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Phot.Flower.Tulips.01.051320.5943

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:32:47 -0700

Germany, Wedel, “BarbieTulips”, pink & long thin stalks

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Phot.Flower.Poppy.Iceland.01.051320.5890

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:32:46 -0700

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Germany, Wedel, “Iceland Poppy”, native to sub-polar regions of Europe, Asia, the mountains of Central Asia, East-Siberia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Northwest-Canada & Alaska. They were first described by botanists in 1759, the wild species blooms in white, yellow & orange-red. All parts of this plant are likely to be poisonous, containing, like all poppies, toxic alkaloids. The petals have a crinkled silk appearance & are thin enough that much sunlight gets through making them seem brighter than the usual flower. The poppy seeds are very tiny, it takes approx. 200,000 units to make an ounce, 28,35 Gr.

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Phot.London.Queen's.Life.Guard.01.041326.5077

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:16:57 -0700

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Great Britain, London, “The Blues and Royals”, the Queen's Life Guard is mounted at the royal residences, like the Buckingham Palace & other official Royal locations; it is not mounted at the Queen's private residences at Sandringham or Balmoral.
When the Queen is in London, the Guard consists usually of 1 officer, 1 corporal major , 2 non-commissioned officers, 1 trumpeter & 11 troopers, known as a “Long Guard”, when the Queen is not resident in London, the Guard is reduced to 2 non-commissioned officers & 10 troopers, known as a “Short Guard”.
The guard is usually provided by the HCMR, Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, with the Life Guards & the Blues & Royals alternating. When the HCMR leaves London for a month of summer training & vacation for the horses, the guard is provided by the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery.
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment maintains a world-famous tradition dating back to 1660 & have been since responsible for guarding the Sovereign's palaces, every man on parade is first & foremost a fighting soldier, fully trained & operational.

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Phot.London.Queen's.Life.Guard.01.041326.5069

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Sat, 18 May 2013 00:16:56 -0700

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5391

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:44:38 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, ”…in all sizes”.
Buckingham Palace, sentries on the picture are from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards”. The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence; this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5449

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:06:42 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, Buckingham Palace, sentry on the picture is from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards”. The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence, this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5427

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:06:41 -0700

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Phot.London.Queen's.Guard.01.041327.5376

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:22:26 -0700

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Great Britain, London, Queen's Guard, ”…smile, every Tom, Dick, & Harry makes click”.
Buckingham Palace, sentries on the picture are from the „1st Battalion Welsh Guards”. The Queen's Guard is the name given to contingents of infantry & cavalry soldiers charged with safeguarding the official royal residences in London. Since the reign of “King Charles II” in 1660, these have been in charge guarding the Sovereign Palaces; they are not purely ceremonial & are fully operational soldiers. Until 1959, the sentries at Buckingham Palace were stationed outside the fence; this stopped succeeding an incident involving a female tourist & a “Coldstream Guardsman”, belonging to the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. Due to the continued harassment of tourists & sightseers, the guardsman kicked the tourist on the ankle as he marched. The tourist made a complaint to the police & despite sympathy; the guard was confined to barracks for ten days, shortly after the sentries were moved inside the fence.
Each foot-guard is on duty at their post for 2 hours, every 10 minutes, a guard will come to attention, slope their arms & march across their post, generally around 20 paces in total. This is usually repeated four-five times before the guard halts, shoulders the arm & returns to standing at ease. Guards are not permitted to stand relaxed whilst at their post.

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Phot.Hamburg.W.Brig.Aphrodite.01.051312.5862

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:13:23 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg/Wedel, the dutch brig “Aphrodite” leaving Hamburg after visiting the port at his 824 anniversary in to the evening sun. Built in 1994 based on original plans, the brig is overall 31 mtr long,6,6 mtr wide & a deep of only 1,9 mtr. With its eight double bed cabins the brig can be chartered for trips, or for up to 45
pax for day trips.

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Hamburg Harbour Birthday

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:03:10 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg, Harbour, a close-up of tall ship rigging during Hamburg’s 824th harbour birthday, in front left the Dutch brig “Aphrodite”, behind the Polish tall ship “Dar Młodzieży”

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Phot.Hamburg.W.Tall.Ship.Cisne.Branco.01.051312.5792

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:02:32 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg/Wedel, the tall ship “Cisne Branco” - "White Swan” leaving Hamburg after visiting the port at his 824 anniversary in to the evening sun.
The overall 74 mtr long,10 mtr wide with a heights of 46 mtr & a deep of only 4 mtr Cisne Branco is normally used in national & international representation activities to showcase the Brazilian Navy & Brazilian culture, as well, she is used as an instructional sailing ship by the cadets of the Brazilian Naval School, Academy of Merchant Marine & other naval schools. The tall ship is a full-rigged ship built in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was christened & launched in August 1999 & commissioned as a Brazilian naval vessel in March 2000.

