A Kodak Moment - A Life Lasting Memory
Born and raised in Bavaria, I treasure the mountains and hills of my home town. Living in Florida for over 17 years, I cherish the white sandy beaches and having been to the most southern part of Florida inspired me to write about this special trip.
During my trip back to my hometown in 2006 while visiting my family in Bavaria, I was invited by my friends to visit them in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. I had no idea what would come upon me during my short visit with my friends, which is one of my most of cherish-able trips I’ve ever made.
During my stay in Kiel, and my love for beaches, we took a day trip by auto train to the Island of Sylt. Sylt is famous for its beaches - yes Germany does have beaches, the spectacular dune landscape, the thatched-roof houses, the Wadden Sea (Wattenmeer), and the North Sea (Nordsee). We walked through the town of Sylt, had lunch a local restaurant where we ate scrumptious fish dinner, shopped for rote Grütze - a desert specialty famous in the northern part of Germany, visited the old village of Keitum and looked upon the magnificent sailboats docked in the harbor.
During our stroll on the beach was when I took this picture of kids in swim suits looking for sea shells on the North Sea beach. On this particular day, the temperature was a bit on the chilly side since I was wearing a sweater and a coat. Although, I saw Denmark from where I was standing, my camera could not capture my view in this photograph. I was located at the northernmost tip of Germany for the first time in my life and having visited Key West, the southernmost part of the contiguous 48 states. I feel this is one of my life’s lasting memory captured in this Kodak Moment.
This post is written as a submission to the ActiveRain 'Kodak Moments' contest. I have the chance to win the KODAK EASYSHARE M580 Digital Camera
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