Berlin Marathon 2007

This morning I woke up by the noise of a helicopter flying over the house. Oh, yes, it's the day of annual Berlin Marathon and the 40.000 participants of the race will pass my street. So I took my camera...
I wasn't quick enough to catch the best man (no wonder, he finished later in world record time) but I took a picture of the later female winner (in white stockings).

Watching the runners reminded me of my participation two years ago and made me feeling proud and a little bit sad at the same time. Maybe my first was not my last Marathon (....I guess the remembrance of the pains is fading away :-).

Der schwarze Peter

The summer leaves

As in every year there comes a time when the leaves change their colors (and it's suddenly dark already when I'm driving home:-).
It looks so nice but unfortunately we all know what it means: the rainy and windy autumn and the cold and dark winter are about to enter the stage.
But still there are some sunflowers alive...

Restaurant boats

First I was surprised but at the second thought it is perfect logical. What's next following the invention of the urban beach bars? Right: restaurant boats.
Few tables, but very special...and I like the sensation of the slow rolling in the waves when another boat passes.

Urban wilderness...

...as wild as it gets in a city like Berlin.