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Phot.Hamburg.W.Tall.Ship.Dar.Młodzieży.01.051312.5843

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:14:11 -0700

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Germany, Hamburg/Wedel, the tall ship “Dar Młodzieży” - "The Gift of Youth” leaving Hamburg in to the evening sun after visiting the port at his 824 anniversary. The sailing ship was launched in November 1981 at the shipyard in Gdansk, Poland & commissioned for the Naval Academy Wyzsza Szkola Morska w Gdyni for service in July 1982 at her home port Gdynia. The Dar Młodzieży is the first Polish-built, ocean-going sailing vessel to circumnavigate the globe in 1987-88, thus repeating the famous voyage of her predecessor in 1934–35.
The overall 108,8 mtr long,14 mtr wide with a heights of 62,1 mtr & a deep of 6,3 mtr tall ship has been designed & built for voyages around the world, the vessel can stay at sea for 60 days without entering a port.

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Phot.Altes.Land.01.051308.5742

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:06:25 -0700

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Germany, “Altes Land”, the region sited downstream from Hamburg on the south-western side of the river Elbe is an area of 143 square km reclaimed marshland, spanning parts of Hamburg & Lower Saxony. “Altes Land”, which means "old country", however, it is a mistranslation of the original Low Saxon “Olland”, which originally had nothing to do with "old"; it stems from Holland & refers to the area's original colonization by Dutch settlers in the 12th Century which drained the land & cultivated it.
Drawbridges, windmills, the unique design of the elongated villages, everything still reminds of the former settlers. Many of the richly-decorated half-timbered “Altländer” farmhouses are over 300 years old. Inscriptions, geometric patterns of mosaic tiles on the facades & magnificent decorative traditional gates are considered as status symbol of wealthy farmers.
The region is the biggest contiguous fruit-producing region in Central Europe, about 77% of the trees are apples, 13% are cherries. The fertile land led to the development of a culture dominated by farming, a special kind of villages where the farmyards are set along a street with the land directly behind them.
Tourism plays a major role, predominantly during the cherry blossom in May & apple blossom late May/June. However, unfortunately parts of the plantations are slowly being displaced by residential developments. Many of these new homes are then sold or rented to commuters who work in Hamburg.

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Phot.Altes.Land.Cherry.Blossom.01.051308.5727

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:03:02 -0700

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Germany, “Altes Land”, cherry blossom, the region sited downstream from Hamburg on the south-western side of the river Elbe is an area of 143 square km reclaimed marshland, spanning parts of Hamburg & Lower Saxony. “Altes Land”, which means "old country", however, it is a mistranslation of the original Low Saxon “Olland”, which originally had nothing to do with "old"; it stems from Holland & refers to the area's original colonization by Dutch settlers in the 12th Century which drained the land & cultivated it.
Drawbridges, windmills, the unique design of the elongated villages, everything still reminds of the former settlers. Many of the richly-decorated half-timbered “Altländer” farmhouses are over 300 years old. Inscriptions, geometric patterns of mosaic tiles on the facades & magnificent decorative traditional gates are considered as status symbol of wealthy farmers.
The region is the biggest contiguous fruit-producing region in Central Europe, about 77% of the trees are apples, 13% are cherries. The fertile land led to the development of a culture dominated by farming, a special kind of villages where the farmyards are set along a street with the land directly behind them.
Tourism plays a major role, predominantly during the cherry blossom in May & apple blossom late May/June. However, unfortunately parts of the plantations are slowly being displaced by residential developments. Many of these new homes are then sold or rented to commuters who work in Hamburg.

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Phot.Altes.Land.Broom.01.051308.5713

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:59:13 -0700

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Germany, “Altes Land”, broom bush, the region sited downstream from Hamburg on the south-western side of the river Elbe is an area of 143 square km reclaimed marshland, spanning parts of Hamburg & Lower Saxony. “Altes Land”, which means "old country", however, it is a mistranslation of the original Low Saxon “Olland”, which originally had nothing to do with "old"; it stems from Holland & refers to the area's original colonization by Dutch settlers in the 12th Century which drained the land & cultivated it.
Drawbridges, windmills, the unique design of the elongated villages, everything still reminds of the former settlers. Many of the richly-decorated half-timbered “Altländer” farmhouses are over 300 years old. Inscriptions, geometric patterns of mosaic tiles on the facades & magnificent decorative traditional gates are considered as status symbol of wealthy farmers.
The region is the biggest contiguous fruit-producing region in Central Europe, about 77% of the trees are apples, 13% are cherries. The fertile land led to the development of a culture dominated by farming, a special kind of villages where the farmyards are set along a street with the land directly behind them.
Tourism plays a major role, predominantly during the cherry blossom in May & apple blossom late May/June. However, unfortunately parts of the plantations are slowly being displaced by residential developments. Many of these new homes are then sold or rented to commuters who work in Hamburg.

