Back on the blog

By Katherine | August 11, 2015 |

It has been some time since I last wrote.  So long that I had to reset my password to log into my blog.  Yikes. Saying that I’ve been busy these last couple of months is a bit of an understatement.  My husband, 1-year-old daughter, two cats and I moved from Hamburg, Germany to the Los…

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Day 132: Gaga for Naga

By Katherine | August 8, 2013 |

{Speicherstadt, docklands, Hamburg}  On the final day of my friend’s visit, we headed to the Speicherstadt, or the old customshouse area of Hamburg.  This whole area (an island of about 2.2km or 1.3 miles) is now called HafenCity (Hafen is German for harbor).  HafenCity is currently the largest urban planning project in Europe, converting the…

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Day 130: Majestic Waters

By Katherine | August 6, 2013 |

Simple, pure, unrehearsed.  Not the photo I was planning to select for the blog today, but I couldn’t resist.  It’s a beautiful shot across Hamburg’s Außenalster (from Pöseldorf to Winterhude, if you know the area), and it’s also flattering of me (I’m not good at posing for shots!). The shot of excitement, I would say,…

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