Hamburg - Golden Hour

 

Blick auf das Hamburger Rathaus

You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by;
but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.

James M. Barrie

Wahrlich umwerfend war dieser abendliche Empfang am Jungfernstieg in Hamburg. Schöner kann ein Abend in dieser herrlichen Stadt gar nicht beginnen. 

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Mein Norden - Hamburg - Hafen Momente

 

“Wie auch die Mutter sich bemühte, ihn an den Deich und an das Land zu gewöhnen - er sprach von der See und guckte nach den Schiffen, als wenn es weiter nichts auf der Welt gäbe.”

― Gorch Fock

New Year is not about changing the Dates but Direction;
It's not about changing the Calendar but Commitment;
It's not about changing the Actions but Attitude;
It's not about changing the Fruit but Faith, Force, and Focus!
May you Commit and Create the best New Year ever!

Cordially yours,

 isabella 

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Mein Norden - Hamburg im November

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"Teuer würde ein Hamburger nie dazu sagen, denn teuer ist nur etwas, was Neureiche haben – nicht man selbst und seinesgleichen. Da spricht der Hamburger von gediegen und meint damit Gegenstände, die nicht besonders auffallen und von denen, das ist besonders wichtig, nur der Kenner erkennt, was sie wirklich gekostet haben."

Unbekannt

Wir hatten bei diesem Hamburgbesuch nicht wirklich viel freie Zeit, aber ein kleiner Spaziergang um die Innenalster mit herrlicher Sonnenuntergangsatmosphäre gehörte einfach dazu. Das Licht hätte nicht schöner sein können.  

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study the past 2019

I'm starting off the year with a cold, so I'm a little bit late with my review of the year. But nevertheless, I hope you like it. 

- January 2019

My North - the winter view from our garden over the fields.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

- Confucius

- February 2019

Dwarf Iris (Iris reticulata) are always the first blooms in our Cottage Garden, which shows winters' power is broken.

- March 2019

Good Morning Hamburg! I enjoyed the visit to our old great love, Hamburg, very much. The hotel was brilliant and the view out of our room amazing.

- April 2019

finally, Spring has arrived and our beech forests around are irresistible fresh, sunny and green.

- Mai 2019

into the blue - we spend a wonderfully relaxing week at our favorite island Fuerteventura, Canary Islands - Spain

- Juni 2019

This guy discovered our really tiny pond. Only a flower pot with a small fountain, but no real space for such a big frog. Nevertheless, he liked it at his new home for the whole summer.

- Juli 2019

Best time for a further visit to my favorite park nearby, Royal Garden of Herrenhausen, Hannover. One of the most famous Baroque Garden in the World. Here you can find more posts about my visits: Herrenhäuser Gärten

- August 2019

spending a wonderful and inspiring time during my exhibition at Zuerich. We've enjoyed the fantastic kitchen and the lovely surrounding at Lake Zuerich very much.

- September 2019

No, not a journey to Korea, this is taken during a visit to our International Windmill Museum, Gifhorn. And yes, it is an original Watermill from the mountain region Sobaek, in Korea.

- October 2019

A highlight of the year was my travel to Chicago. Family visiting with an amazing culture program and a fantastic Watercolor Masterclass with Thomas Schaller

- November 2019

Another highlight was our short trip to Vienna! Here you can see Castle Schoenbrunn.

- December 2019

We found time for a journey into our past and visited the Christmas Market Lunenburg (Lüneburg), Lower Saxony - North Germany. Long ago we had a wonderful time there for a few years.

I'm so grateful for this marvelous year full of unforgettable moments and I hope that you enjoy this review as much as I do. 

All my best wishes for 2020 dear friend. 

Hugs and Kisses

yours isabella 

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Jedesmal

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Jedesmal,

wenn zwei Menschen einander verzeihen,

ist Weihnachten.

Jedesmal,

wenn Ihr Verständnis zeigt für Euere Kinder,

ist Weihnachten.

Jedesmal,

wenn Ihr einem Menschen helft,

ist Weihnachten.

Jedesmal,

wenn ein Kind geboren wird,

ist Weihnachten.

Jedesmal,

wenn Du versuchst, Deinem Leben

einen neuen Sinn zu geben,

ist Weihnachten.

Jedesmal,

wenn Ihr einander anseht

mit den Augen des Herzens,

mit einem Lächeln auf den Lippen,

ist Weihnachten.

