Today at 2:15 PM the German tall ship Alexander von Humboldt (62x8m) passed by on its way to Bremerhaven. This time, regrettably, not using its sails.
Friday, 9 September 2011
German tall ship Alexander von Humboldt in Øresund
Today at 2:15 PM the German tall ship Alexander von Humboldt (62x8m) passed by on its way to Bremerhaven. This time, regrettably, not using its sails.
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Asian Breeze at Kronborg Castle
The car carrier Asian Breeze (164x25m) this afternoon passed Helsingør and the Kronborg Castle on its way to Southampton.
Aida Sol on its second last cruise for the season
The cruising season is drawing to a close in Øresund and Northern Europe. This morning the brand new Aida Cara (252x36m) passed by on its way to Copenhagen. Tomorrow it will embark on its last 5 day cruise in these waters. This last cruise is sold out . Hopefully the mostly German passengers will be able to enjoy nice autumn weather.
Monday, 5 September 2011
I was James Bond´s neighbour - almost
There have been many James Bonds, but for me there is only one:
This is my personal favourite Bond music:
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As a matter of fact, I have a tiny personal "connection" to Bond. According to Ian Fleming, Bond´s flat was on a little plain-tree´d square off of King´s Road in the Chelsea area of London. John Pearson has placed the flat at 30 Wellington Square.
In the late 80´s and early 90´s I had the privilege to live in one of the Wellington Square Regency terraces, built by Francis Edward in 1830-1832, although it was not number 30. At the time I did not know about the Bond connection. Maybe my neighbour, the German assistant military attaché was then the closest to Bond´s world - if one does not count former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont (Now Baron Lamont of Lerwick) who also lived in one of the houses for some time.
For all James Bond fans - and others as well - a visit to this, the most beautiful of all Chelsea squares is highly recommended!
This is my personal favourite Bond music:
PS
As a matter of fact, I have a tiny personal "connection" to Bond. According to Ian Fleming, Bond´s flat was on a little plain-tree´d square off of King´s Road in the Chelsea area of London. John Pearson has placed the flat at 30 Wellington Square.
In the late 80´s and early 90´s I had the privilege to live in one of the Wellington Square Regency terraces, built by Francis Edward in 1830-1832, although it was not number 30. At the time I did not know about the Bond connection. Maybe my neighbour, the German assistant military attaché was then the closest to Bond´s world - if one does not count former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Norman Lamont (Now Baron Lamont of Lerwick) who also lived in one of the houses for some time.
For all James Bond fans - and others as well - a visit to this, the most beautiful of all Chelsea squares is highly recommended!
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| Wellington Square 30 was the literary home of James Bond |
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Danish sailers meet Henneke Rambow
It was great sailing for the beautiful Danish yacht DAN66 when it met the container ship Henneke Rambow outside of Helsingør this afternoon.
Mein Schiff 2 and the Vision of the Seas in the Sound
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| Mein Schiff 2 passing Kronborg castle |
Early this morning (06.17 AM) the Visions of the Seas ( 280 m X 32 m) passed Helsingør on its way southwards to Copenhagen.
Friday, 2 September 2011
Autumn dahlias in the Sofiero castle garden
The summer of 2011 was mostly rainy and windy in the Øresund region. However, the first official autumn days have been rather nice. I spent a pleasant afternoon in the Sofiero castle garden enjoying the colour symphony of the autumn dahlias:
I do not know very much about garden plants, but here is some information on dahlias from Wikipedia:
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, some like D. imperialis up to 10 metres tall. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. The Aztecs gathered and cultivated the dahlia for food, ceremonies, as well as decorative purposes,[4] and the long woody stem of one variety was used for small pipes.
Dahlias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, Ghost Moth and Large Yellow Underwing.
The dahlia is named after Swedish 18th-century botanist Anders Dahl
Since 1813, commercial plant breeders have been breeding dahlias to produce thousands of cultivars, usually chosen for their stunning and brightly coloured waxy flowers.
PS
I could not resist adding this pic with a butterfly on a leaf in the Sofiero castle garden:
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I do not know very much about garden plants, but here is some information on dahlias from Wikipedia:
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, some like D. imperialis up to 10 metres tall. Dahlia hybrids are commonly grown as garden plants. The Aztecs gathered and cultivated the dahlia for food, ceremonies, as well as decorative purposes,[4] and the long woody stem of one variety was used for small pipes.
Dahlias are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, Ghost Moth and Large Yellow Underwing.
The dahlia is named after Swedish 18th-century botanist Anders Dahl
Since 1813, commercial plant breeders have been breeding dahlias to produce thousands of cultivars, usually chosen for their stunning and brightly coloured waxy flowers.
PS
I could not resist adding this pic with a butterfly on a leaf in the Sofiero castle garden:
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