Some of the many glazed terracotta tiles that decorate Hamburg’s Elbetunnel. They are about two feet long, made in two halves. I lost the name of the artist (it’s on a tunnel wall), but a web search showed that they were made in Kadyny, Poland. Unfortunately my camera does not have a flash.

Fish

Flounder

Lobster

Rats in a boot

On vacation in the Arizona Desert.

Cool weather in the North Atlantic, but it was sunny and beautiful. I had a great lunch of marinated raw herring fillets with onion and beet relish.  Mmmmm.

Olso has lots of public sculpture. Unfortunately, I did not have time to visit the Sculpture Garden, but I did come across this interesting sculpture. The brickwork was rippled, like waves. Very nice.

Sorry. No photos from Hamburg’s red light district. The photos below are underground and under water: Rathaus subway station and Elbetunnel (under the Elbe River). The tunnel was built in 1911, and connects the shipyards to the main part of town across the river. It has some great, large ceramic bas relief tiles. I will post some photos soon.

waiting for the train at the Rathaus station.

Walking throught the Elbetunnel (under the Elbe River)

This is Celebrity Constellation in dry dock in Hamburg, Germany.  We left today for Amsterdam, then on to Norway.

Panoramic shot of the Celebrity Constellation in drydock in Hamburg.

On a brisk, rainy day.

Our ship was docked in Honolulu last March, next to the Aloha Tower. I painted this view out my porthole window.

Hey… it is an icon. I had to paint it. It was a nice bright spring day, a bit cool. I stood on the bank of the Seine for this view. Same spot as I took the photo in a previous post. The photo was actually merged from several photos because this location is too close for a single shot, at least with my camera. Fortunately, that is not a problem with drawing.