Pics from Obama trip *PIC HEAVY*

[MissHoneychurch]

as you know, 48percenter and I were in Berlin to see Obama and hear him speak.

So here he is at the back entrance from the Hotel Adlon. We got lucky that we were there shortly before he showed up.








We got to the Siegessäule rather early and got a good spot - or so we thought. We had to wait 3 hours till he showed up.

Our view, before he came


holding the camera in the crowd




Security


A nice little detail


Then he finally spoke .... and the stupid telepromter was in front of him ... and the sun behind him. Yes, we were close, but at a bad spot. So sorry, not so many good pics as I had hoped for,









Of course there were still a bunch of bigheads in front of us.


48percenter also took pics, she will post them shortly too I am sure.

It was an amazing day. We were lucky to see him twice. The speech was fantastic. The vibe in the crowd was so positive.

[Liberalboy]

1. Thanks for the pics!

They are great!

[MissHoneychurch]

2. It was a wonderful experience

now all you have to do is to vote him into office :)

[JI7]

3. he MUST become President

the rest of the world is already behind him. think of the way they view our country with him as President vs the thing we have now.

[MissHoneychurch]

7. The whole world was listening to him in Berlin

there were people from all over the world. It felt good to be part of the crowd.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Great pics! How fortunate you were to be there at such an historic event!

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Oh believe me

48percenter and I felt VERY fortunate to be there. Some of my German friends think I am nutz to go only to Berlin to see and hear Obama (it is an 4 hour train ride) but hey, I am more than happy that I went.

[fasttense]

5. The republicans are having a fit.

The contrast between Obama's easy manners and the bushes constant stuttering insults is so painfully glaring.

Thanks for posting your pics.

[MissHoneychurch]

9. They tried to infiltrate the crowd

but weren't really sucessful ....

... a lone McSame fan ....

[liberalla]

11. what a hoot! they must have been miserable!

Thank you for your photos and rundown - So good to see!

love your kitty in your sig, too!

[MissHoneychurch]

13. He was annoying

and strange looking. I didn't take a pic of it, but he had his beard half shaven. One half he had a beard, the other half he was clean shaven ... really really strange ... as nutty as his candidate :crazy:

Thanks. My kitty is living in the TN with another DUer. He is over a year by now. Still cute as hell :)

[awoke_in_2003]

19. Yes they are

I pop onto the local talk show station (i guess I like punishment) and Rusty Humphries was comparing the event to the Nuremberg Rally and said Leni Riefenstahl would have been proud. Had I not been driving, it would have been a perfect time for a face palm. Not driving now, so:

[MissHoneychurch]

20. They are jealous

because they know neither * nor McSame were/are able to give a speech, less alone to give an intelligent speech.

[bdamomma]

29. repigs are green with envy and so is our filthy media.

they are grasping to give McGrumpy some play, but McCain will never measure up to Obama.

OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW.

[H2O Man]

6. Great!

Nominated.

Thank you very much.

[MissHoneychurch]

10. Thanks for the rec.

We promised pictures, we keep our promise.

[AirmensMom]

12. Yay!

:bounce: I'm so excited for you! How great that you could go! :woohoo:

:hi: :hug: :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

14. It was just ....

:wow: :bounce: :woohoo:

Fantastic experience. Fantastic speech. He is so charismatic ... *sigh*


:hi: :loveya: :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

15. Those are wonderful MissH

Thank you for sharing them. :hi:
Man I'd love to have been there.

[MissHoneychurch]

16. You would have loved it

It was wonderful. Pics can't tell you how it was standing there with thousands of other people, listen to the speech. But I think the video of the speech gives an impression

Even the weather gods are for Obama. Till Wednesday the weather was cool and rainy. Obama comes and the summer comes back ... LOL

:hi:

[Callalily]

17. Thanks for the pics

MissH. I was thinking about you and 48% all day yesterday.

Yes, you are right. The whole world was watching, and yes, history was in the making.

I'll be so happy when he is officially our president. He will bring dignity and intelligence back to the White House.

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

18. Esp. the intelligence

he is such a great speaker!!! No way * would be able to pull off such a thing. As far as I remember, he never did.

I am waiting for the TV discussions between Obama and McSame .... that alone will be a treat to watch ... that is, when Obama is speaking McSame into the ground.

It was a true experience yesterday. I am still in awe about it ....

:loveya: :hug: :hi:

[Apollo11]

21. Cool!

Thanx for posting. Enjoy the rest of your vacation! B-)

[MissHoneychurch]

22. My pleasure

Vacation is over already. Went back home this morning and am at work already again.

[MissHoneychurch]

23. My pleasure

Vacation is over already. Went back home this morning and am at work already again.

[Eurobabe]

24. Hey sweets, mine aren't much better, that damn SUN!!

:( :nuke: :(

I have a few good ones that I will post in a separate thread. At least we were there, oh and I will scan the photo from the Berliner Zeitung. That's my 15 minutes of fame. I can die peacefully now. LOL :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

25. Better than rain

then we wouldn't have seen a damn thing with umbrellas in front of us :rofl:

I am scanning every pic and look if I can spot us. You are so lucky. The gf of the nice American is blocking me. Oh well, at least you are perfectly well too see. And yes, you HAVE TO post that picture.

YES WE WERE THERE!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

[fight4my3sons]

26. I think your pictures are great!

Thank you for sharing them. I watched with my kids yesterday maybe we saw you both in the crowd. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

27. Maybe you did

go over to 48percenter's thread, she posted a pic where you can really see her. Me ... you can see my camera :rofl:

[bdamomma]

28. WoW what great pictures!!!!!!!!!!

thank you for sharing with us. Obama was so good yesterday.

