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By rog dan
August 5th 2006

Bremen Town Life

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Bremen Street Shopping...
this is one of the main shopping strips in the Markt Platz of Bremen. The majority of shopping in Bremen is strip shopping with cobble paved streets for pedestrains only.

We have been living in Bremen for just over 4 months now, and its a town we really love. Its a nice size, with a small old town feel. So we decided that since we are not really tourists around here anymore we would take photos of everyday life around Bremen instead of just the landmarks and beautiful old buildings. So I will continue to update this blog as we take more photos... The first set of photos are taken in the city centre or Markt Platz on a Saturday around midday. They are of the shopping strip and the fruit [View Full Entry]

By rog dan
July 31st 2006

Haake Beck Badeinsel Regatta.

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The Rubber Donuts... all in position.
This was the line of donuts the competitors had to run across for the first competion.

Each year in Bremen; Germany, Hakke Beck run a regatta on the Wesser River. The competion has been running for seven or so years now and it is a very popular event for the whole town as well as tourists. Each year approx. 1000 people enter the compition to be able to race, and only 100 teams are selected. You are only allowed to race once in your life, making it even more of a challenge to be chosen. Each team is two people, either 2 guys, 2 girls or a mixed team and prizes are allocated to all categories. The [View Full Entry]

By der Bub
July 27th 2006

My Country - My Home

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Coming Home
The mouth of Weser, looking back at the sea over the tidelands at Bremerhaven.

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By rog dan
July 26th 2006

Welt Meister 2006!

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01 Hamburg Fan Fest Entrance
This is the entrance to Fan Fest. With Steve (left), Wolfgang (facing) and some guy whos name I dont know with his back to the camera.

Our World Cup Experiences were absolutly awesome... here are the updated images from the various games we watched. this has been Danielle Cull Reporting for Global Hopscotch news. Saturday 10th June 2006: Hamburg Game: Ivory Coast v Argentina. Location: Hamburg Fan Fest This was day two of the World Masters in Deutschland, 06. Ivory Coast fans, the underdogs came out in scores to support the first timers in their first World Cup Game. It was also here that we purchased our Australian Flag. How could we resist - we have to support the best countr [View Full Entry]

By rog dan
July 26th 2006

Bremen Botanica

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The Botanic Gardens

One sunny sunday afternoon we ventured outside to enjoy the perfect weather. We ventured down to the Botanic Gardens of Bremen which were not far from our Busestrasse home. We strolled though the gardens and relaxed on the grass... it was a lovely day. Here are some pictures of us and the Botanic Gardens... Enjoy! [View Full Entry]

By rog dan
July 26th 2006

Burger Park - Bremen

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Some Weird Ducks

In Bremen there is a park that is fully run by the citizens of the town. The council or government don't have any hand in the park. It is a beautiful large park with open fields, bushland and small rivers. There is an extensive track system that covers the park and on a nice day its a lovely place to go for a walk. In the centre of the park there is a small working farm, where we believe the head of the park committee or groundkeeper lives. They have donkeys, chickens, pigs, cows, lamas, guinea pigs, birds of all sorts [View Full Entry]

By rog dan
May 9th 2006

Sunshine and Tulips

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Windmill in Spring

Spring time in Bremen is just gorgeous. Not only do we have beautiful trees blossoming and gardens in full bloom, we have the windmill in town with its brightly coloured array of tulips. These are just some of the photos I took on a beautiful spring day while walking through town. The first photo - which is a personal favourite of mine - is a close up of the tulips with the windmill in the background. [View Full Entry]