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Phot.Altes.Land.01.051308.5756

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:59:11 -0700

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Phot.Altes.Land.01.051308.5761

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Wed, 08 May 2013 12:59:12 -0700

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Germany, “Altes Land”, behind the dike, the region sited downstream from Hamburg on the south-western side of the river Elbe is an area of 143 square km reclaimed marshland, spanning parts of Hamburg & Lower Saxony. “Altes Land”, which means "old country", however, it is a mistranslation of the original Low Saxon “Olland”, which originally had nothing to do with "old"; it stems from Holland & refers to the area's original colonization by Dutch settlers in the 12th Century which drained the land & cultivated it.
Drawbridges, windmills, the unique design of the elongated villages, everything still reminds of the former settlers. Many of the richly-decorated half-timbered “Altländer” farmhouses are over 300 years old. Inscriptions, geometric patterns of mosaic tiles on the facades & magnificent decorative traditional gates are considered as status symbol of wealthy farmers.
The region is the biggest contiguous fruit-producing region in Central Europe, about 77% of the trees are apples, 13% are cherries. The fertile land led to the development of a culture dominated by farming, a special kind of villages where the farmyards are set along a street with the land directly behind them.
Tourism plays a major role, predominantly during the cherry blossom in May & apple blossom late May/June. However, unfortunately parts of the plantations are slowly being displaced by residential developments. Many of these new homes are then sold or rented to commuters who work in Hamburg.

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Phot.London.Shard.Tower.01.041325.5002

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:41:04 -0700

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Great Britain, London, “The Shard” & a tower of the “Tower of London”, a few architectural centuries between the two.
The Shard is actually Western Europe’s tallest building, a 95 storey skyscraper, from 68-72 floor the observatory at a height of 245 mtr & floors 73-95 the spire, the 309,6 mtr high building opened to the public on February 2013. It is a vertical city with luxury offices, restaurants, a 5-star Shangri-La hotel, exclusive residential apartments & the capital's highest observatory; its crystalline façade transformed the London skyline. The dramatic façades of angled glass panes reflect sunlight & the sky, so that the appearance of the building changes according to the weather, daytime & seasons. The building features 11,000 panes of glass, with a total surface area of 56,000 square mtr.
The Shard was designed by Renzo Piano in 2000, the Italian architect who created Paris’s Pompidou Centre

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Phot.London.Shard.01.041325.4983

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:41:04 -0700

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Great Britain, London, “The Shard”, the spire with the observatory at the top floors of the 309,6 mtr high building. The spire looks like still under construction, it is the final unusual design which makes the spire look like this.
The Shard is actually Western Europe’s tallest building, a 95 storey skyscraper, from 68-72 floor the observatory at a height of 245 mtr & floors 73-95 the spire, the 309,6 mtr high building opened to the public on February 2013. It is a vertical city with luxury offices, restaurants, a 5-star Shangri-La hotel, exclusive residential apartments & the capital's highest observatory; its crystalline façade transformed the London skyline. The dramatic façades of angled glass panes reflect sunlight & the sky, so that the appearance of the building changes according to the weather, daytime & seasons. The building features 11,000 panes of glass, with a total surface area of 56,000 square mtr.
The Shard was designed by Renzo Piano in 2000, the Italian architect who created Paris’s Pompidou Centre

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Phot.London.Shard.01.041325.4958

nobody@flickr.com (frankartculinary) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:41:03 -0700

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Great Britain, London, The Shard, Western Europe’s tallest building, a 95 storey skyscraper, from 68-72 floor the observatory at a height of 245 mtr & floors 73-95 the spire, the 309,6 mtr high building opened to the public on February 2013. It is a vertical city with luxury offices, restaurants, a 5-star Shangri-La hotel, exclusive residential apartments & the capital's highest observatory; its crystalline façade transformed the London skyline. The dramatic façades of angled glass panes reflect sunlight & the sky, so that the appearance of the building changes according to the weather, daytime & seasons. The building features 11,000 panes of glass, with a total surface area of 56,000 square mtr.
The Shard was designed by Renzo Piano in 2000, the Italian architect who created Paris’s Pompidou Centre

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