[Leica] AUS-GER Lug Meeting in Berlin - some more shots.

[hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)]

Excellent additions to our shared galleries, Doug. Truly a vibrant,
fascinating city. Doubly enjoyable shared with like minded folks.
Prost!

2009/6/28 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>

> A few from our coffee stop in Tangermuende on the River Elbe - Lovely
> little town, still very much in the throes of being brought back into the
> western world.
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> The church is colossal, this is shot from the courtyard of the Schloss
> (castle)
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9651.jpg.html
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> A little to the right of the church is an old tower used as a nesting place
> by storks - unfortunately I don't take longer glass when planning city
> tours, so the stork is only just recognisable as such.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9661.jpg.html
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> At least one company is not suffering from the financial crisis:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9652.jpg.html
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> A view of the Schloss (now a high-class hotel, but still reasonably priced)
> from where we sat drinking coffee.
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> Very impressive, Frauke and I think it might be a good place for a weekend
> break.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9646.jpg.html
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> 1799, a shipowner's house in Tangermuende - it has a preservation order on
> it, but work hasn't started yet.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9666.jpg.html
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> The shop next door is in a sorrier state
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9668.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9667.jpg.html
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> This street is waiting to be spruced up, the other end of the town is
> already refurbished and renovated, but we didn't have time for it on this
> trip.
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9669.jpg.html
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> Arrival in Berlin - Adenauer Platz/Ku-damm against the setting sun
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9670.jpg.html
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> A pavement Currywurst restaurant outside our hotel - a big argument about
> who invented Currywurst still rages in Germany - was it in Hamburg or was 
> it
> in Berlin - nobody really knows. The best one I ever ate was in Goslar in
> the Harz mountains at a restaurant run by Italians :-)
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9672.jpg.html
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> Opposite our hotel window:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9705.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9718.jpg.html
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> The next shots were all posted earlier when we met Geoff and his dear wife
> Bron.
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> These two have been added:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9764.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9770.jpg.html
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> As have some from the Sony Centre - starting here
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/LUG_TRIP__MG_9778.jpg.html
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> Quite a lot for one post - hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed being
> there - despite the poor weather we had most of the time
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> Cheers
> Douglas
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