Aus Brasilien

Und wieder ist es Dezember, der Adventsmonat, die wunderbare Vorweihnachtszeit! Ich liebe dieses Sich Freuen, das Warten und das stille Genießen. Zeit für Familie, Freunde und auch die so notwendige Zeit für sich selbst. Der wer dies alles, so wie ich, über alles liebt, findet auch das in dieser Zeit. Drum wünsche ich euch allen einen besinnlichen und schönen Advent, liebe Freunde. 

And again it is December, the month of Advent, the wonderful pre-Christmas season! I love this looking forward, the waiting and the quiet enjoyment. Time for family, friends and also the necessary time for yourself. The one who loves all this, as I do, above all else, also finds it in this time. So I wish you all a reflective and beautiful Advent, dear friends.

Herzlichst, 

isabella 

Our World Tuesday - MySundayPhoto

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Hamburg Speicherstadt - eins und alles

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Eins und Alles

Im Grenzenlosen sich zu finden,

Wird gern der Einzelne verschwinden,

Da löst sich aller Überdruß;

Statt heißem Wünschen, wildem Wollen,

Statt läst'gem Fordern, strengem Sollen,

Sich aufzugeben ist Genuß.

Weltseele, komm, uns zu durchdringen!

Dann mit dem Weltgeist selbst zu ringen

Wird unsrer Kräfte Hochberuf.

Teilnehmend führen gute Geister,

Gelinde leitend, höchste Meister

Zu dem, der alles schafft und schuf.

Und umzuschaffen das Geschaffne,

Damit sich's nicht zum Starren waffne,

Wirkt ewiges, lebendiges Tun.

Und was nicht war, nun will es werden

Zu reinen Sonnen, farb'gen Erden,

In keinem Falle darf es ruhn.

Es soll sich regen, schaffend handeln,

Erst sich gestalten, dann verwandeln;

Nur scheinbar steht's Momente still.

Das Ew'ge regt sich fort in allen:

Denn alles muß in Nichts zerfallen,

Wenn es im Sein beharren will.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

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my North - a Love Story

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“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”

— Herman Hesse

Our World Tuesday  

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Hamburg Moments - 6 - 14

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Speicherstadt and HafenCity: for several years these two areas grew up together, until 2008 when they were united and became an official district of Hamburg.While the historical warehouse area of Speicherstadt has long shaped Hamburg's cityscape with its brick, neo-Gothic architecture, the new development area of HafenCity, sits directly on the banks of the Elbe with an array of more modern designs.

Experience Speicherstadt

For a visit with an eye cast towards the past, have a look around the Speicherstadt. The listed buildings now house leisure activities such as the Minatur Wunderland with fascinating toy railway worlds, and Hamburg Dungeon. In this attraction visitors take a ghostly journey through the metropolis's history.

Museums can also be found in the Speicherstadt. There is German Customs Museum (Deutsche Zollmuseum), which tells the tale of customs and smuggling in Hamburg, or the International Maritime Museum with thousands of ship models and nautical charts.

Outside the old warehouses there is also plenty to do. In the long drawn out channels between the rows of buildings the barges glide along.

Despite the different architecture and the contrast of new and old, the Speicherstadt and the adjacent HafenCity are both united by their connection to the water.

by Old and New by the River Elbe





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Hamburg Moments 5

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Die Fürsten schaffen sich Unsterblichkeit durch ihre Bauten.

Heraklit von Ephesus (etwa 540 - 480 v. Chr.)

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Hamburg Moments - 4

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Old ideas can sometimes use for new buildings. New ideas must use old buildings. 

- Steven Johnson 

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Hamburg Moments - 3

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“A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for.”

-  William Shedd 






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Hamburg Moments - 2

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Scenic Weekends 

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Hamburg Moments - 1

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“We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.”

- Ralph Hattersley

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my North - Listen to the Music

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"Listen to your heart. It knows all things, because it came from the Soul of the World, and it will one day return there."

- Paulo Coelho

*If you've come as far as the Philharmonic, it's worth heading for the Philharmonic pavilion (Elbphilharmonie Pavilion, Hamburg - Harbor City), located at the Magellan Terraces, about half a kilometre from the growing glass wave. With three storeys of steel and glass, designed by the well-known local architect Andreas Heller, the pavilion functions as a sort of overture for the Philharmonic building. Here you can see a scale model of the main auditorium, a tenth of its actual size. Along the perimeter of the facade, twenty loudspeakers sprout like austere stone flowers. All you need to do is lend an ear to the future repertoire. The sensation is somewhat surreal; there are construction sites and building cranes all about, but you press your ear to a stone flower and listen to Tchaikovsky, for example, performed by the Latvian virtuoso Baiba Skride together with the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

by Another Travelguide

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