Neulietzegöricke

[Corinna]

This is a tiny village east of Berlin in Brandenburg, very close to the Polish border, and somehow still today it looks like it once was East-Germany:

http://www.fastpictures.com/images/AnniRocS/neulietzegrikeframed.jpg

Conversion from a formerly coloured digital photo taken during our holidays in the area at the end of July/beginning of August of this year.

[Anicole]

Great tones, Corinna!

[Corinna]

Thank you.
By the way, this place with its (for you I guess) unpronounceable name is also where the photos of my thread "This Old House" (http://www.yourphotoforum.com/showthread.php?t=32 ) were taken.

[Digital Wizzard]

I love the feel of this picture...Kinda tranquil and soothing, the village appears to be well out of the rat race...

The Car...Is that a Trabant?



TFS,

Andrew

[Corinna]

Yes, you have seen this right.
While what few cars that went past this street had all been "western" models before, suddenly I heard this one puff-puffing nearer and I just HAD to grab my camera up again to take THIS scene.
I am now seeing that there is a satellite dish in the pic, THAT element, of course, is against suggesting it still looks like it did in East German times in Neulietzegöricke, but so did the nearest to the righthand frame of the pic in colour, too... and I am not suggesting this is an old pic, but the scene suddenly suggested it MIGHT look like the old times ;).

[Antarctican]

I like it. Wonderful tones, and the lone old car gives the shot an almost abandoned feel.

[photo gal]

You did a great job with the conversion Corinna!! : )

[Corinna]

The place is quiet, but not abandoned. Actually, the entire village is listed these days. A good many houses are still waiting for restauration, among them the house that shows in my thread "This Old House", but eventually the entire village will be made up.

Here is a town map taken off Wikipedia:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/2/27/Neulietze_Ortsplan.jpg/180px-Neulietze_Ortsplan.jpg

You can see that the village is primarily houses to the left and the right of a street that forks open into two lanes while they go through the village and becomes one again at the end.

To show you whereabouts in Germany it is situated, here another map taken off Wikipedia:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/6/6c/Deutschland_Brandenburg_Neulietzeg%C3%B6ricke.png/140px-Deutschland_Brandenburg_Neulietzeg%C3%B6ricke.png

And this aerial view taken off the site www.oderbruchpavillion.de shows you what it looks like ... and my photo was taken on the part of street on the right heading north:

http://www.oderbruchpavillon.de/akteure/wilke/bilder/luftbild_2_nlg.jpg

I took MANY more pictures in Neulietzegöricke! I was totally SMITTEN by that village! (My family were dismayed ... "Ah, she must take ANOTHER photo, *groan*!") ;)

[JonMikal]

i love everything about this streetscape. the inclusion and placement of the car was brilliant. :bowing:

[jocose]

Yes, you have seen this right.
While what few cars that went past this street had all been "western" models before, suddenly I heard this one puff-puffing nearer and I just HAD to grab my camera up again to take THIS scene.I am now seeing that there is a satellite dish in the pic, THAT element, of course, is against suggesting it still looks like it did in East German times in Neulietzegöricke, but so did the nearest to the righthand frame of the pic in colour, too... and I am not suggesting this is an old pic, but the scene suddenly suggested it MIGHT look like the old times ;).

You were wise to do so, Corinna. I don't think the pic would have the same impact without the car. If I make it to Germania, will we be visiting here?

[Corinna]

No... I'm afraid not. Compare the dots of where Wikipedia says Neulietzegöricke is and where Wikipedia shows my place:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/thumb/6/69/Karte_Lauenbrueck_in_Deutschland.png/140px-Karte_Lauenbrueck_in_Deutschland.png

The driving distance is about 6 hours, I'm afraid.
The circle north-east of my place and the other south-west of it are Hamburg and Bremen ... and when you look east (east is to the right, but never let my geography teacher hear me say this, he would have slapped the ruler over the backs of my hands for saying "right" instead of "east"!), you see another "circle", not too far from where the dot in the other map higher up indicates is this village. Well, that circle is Berlin.

And I cannot even take you to Berlin when you should come ... not within the one week that I am planning for you.

[jocose]

Sieht, ich dachte an Aufgeben meiner Aufgabe und führte nur nach Europa und schnorrte, bis das Geld aus gelaufen ist. ..they ich war gonna Kopf nach Amsterdam und erhielt mich ein Fenster zu versuchen, etwas zusätzliches Geld zu machen. ..hmm, ich mich wundere, wenn ich hätte machen können ein Geld überhaupt. ..surely jemand bereit wäre, mich zu bezahlen, Recht? Recht?

Ich hoffe, dass dies gut übersetzt, und riechen nicht, dass etwas Ihre Füße mag, sage, wie Sie in der Marsch gelebt haben, und Sie müssen Ihre Unterwäsche ändern...

[Corinna]

:headscratch: Erm .... :headscratch:

[jocose]

:headscratch: Erm .... :headscratch:

Yea, OK, so umm, clearly that did't work so well...basically I was just saying that the dream is to quit my job and head over to Europe and bum around until the money runs out....

I think we might need to start the mistranslation thread up again...wanna play?