[MissHoneychurch]

30. Thank you

of course I share. And so does 48percenter. We had such a great time yesterday in Berlin.

[SoonerPride]

31. Color me green with envy!

K & R.

Thanks!

(though I now hate you) ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

32. Take pleasure in the thought

that the pics suck because the sun was right behind him. It was a pain in the ass to take a decent pic of him in the evening. Now on the other hand those pics at the Hotel Adlon .... :D

[Jensen]

33. Thank You MissHoney Church! Great Pictures!!!!!

[Barack_America]

34. You know, I actually love the imperfect pics...

It makes it obvious that this is not the work of a news agency with a privileged view of the event. The heads, lighting and yes, even teleprompters might not make for the best pictures, but somehow they make the pics warmer.

I'm very impressed with the pics you got. I've seen Barack speak three times now and my pictures were, uh, not so nice. And I can't blame the setting sun or teleprompters, I'm just a crap photographer, which you are clearly not! ;)

[MissHoneychurch]

36. Awww thank you so much

:hug:

Honestly, I really like this one:

[Renew Deal]

35. The person with that Obama biking picture made it on TV a lot.

And the Angola scarf is all over the place too. Unfortunately, it was backwards.

[MissHoneychurch]

37. Then put it on pause

and search for us :rofl:

[bertha katzenengel]

38. I WANT HIM! OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!

:cry: oh, please....

Thank you, Miss Honey. You made my day! :hug:

[MissHoneychurch]

40. You know I always like to help

:hug:

And you are not the only one who wants him ....

[TheDonkey]

39. daaaaaayum!! Wish I could have been there

thanks for showing the pics. Wow. What an incredibly experience. I feel so sad I've never been able to see him live.

[MissHoneychurch]

41. It really was amazing

and I am sure, once he is president you will be able to see him too. Or even maybe before.

[polichick]

42. Thanks for sharing - how wonderful that you were there!!!

[intheflow]

43. That was bad planning on the event organizers

To have the crowd face west at sunset, but what can you do? I think you got some awesome shots in spite of the lighting, certainly those shots outside the hotel are wonderful. And the photos prove you were really really there! I know if I had been there I would have to pinch myself to believe I was really so lucky to be at that historic moment.

My favorite shot? The last one. Not the best shot of Obama, but I really like the framing! :thumbsup:

[MissHoneychurch]

50. I think so too

it is the first time the Siegessäule was used for a speech. For the short period of time the organizers did a fantastic job. And keeping in mind that it was cool and rainy till Wednesday, you can say even the weathergods were with Obama :)

Did you see 48percenter's thread that she made it to the newspapers?

[intheflow]

59. Yes, I saw 48P's face is world famous now!

:D

Ah, the weather gods were a mixed blessing. An over cast day would have led to better photos! But you know what they say... you can't please all the photographers all the time. :rofl:

Hey, my son's flying to Germany on Monday to visit his father's family for three weeks. Wave towards Frankfurt for me, around 2pm your time, will ya? :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

60. I am IN Frankfurt

I will wave towards the airport, no question :hi:

Before Obama started talking, there was a cloud in front of the sun. But as soon as he started talking that cloud left and the sun was shining ..... go figure :eyes:

[intheflow]

63. You mean the clouds parted when Obama spoke?

Wow! Maybe he is the Messiah! Or at least King Arthur! :rofl:

[MissHoneychurch]

64. Yup

:rofl:

Here is a pic I took before he spoke

[kay1864]

44. Great pics! A question...

Was the speech (from the loudspeakers) in English, or translated into German?

[MissHoneychurch]

49. The speech was in English

all the way through. I don't know if they put the German translation in words on the big screens further down but I doubt it.

[kay1864]

52. Oh good

So the crowd got to hear Obama's excellent voice, instead of a translator's. Thanks!

How exciting it must have been for you to see him coming out of the hotel, bigger than life.

[Rambis]

45. Thanks (nm)

:hi:

[Cha]

46. The pics are brilliant 'cause you and

48er were there and you must be still reeling from the exciting day!! History Babies!

[MissHoneychurch]

51. We really still are

excited like like kids are excited about Christmas and Eastern at the same day ... LOL

[lebkuchen]

47. I really appreciate this.

Thanks so much. I figured he had a teleprompter. On TV it looked so memorized. I love hi-tech. You were lucky to be there.

[MissHoneychurch]

53. You are welcome

it is amazing. Some people when they read a text you can tell they read it from paper/telepromter. Obama, I am sure he had it memorized nevertheless and only used it as a little reminder. He kept looking at the crowd, at the cameras.

[lebkuchen]

65. Yeah, he appeared to be. I didn't see him look down

and there was fire in his eyes. He knew this was a do or die and must have worked hard to drive his points home. My friend had tears in his eyes and I was pleased that he reached out to the EU.

[livetohike]

48. Thanks for posting these! It's great to hear a first hand account

:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

54. You're welcome

it's great to have been there :D

:hi:

[ceile]

55. Great Pics!

His security detail is kinda hot, no? ;-)

[MissHoneychurch]

61. They were not bad to look at

:D

[Imagevision]

56. MissHoneychurch , wonderful contribution, thank you...

[Robeson]

57. Great pics, MissHoneychurch...

...wow, you got really close! I love the ones that silhouette him.

Oh, btw, I'm totally jealous of you! ;-) :pals:

[MissHoneychurch]

62. Yes, we were close

twice .... :D

Good to see you :pals: :)

[proud patriot]

58. thank you for sharing

[kdpeters]

66. You captured his aura!!

;)

[ThatsMyBarack]

67. The second one is my favorite!

:patriot: :loveya: