Nürnberger Frühlingsfest

Nice day on Sunday, so what better way to spend part of the day at a German Volksfest.

Cody Duncan travel photography: Nürnberger Frühlingsfest volksfest 2008. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan travel photography: Nürnberger Frühlingsfest volksfest 2008. © Cody Duncan photography

Historic note: The large building in the background is the old Nazi congress hall. The largest building remaining from that era and is part of the larger complex of the Reichsparteitagsgelände (nazi party rally grounds)

Cody Duncan travel photography: Nürnberger Frühlingsfest volksfest 2008. © Cody Duncan photography

Friday = Sun

View out the window as of about five minutes ago:

Cody Duncan travel photography: Sunny skies in Auerbach, Germany. © 2008 Cody Duncan Photography

Start of the day:

Cody Duncan travel photography: rooftop view at sunrise in Auerbach, Germany. © 2008 Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan travel photography: snowy soccer field in Auerbach, Germany. © 2008 Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan travel photography: snowy farm field in Auerbach, Germany. © 2008 Cody Duncan Photography

I guess Germany never got the news…

…That it is supposed to be spring!

View out the window this evening

Cody Duncan travel photo: March snow in Bavaria, Germany. © 2008 Cody Duncan Photography

2008 San Felipe Baja 250 Photos

Motorcycles: Click Here

1x Honda Factory Rider Johnny Campbell 2008 San Felipe Baja 250. © Cody Duncan Photography

ATV’s: Click Here

ATV 2008 San Felipe Baja 250. © Cody Duncan Photography

Trophy Trucks – Class 1/10: Click Here

Trophy Truck 2008 San Felipe Baja 250. © Cody Duncan Photography

Baja 250 – Blood, Girls and Dust…

Good times once again in Baja. A couple photos for now. More coming in the next days; 3000 to edit…

2008 Baja 250 San Felipe  KTM riders David pearson and Quinn Cody at pit stop.  © Cody Duncan Photography

2x KTM team rider David Pearson handing the bike over to Quinn Cody at a pit stop.

2008 baja 250 San Felipe. Rider pulling cactus thorns from arm after pre-run of course. © Cody Duncan Photography

Dangers of the desert: the wonderful experience of pulling Cholla thorns.

2008 Baja 250 San Felipe. Street musician watching women dancers during pre-race festival.  © Cody Duncan Photography

Entertainment for the entertainment.

Back to Baja…

Baja 250 coming up next week (March 14-15), so I’m heading down to San Felipe tomorrow to shoot a story about an all female race team (more later) and help with the pre-run of the course during the week. Should be a good times…

Motorcycle rider and Mexican army soldiers in Baja California, Mexico. © Cody Duncan Photography

Brief note to credit card companies…

I understand that the high interest rates you charge, compounded by the average American’s massive amount of personal debt means that you earn more money than I can imagine. Now I also understand that you like to spend this money chopping down lots of trees and printing with toxic inks to send me lots of letters in the mail so that I can make you more money. Now, I understand this is a two way street; you put a couple bucks in my wallet that I don’t really have and I’ll write you the deed to my soul. Good, cool, fine.

But, Please don’t tell me that I have been ‘pre-approved’ when I haven’t actually been ‘pre-approved.’ Back when I actually needed a credit card, I was never approved, despite the fact that you told me I was pre-approved. False advertising. Calling my lawyer right now. Hope he takes Visa.

Second, if you are trying to market your card as some sort of ‘travel’ card and give it some fancy name like ‘explorer,’ ‘world card,’ ‘travel plus,’ etc. Then I don’t want to see that stupid 3% tax, oops, I mean ‘foreign currency exchange fee’ when I read the fine print. Presumably a ‘travel’ card would be used for just that, travel. So why would I want to add an extra 3% tax after already paying the obscene taxes which often exist abroad. Maybe your just hoping that I don’t/can’t read…

So, quit chopping down trees and filling my mailbox with stuff that you wont actually give me!

Taking Bids…

…On soon to be imported German chocolate and assorted sweets. It’ll all be in my carry-on, so lets hope it doesn’t get eaten in my 20 hours of travel between Auerbach and Santa Barbara. I’ll have half a dozen Aldi pretzels fresh out of the oven to keep my stomach full, so it should all make it. No promises though.

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Time

Can hardly believe I’ve been here in Germany nearly three weeks and tomorrow it is already time to go home again.

Took this while on the roof in 50-60mph winds. 10 stops of neutral density for a 30 second daylight exposure. Not the most technically perfect shot, but gives a good mood for this past weekends weather… Bad weather is still a novelty for me, I guess I’m a bit spoiled…

Germany travel stock photo: Stormy skies over small Bavarian town. © Cody Duncan Photography