When car trains are booked, accident and break down insurance is checked and appointments at the chiropractor are fixed then it's for the "Mille"! The Mille Miglia ( Italian for 1000 miles) is one of the most famous vintage car rallies. And Italy is the country where it takes place - Here clocks tick differently and the Italians ...
Symmetry has something very comforting. Architects, artists and designers have always used symmetrical elements as a stylistic device. The first picture was taken at the rear entrance of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. In the far distance one can see the Gloriette here. Symmetrie hat etwas sehr Beruhigendes. Architekten, Künstler und Designer haben von je her symmetrische Elemente als Stilmittel benutzt. Das ...
"Half and Half - let's split our photos in two…", is what the people of the Weekly Photo Challenge asked for. Here's one - palm trees visible on first sight and when you gaze further on, you'll see the front of a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and the open door of a Gullwing. Hence this picture combines half nature ...
x This week's photo challenge theme "door" was a no-brainer. Having a deep passion for vintage cars the distinctive doors of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing came to mind instantly. The Gullwing was produced from 1954 to 1957 and only roughly 1,400 were made. The list price then was 29,000 German Marks (DM). In 1999 the readers ...
It’s been 2 years, 9 months and 19 days since my first blog post went online. And I can hardly believe this is number 500 and I'm still blogging! Amazing how quickly time went by and what has happened in those 1000-plus days… Vor 2 Jahren, 9 Monaten und 19 Tagen ging mein erster Post online. ...
. I cannot go to Sylt and not at least stick my feet into the water and I couldn't care how cold it is. The feeling of sand between my toes and the water swishing around - it's heaven on earth! When my sister and I told The Little One we were going to the beach, ...
