice POV though.. Rob
Faemike55
Wonderful capture - impressive ship for sure
ontar1
That is different, outstanding capture!
adrie
Wonderful photoshot my friend.
drifterlee
Very cool shot!!!!!
farmerC
Shining shot.
auntietk
Not sure how I'd like something so huge! Sort of a sardine-can feeling. :P
kgb224
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
jocko500
good shot
JuliSonne
That is a superlative!! Incredible!! I think I would probably end up arrive in a strange room LOL
Richardphotos
I like that each cabin has a door .very huge ship
junge1
All these cabins have balconies. There are over 4,000 passengers on this ship. Our ship was 'only' 16,000 tons and much more 'personal'. We actually met the captain! My feeling about these huge cruise ships is that it is all about making money. I don't need 4,000 passengers to have have!
Digitaleagle
impressive!
flavia49
impressive
danapommet
The only way to travel as long as you have deep water to dock. Even tenders are not bad to deal with if you really want to see the sights!
junge1
@danapommet. Dana, I prefer smaller ships. They seem to be more personal. On these big ones one never gets to meet the captain and during debarking, it feels like a troop deployment!