Today in Dortmund

Weekend Reflections

Just waiting for something

In front of the main station, Essen, Germany, April 2013

The Weekend in Black and White
The same in original color here.

Shadow power

Esteli, Nicaragua, 2009

Linked to Shadow Shot Sunday 2

Family transport

Kozhikode, Kerala, India, December 2008

A little rain



Dortmund downtown

 Linked to Mellow Yellow Monday

Vienna

At the Hofburg Palace, Vienna 2008

Linked to Straight Out of the Camera Sunday

Bienvenidos

Border crossing from Mexico to Guatemala, Andreas looks around while the paper work has to be done,
Atenango de La Frontera, 2009

Guatemala City

Linked to signs, signs

Heidy

Esteli, Nicaragua, November 2009

One of the many painted signs in the streets from Esteli. More in this previos post.
I link this to Lesleys signs, signs.

Central America Highway 1

This lady with her son is drying beans on the street

it's the Pan Americana or Central America Highway 1

not busy with traffic, but with lots of people at work

in El Salvador, November 2009

This was on our way by car (the red one) from Canada to Panama, somewhere between Santa Tecla and San Miguel.

The letter for todays ABC Wednesday is S. It's the street which is used in a different way.

A picture is a question



So what is this?



o.k. you get it

do you?

Dortmund Hauptbahnhof (Main station), today

And there was something going on (and will be this weekend). Do you have any idea for what reason they have this yellow "things"?

My ABC Wednesday for the letter Q is question

Nicaragua #3

Esteli, Nicaragua, November 2009

Linked to Shadow Shot Sunday 2 and to Straight Out Of the Camera Sunday

Nicaragua #2

Esteli, Nicaragua, November 2009

Linked to Sky Watch Friday

Nicaragua

Esteli, Nicaragua, November 2009

Esteli is a good place for a traveler. Easy to stroll around and take pictures. We enjoyed beeing in the small streets, watching the local people. All so colorful. A very friendly town. We stayed longer then we planed in a thiny hotel right in the center. We had no expectations, only wanted to stop on our way from Canada to Panama by car. I like this kind of surprises.

Linked to ABC Wednesday
So many signs here gave me the idea to link it to signs, signs.

Family on the motorbike

Islamabad, Pakistan, 2009

Hard work

Main Bazaar, Delhi, India 2009

More from the Main Bazaar in our video (in German)

Let's play

Denver Downtown, Colorado, USA, September 2009

 The public chess tables in 16th Street Mall are a crowd puller.

Andreas is playing.

Linked to Murrietta365 Strait out of the Camera

Walk in the street - in a hurry

In the pedestrian zone, Dortmund, June 2011

Today I link this to three photo meme sites. It just happend, while I was choosing this walking shot.

Linked to to Shadow Shot Sunday and to The Weekend in Black and White

 Linked to Walk in the street.

Bikes in the city

In Lünen, May 2011

Father and son

Denver, Colorado, USA, September 2009

I met them in downtown. Aren't they cool?

Linked to Mellow Yellow Monday

Street vendor

In front of a pharmacy, Esteli, Nicaragua, November 2009

In two years traveling we took around 35 000 photos. It's now hard work to get the best out of it. So sometimes I find something interesting for my blog.

While browsing through our travel pictures my look fell on these two pics. My husband took them, and I have never before seen them. I think they show in an originally way the street life in Nicaragua. Just like every vendor, he has two promote his products: "mas fuerte, vive colors".

While driving south from Canada to Panama with our old car, we stopped in Esteli. A town in the north of Nicaragua, with relaxed people and a friendly atmosphere. We really liked it and stayed longer than we thought. And it was easy to stroll around, look, and take a lot of photos.

I will not forget: Some trouble with a tooth, I was anxious if I would have to speak spanish with the dentist, because my knowledge is rudimentary. Luckily I found a young man who had worked two years in the USA and his practice was well equiped. He did a perfect job. No more pain. This moments make long time travel very special.