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Subject: [Leica] Another Hanseatic City - Bremen this time
From: jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed Apr 2 09:31:32 2008
References: <47F3A605.7080106@gmx.de>

Douglas,

Thanks for the tour.  I always enjoy your depiction of the German sights.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp@gmx.de>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:28 AM
Subject: [Leica] Another Hanseatic City - Bremen this time


> Hello all,
> had to take a trip up to Bremen on Sunday, my missus was being interviewed 
> by Nordwest Radio.
> Lovely weather and Bremen was looking its best.
> These are straight out of lightroom, some cropped a little and minimum 
> tweaks - for the technically minded Canon 20D + Tokina f4 12-24mm
>
> 'Im Schnoor' the oldest part of town, down by the River Weser (yes that's 
> the one - deep and wide - but Hamelin will be another trip)
> Hochzeitshaus - it's a cafe
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7504.jpg.html
>
> The narrow main street of the Schnoor quarter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7507.jpg.html
>
> A small square just off 'Im Schnoor'
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7516.jpg.html
>
> Theo Schl?ter's bike
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7518.jpg.html
>
> Professor Theo Schl?ter (Radio Journalist) and my missus, Frauke
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7535.jpg.html
>
> The 'Bremer Roland' statue on the Domhof
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7540.jpg.html
> Roland is a sign of commercial honesty and trust in the Hanseatic League
>
> Beck's am Markt, where we had lunch afterwards
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7542.jpg.html
>
> The 'Bremer Stadtmusikanten' - folk story figures who met up with each 
> other on the way to Bremen to earn their keep as musicians,
> on the way they scared a band of robbers out of a house and liked it so 
> much that they stayed. In spite of their name, they never actually got to 
> Bremen excapt as the statue - it's supposed to bring luck if you rub the 
> Donkey's nose or hoof.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7543.jpg.html
>
> Outdoor cafe in front of the Town Hall (Rathaus) and the Cathedral (Dom)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7543.jpg.html
>
> The Rathaus and another church (St Martin -I think)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7548-Edit.jpg.html
>
> B?ttcherstrasse - Bremen has always been famous for artists and craftsmen 
> (Worpswede is not far away - Modersohn-Becker and co.) this is an art deco 
> street, still full of art deco shops and galleries.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7555.jpg.html
>
> Bremen was still rich at the time Germany still had a 'Kaiser' - this is 
> representative of typical Bremen bank architecture, and a rather nice 
> transition between old and modern architecture.
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7557.jpg.html
>
> The centrepiece of one half of Bremen's B?rgerpark (Citizens' Park) the 
> 'Stadtm?hle' (City Mill)
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/_MG_7560.jpg.html
>
> If you held out until here, thanks for taking the time to take a look.
> When I get around to it, I'll do some more serious editing on some of them
> Best from Hannover
> Douglas
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