What a winter!

If you have been following the last few posts you are aware that we had quite a winter in Hamburg. It was the toughest winter in 3 decades! 11 weeks of snow and ice - so far. That was about your average winter in Hamburg in the 60's and 70's but nowadays we usually have much milder winters.

It was fun to enjoy the amenities of snow and a real winter for a while. By now people are pretty much tired of it. We are ready for spring!

Longer daylight hours and the first migrating birds returning to northern Germany are a pretty good indication that this winter will actually come to an end some time.

As a farewell wish to this winter I have a few photographic impressions of the Alster lake and Elbe river on a beautiful winter day.




Two ice skaters enjoying the winter. Ther Alster was never officially found safe to walk on this winter
Photo taken with a Canon 5D MK II





Frozen paddle steamer sightseeing ship in the harbour
Photo taken with a Canon 5D MK II - 3 images merged into a HDR file and tone mapped





Tugboat "on the rocks" - Cheers!
Photo taken with a Canon 5D MK II





Rickmer Rickmers museum ship tickled by ice
Photo taken with a Canon 5D MK II





Elbe river - the harbour in winter mood
Photo taken with a Canon 5D MK II