Linked to On the Hunt for Joy Challenge: Add an element of nature.
Parks – King – Madiba
If you have seen the movie Invictus you know the significance of the South African no. 7 shirt at the Rugby World Cup 1995 and what it meant for the South African nation in general, and Nelson Mandela in particular. This photo was taken at the RWC twenty years later when Francois Piennar (the captain of the Springbok team in 1995 and wearer of the no.7) was inducted in the World Rugby Hall of Fame. I was high up but I caught a glimpse of Piennar and the huge screen showed him as well.
Nelson Mandela’s autobiography is called Long Walk to Freedom, and he was certainly a man who wanted to be free, who gained his freedom, so other people would be free.
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.
Rosa Parks
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Cinnamon moollage
A colour collage for Värikollaasit. More collages based on the given cinnamon colours
can be found here.
Dramatic pose
Linked to One Word Sunday: Drama.
Four Single Flowers
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: One Single Flower.
Surfing in the city
Living near the Odenwald – said to be the mountain range furthest from any sea in Europe – surf is kind of difficult to come by. But I visited Munich a few years ago and came across an unusual phenomenon: inner city surfing.
The river Isar runs through Munich and is part of the famous Englische Garten, a huge urban public park. At one point the Isar is split and the section known as the Eisbach (icy creek) has an artificial permanent wave, just before the Prinzregentenstraße bridges over it. In summer, particularly during lunch time, there is a permanent crowd gathered – the surfers on the banks, the spectators among the trees and on the bridge.
It’s no easy surf and a beginner wouldn’t dare to go in. But even for experienced surfers it is no mean feat to pass before such a crowd – the uninitiated tourist and the skilled fellow surfers.
Linked to Friday Fun: Surf.
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