Amelia's photos

When the distinguished gentleman saw me with a camera he volunteered to move, but after I asked him if if he could remain seated in exactly the same pose, he did just that, and maintained his original expression. He was such a polite man.

I have seen this floating hotel several times in Stavanger, Norway. OFF-LINE FOR 2 or 3 DAYS. Hope to be back soon.

The cause for the upload problems has now been found. Only one of the two parallel upload servers at the Amazon web service reacted to user requests. This error is now fixed. (Why this happened is still unclear. Since mid-April (integration of the new frontpage and the new "thank you!") the ipernity code had not been touched. Christophe is going to ask the former programmers about it However, the fact that both servers now accept uploads again revealed another bug: Apparently the automatic background synchronization of the two servers does not work completely either. Although no data is lost, it is not always displayed in full when retrieved. Tomorrow morning, Qwellcode will try to fix this as well. Then the ipernity software should be reinitialized at AWS to set a new recovery point. Best regards Bernhard

In 1911, the old Elbe tunnel was built to provide a new direct route for dock workers from the St. Pauli Piers or 'Landungsbrücken' over to the Southern banks of the Elbe river. Initially a technical innovation, the tunnel became a tourist attraction when the 'new' Elbtunnel and several bridges were built in the 1970s. Now, elevators carry pedestrians and bicyclists into the deep tunnel. Message from IMA: The cause for the upload problems has now been found. Only one of the two parallel upload servers at the Amazon web service reacted to user requests. This error is now fixed. (Why this happened is still unclear. Since mid-April (integration of the new frontpage and the new "thank you!") the ipernity code had not been touched. Christophe is going to ask the former programmers about it However, the fact that both servers now accept uploads again revealed another bug: Apparently the automatic background synchronization of the two servers does not work completely either. Although no data is lost, it is not always displayed in full when retrieved. Tomorrow morning, Qwellcode will try to fix this as well. Then the ipernity software should be reinitialized at AWS to set a new recovery point. Best regards Bernhard

The Cap San Diego was built and launched by Deutsche Werft in 1961 for Hamburg Süd as the last of a series of six ships. The 159 m, 10000 dwt ship ran a regular schedule between Germany and South America, completing 120 round trips until 1981. After being sold and running under different names and flags of convenience as a tramp trader, the run-down ship was scheduled for scrapping in 1986, when it was bought by the city of Hamburg. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_San_Diego The impressive building on the right is The Elbphilharmonie. On 2 April 2007, the foundation stone was laid, and construction was due to be completed in 2010, but the buidling was finally completed in 2016. The base is an old warehouse.

I think that everyone who visits Hamburg takes a photo similar to this.

The Sunday Challenge: Rocks or pebbles.

Teams of painters were spread all along the promenade at Aberystwyth, making sure the town was looking smart for the summer. Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade of Pale, live in Denmark 2006 Procol Harum – A Whiter Shade of Pale & Kaleidoscope, 1968

This is the pilot station "Seemannshöft" or also called "Lotsenhöft" for short. F33 is a level indicator "F" means high tide (flood); "E" = low tide. The figures indicate the current water level in dm, in this case 33dm or 3,3m above sea chart zero. At low tide, red figures appear.

Year of construction: 1888 - originally the ship had a sails with 3 masts. In 1936 the ship received its current main engine system during an extensive conversion and was electrified. The middle mast was replaced by a chimney. Until 1966 the lightship was located in the Weser estuary under the name "Weser" as a floating navigation sign. The name "Elbe 3" refers to the last location in the Elbe north-east of Neuwerk Island. The lightfire consists only of the three lamps on the front mast.

Since November 1934, the lighthouse has been securing navigation on the Elbe river with lights reaching far for seven nautical miles. It marked the southern tip of the island of Pagensand. In November 2015 it was relocated by barge and placed at the Museumshafen Oevelgönne on the north bank of the Elbe at Neumühlen.

The Museumshafen (Museum Harbour) Oevelgönne is a wonderful destination on the Elbe beach for young and old. Around 20 vintage ships are anchored at this location – including German and Dutch flat-bottomed vessels (the leeboards of which challenge the public to work out their purpose), steam tugs and barges. Many of the ships anchored here were discovered as wrecks rotting away at remote locations, and most have been faithfully restored over years of painstaking labour, using historical literature, models and drawings. Not only the association's own vessels are anchored in Oevelgönne; private ships of association members and ships with their own associations, such as the steam icebreaker "STETTIN", have also found a home here.