04.11.2010 - worldly wisdoms


...that might be one reason why woman need and sometimes earn less money than men in the same job...  ;-)

03.11.2010 - Evolution


...certainly not your grandparents but one of your ancestors might have looked like this mudskipper, a fish who is able to leave water, breath air and even climb on trees...

(Seen at Wetland Park - HongKong)

02.11.2010 - fruity footboy

...what a gooorgeous uniform - but I 'm sure this fruity footboy is just the hotels fruitboy...  ;-)

01.11.2010 - Number 4






















...No.4 of current Top Ten Highest Buildings in the World: The International Commerce Center Hong Kong...

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween VII


"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

31.10.2010 - Kosupure




"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

 Kosupure = Cosplay

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween V

  
"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

31.10.2010 - Cosplay




"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween III



 
"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."
(Thriller - M.Jackson)

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween II






















"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark..."

31.10.2010 - Hongkong Halloween I
























"It's close to midnight,
and something evil's lurking in the dark.
Under the moonlight,
you see a sight that almost stops your heart..."

30.10.2010 - Kowloon




...Junk Boat casts off to harbour tour during the everyday "Symphony of Lights" multimedia light and sound show...

29.10.2010 - Modern China




...instead of living in old urban quarters with small houses and narrow alleys the modern chinese family resides in multistorey buildings with a fantastic view over the urban district...

25.10.2010 - Shanghai



..it must be the utterly unpleasant drizzeling rain that only a few people are on the streets in a city with almost 20 million inhabitants.

24.10.2010 - World Expo 2010 China

...wow, that's huge, biggest Expo I've ever seen: Largest World's Fair site with largest number of participating countries and certainly the most expensive World's Fair in it's history, ...what might it cost to book an UFO flying over the China Pavillon?

By the way..., the Eidgenossen-officials of the Expo 2002 in Switzerland ordered 3 UFOs - believe it or not, I took a picture...

10.10.10 - Blue Aliens

...every year blue aliens invade the Kürbisfest in Berlin-Schöneberg to dance and pray for the orange pumpkins they are addicted to...

09.10.2010 - Pumpkin Carving


...one of the most dangerous leisure activities in autumn, the well-beloved pumpkin carving...

03.10.2010 - Tag der Deutschen Einheit


...sky divers: one of many events at the 20. anniversary of the German reunification...

26.09.2010 - Berlin Marathon






































...with his bavarian leather trousers - probably coming from the Oktoberfest - even a Bear, heraldic animal of Berlin, takes part in the citys most important event in september, the marathon race, which course is known as the fastest in the world...

...in 2008 the Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie ended up with breaking 2:04 hours by one second (2:03:59) - world record

25.09.2010 - Market Square



...tristesse on a rainy day..., dismal prospects for tomorrow's big event the 37. Berlin Marathon...

23.09.2010 - viewpoint


...certainly for many people the most convenient viewpoint to survey the whole Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellery)...

22.09.2010 - New Friends


...but don't forget your old ones, longtime friendship has it's own quality...

(...seen at Weinmeisterstraße...)

20.09.2010 - Oktoberfest


...still september but already the last week of the first and tiny Felix-Oktoberfest at the Hauptbahnhof. Felix is the club restaurant of the famous No.1 Grand Hotel Adlon at the Brandenburg Gate.
Nevertheless the Oktoberfest should be celebrated in Munich whenever possible...

19.09.2010 - Live is Life

18.09.2010 - nuclear accident



...demonstration against nuclear waste and nuclear power plants:
German conservative government ignores the position of a whole nation and experts safety warnings by making dubious deals with the greedy industry of energy providers...

07.09.2010 - Yoga


05.09.2010 - evening mood

04.09.2010 - your whole life?


03.09.2010 - bridge to your heart

01.09.2010 - Telespargel

29.08.2010 - Berlin lacht


...last day of the festival "Berlin lacht"...

28.08.2010 - Berlin lacht


...it must be a real secret how to fascinate your audience...

27.08.2010 - suit me fine


...you know that you are perfectly styled when your gaudy shopping bag is totally in line with the sole(!!!) of your high-heeled shoes...

26.08.2010 - Berlin lacht!



..kind of spaceman at international street theater festival...,
What are you doing if you see a space man?
...hurry - park your car in it!

22.08.2010 - Sound of Silence II

...the whole day this little ball tried hard to spend so much fun and joy, but now in the evening - everybodys already sitting around a warm fireplace - nobody cares how this sad, lonesome and forgotten toy will pass the cold and dark night out in the wild and cruel nature of Brandenburg...

17.08.2010 - Maneater



...huge origami tiger in front of the Hauptbahnhof (cenral railway station) demonstrates why these impressive but endangered wildcats are hunted ...by people who build their houses right in the middle of the tigers living room...

16.03.2010 - Chanson d'amour



...on ne doit pas etre amoureux pour savourer les chansons d'amour au Café "ici" - le charme extraordinaire et l'ambiance douillette de cette galerie sont de quoi y aller et sejourner pour un moment en balade de la nuit...

15.08.2010 - Tango



..."Hoy En Dia - tango para violin y guitarra" is the titel of their debut album which these two excellent and virtuosic musicians Nelegatti & Folkers presented in front of the illuminated portal of the Bode-Museum...

14.08.2010 - hula hoop



...almost midnight when I unexpectedly droped in at a hulahoop party at the "Rosengarten" in Prenzlauer Berg.
Although I've admired these dancers several times before at the "Karneval der Kulturen", again the swinging hips and really groovy beats were so fascinating that I almost forgot my date... ;-)

13.08.2010 - Pokemon (we are family)



...no it's not an alien, it is a Pokemon (yellow not black) - whatever the difference is.
Tomorrow the "Pokemon Day Tour 2010" all over Germany starts in Berlin-Tegel...

12.08.2010 - sundown




...sundown at Altmühltal...

11.08.2010 - Oachkatzerl



...Oachkatzerl is the bavarian word for squirrel, ...or is it an austrian term...?!?

austrian = from Austria (Schwarzenegger) - not Australia (kangaroo)...

10.08.2010 - Drink & Drive



..Crowded House from Australia had an utterly brilliant idea: Always take the weather with you, ...but why don't you always take the beer bar with you - like clever Bavarians always do in the English Garden of Munich...

09.08.2010 - goosy idiom




...obviously he's not the man who wouldn't say boo to a goose..., but his goose will be cooked if he really catches one of these holy geese of the English Garden (Munich)...

...oh, that reminds me on a song (--> lyrics)..

"I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son
I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes."

(repeat several times very quickly)
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07.08.2010 - Holla die Waldfee























...her name was Holla, she was a showgirl, she suddenly seemed to appear from nowhere with her sisters Hillu and Hella just to show me...

(Foto: medieval festival in Augsburg/Bavaria)
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05.08.2010 - Long John Silver



...rain forces silver man - in front of a silver screen - to move!!! that is one thing human statue street performers normally never do - unless they hear the sound single silver coins, ...or drizzling rain...