Fireworks and Exploding Chairs - TPF Germany Meet-Up

[doenoe]

uhm....i dunno......do you have to pic, maybe i can recall when i see it. And if i can recall it, i wont have the picture anymore, since it was in the batch that got lost.

 

[LaFoto]

This photo. And yes, I think you took that one so early - it may well be part of your "lost lot". (A shame!)

 

[doenoe]

yeah, thats one of the lost batch. And im really not sure what i photographed there. Could be anything from a lamp, camera or a window.

 

[LaFoto]

The day in Hamburg (Monday, 26 May)

That funny lens without camera which caused so much wondering among the crowd ... well, I THINK Alex has always known the answer, really, but just didn't let on...!

Some things as they fast went by while our harbour tour boat went past, like the roof of the entrance to the Old Elbe Tunnel, which has apparently been cleaned and is back to it's copper shine, all the (much better known to everyone!) verdigris has been polished off ...

I wonder if they plan to also polish all the other corroded copper roofs of "Landungsbrücken" ... will look "all wrong" for a while then!

Hafenstraße in St Pauli

The old fish market of Hamburg with the auction house for fish, now a major event centre

Old houses made new again in Hamburg-Altona

Tony takes a photo!
With that tiny, inconspicious lens of his.
Could it have been his photo of the "alien eggs"??? These?

 

[LaFoto]

Alex, of course, takes his photos with an all tidy, orderly face...

And Daan is still very happy, for little did he know at the time that all his Hamburg photos would get lost ... poor Daan. It is a shame!!!

OK, for ONCE... :albino:

More harbour impressions:

And one with Köhlbrand-bridge in the background (you have seen this bridge in photos of mine before, I am sure)

Hertz cannot decide whether NOT to...

... take a photo or whether to...

... take a photo, after all?

With this model, there should be no hesitating, should there?

 

[Antarctican]

Okay, next time I go to make bunny ears on someone, slap my hand away. I hate when people do that, and there I went and did it myself! A nice shot of Graham ruined by my shenanigans



Keep those shots coming, Corinna!!! I love to see them

 

[Alex_B]

be prepared for more ... coming soon!

oh and i like that last shot of me, Corinna

 

[Alex_B]

Now for my set from the Hamburg-day

38: Want to see the shot she took!

39: I quite like that sort of architecture.

40: Jeff.

41: Containers.

42: Anty and Hertz comparing images.

43: The German Navy was actually sent to Hamburg to keep us TPF people under control.

44: Hertz pointing at the Reeperbahn where he spotted some hookers... really tall ones.

45: But then he realised he had been photographed and quickly lowered his right arm.

46: Ruth.

47: Goodbye Tony

48: Swans.

49: Even more swans... probably took hundred of images here

50: A passage at the Alster.

51: Part of the TPF crew in the lift.

52: Life for mums with kids is really tough in Germany ... they are sent one way ...

53: ... then the other way. Never a chance to rest!

54: A nice house in the Speicherstadt (and Daan).

55: Perspectives.

56: More of the Speicherstadt.

 

[tempra]

Finally - getting to the end of my trip now...

After shouting at Davey Jones, we headed off in search of food and came across a fish restaurant - it was almost like being at the seaside!

With Anne Marie coming from the posh end of Blackpool, Chris chose a cup of tea with his meal - rather than the mugs you get down the Golden Mile (that works on so many different levels for those who've been there) problem occurred when he realised that milk was an optional extra, still it looked dark and mysterious enough to take a photo of it

Alex on the other hand - being the international playboy that he is, ordered some bubbly

Everyone studied the menu and took a while to decide on what they wanted - I think Anty order a hamburger or something

After the meal, Corinna gave up on the bill and Anty took over - "ok, who ordered Fräulein to go?" Sky wondered how that had made it onto the food menu

Anyways, the bill paid we headed back onto the mean streets of Hamburg, which in true German mid workday afternoon fashion, were absolutely packed with people going about their daily business

Eventually, we found a mix of business people, happy people and TPF people all mingling in the same spot

We dove back down into the underground - missing a train as I had to get some cash out to pay the rent although I still owe Hertz and Alex for pizza!

Along the way to the Rathaus, I managed to take a shot that incorporated both high and low key in one place

Then it was time for our swansong in order to get back to Bremen airport, Ryanair and torrential rain in the uk.

Auf Wiedersehen TPF, Auf Wiedersehen....

fin

 

[tempra]

47: Goodbye Andy

Who the hell is Andy?

 

[Hertz van Rental]

And who had the video camera? (Just remember my insurance tapes before you post any more of me).
The last supper...

http://www.youtube.com/v/Vq92OiOlWC8

 

[Alex_B]

Who the hell is Andy?

Hehe, already tired over here .. I was somewhere in between an Anty image and a Tony image

 

[Rogan]

haha what would interesting would be a full equipment list from the trip.

total up the value of u all.

then i can decide whether its worth hiring someone to rob yazz on the next trip

thousands upon thousands of dollars!

 

[tempra]

Got to be better ones than that G! Where are the ones with the dancing girls - or Anty post Canadian Club?

 

[Hertz van Rental]

The one where she does the Can-can while juggling the pizza boxes?
I think it's on the other camera...