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| A lunar park appeared next to the hotel. |
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| A precession through the city was going on and in best Hanseatic tradition wind comes before electric traction |
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| A rather nice Isabella panzer car |
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| A fine brick elephant in the park near the hotel - I thought this was a Buddist convenience but my attempts at locating the entrance came to nil. |
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| Somewhere over the jagged brickwork and up the River Wese is the Beck's brewery |
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| A rather fetching Autumn scene by the River Wese |
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| A duck swimming. |
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| Mühle Am Wall - this is a smock mill according to wikipedia |
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| I must look up the significance of this trumpeting statue |
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| Some sort of religious building in the Domhof? |
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| This is the weekend that the clocks went back (and forth) |
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| Trams here function despite leaves. |
Ah, the Borgward Isabella - wasn't the world a lovelier place when there were more car marques to choose from? When I was a kid I knew an old bloke who'd worked for Lanchester back in the glory days of British car building.
ReplyDeleteQuite so - it all went downhill with the Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet!
DeleteThat brick elephant is quite something. I wonder at the significance.
ReplyDelete"This imposing ten-metre high structure — designed by Fritz Behn — was completed in 1931 as a monument to the German colonies which then included Cameroon, Togo, Deutsch-Ostafrika [Tanzania], Deutsch-Südwestafrika [Namibia] and several islands."
DeleteIn 1988, however, a metal sign was created next to the elephant by the youth wing of the Bremen metal workers union in support of the Anti-Apartheid movement. In 1990, with the celebration of Namibian independence from South Africa, the elephant itself was re-dedicated as the “Bremen anti colonial monument” thereby attempting to invert its historical meaning yet retaining the original design.
I have no fond memories of Bremen, and rather found it a boring place with little attraction, maybe I should revisit.
ReplyDeleteDoubtless my repertoire of snaps reinforced your view? It's good for a day and Ryanair have a base there...
DeleteNice duck!
ReplyDeleteThat's what I thought!
DeleteNikos:
ReplyDeleteNot many Borgwards here, no Wolsely's either. Not many Rileys but my friend had one.
That " Autumn scene by the River Wese " I keep staring at those water level marks
What ? No photos of the Puffing Train ?
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Bob
DeleteWheezing train - class 323 - see wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_323 "The class 323's are known for making a distinctive sound from their three phase traction motors which is heard when powering up and down. This noise is particularly interesting during times of poor adhesion and wheel slip."
Nikos:
Deleteunfortunately there are no audio tracks of the "Wheezing" sound
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
Nikos:
Deletenever mind, I found one . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLNLmA4bj8Y
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
Bob
DeleteAmazing! i never thought to look on Youtube - nothing goes unrecorded these days including Mrs Merkel.
Mrs Merkel was unimpressed back when it was only 'her' people being spied on, now that she's in the focus she is not amused. Why?
DeleteNikos:
DeleteFor a moment, I thought I was talking to myself. Glad to have Sonja on board.
I don't mind if people spy on me, as Winston Churchill once said "I've got nothing to hide" but you've got to know in what context and where he was when he said this
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
It was Queeen Victoria who was not amused and Winston Churchill was normally drunk.
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