Peter Chudziak, Siegfried Wolter, Ulrich Rudofsky, Rob Tas The table behind them was set for our visit with German & American coffee, tea and cookies
Peter van Staalduinen admiring the paper model display
Paper Models
All made out of paper
Space Shuttle Columbia made out of paper
Siegfried Wolter explaining the paper model display to Rob Tas, Tom Vargas, Peter Chudziak, Bob Wiringa, peter van Staalduinen
Siegfried Wolter created a 1250 paper model for our visit
Lafayette in 1250
My next paper projects
Bridge near Wilhelmshaven harbor
Kaiser Wilhelm Swing Bridge, built from 1905-1907
D186 Mölders, Lütjens class modified Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyers
U10 (Nato # S189) German U205 class
Minenjagdboot "Weilheim" M1077
Bob Wiringa with German PT Boat
Approaching Meyer Werft, Papenburg
Waiting for our English tour Dr Hjalmar Heinen, Egbert Kraus, Siegfried Wolter, Ulrich Rudofsky, Renee & Paul Jacobs, Tom Vargas, Peter van Staalduinen
Our excellent driver, Peter Chudziak
Celebrity SILHOUETTE had just left the building hall on Sunday
Celebrity SILHOUETTE will be released on JUne 19, 2011
Our English speaking tour guide
Graf Goetzen, built by Meyer Werft in 1913, then transported to Lake Tanganyika, where it is still running today 3 different versions available from mm modelle in 1250
Shipyard Layout
60 mile course that the Meyer Shipyard built ships have to follow in the Ems river to reach the North Sea
Building the next AIDA ship
Dortmund Ems Kanal in Lingen
Renee & Paul Jacobs entering the Santa Maria In a 40 minute ride, she will take us to our dinner restaurant "Am Wasserfall"
Peter Chudziak's granddaughter Leni
Peter Chudziak's grandson Lasse with his first ship model
Pleasant evening boat ride
3 generations of Chudziak
Circus in Lingen
Canal Traffic
Lasse stayed with his grandpa the whole time
Peter's daughter Alexa and husband
3 generations
Waiting for our white asparagus meal
Vanilla and Mango Ice Cream
Fresh Strawberries
Top: USS Alaska out of paper, built by Peter Chudziak 4500 paper pieces designed by Darius (paperlab), produced by Wilhelmshavener Modelbaubögen (Möwe Verlag)
Peter Chudziak's guestroom 1250 display and ship library
Peter's Livingroom display
Peter collects classes of ships for Germany and England WW I
These classes are very useful in our Navy Strategy Game
The next paper project: IJN Fuso
Peter's Navy Room
Map of our world for Navy Strategy Game
Our newest player: Peter van Staalduinen
Tom Vargas
Peter and his 1:250 paper Arizona
Bob Wiringa Siegfried Wolter, Ulrich Rudofsky, Tom Vargas
Ulrich Rudofsky, Tom Vargas, Rob Tas, Peter Chudziak, Harald Scheel, Peter van Staalduinen Ulla Chudziak in the background cleaning up from our breakfast
Lingen's old portion of the very modern hospital
Lutheran Church Kreuzkirche
Catholic Church Bonifatius Kirche
Christi Himmelfahrt service in Bonifatius Kirche
Lingen Amtsgericht
Burgstrasse Like many towns in Germany, the inner city is closed to vehicle traffic, making it a pleasure to walk and shop
Cl. Hellmann house
Lingen's new mall
Lingen's old courthouse, built in 1663 If you come to visit me, you can see an oil painting of this
Oil Painting of Lingen Rathaus
Lingen, view from the old courthouse over the Marktplatz, closed to traffic. There is an underground parking garage underneath for convenient access
The Stadt Tor in the center is a temporary construction for the upcoming Kivelingsfest, held every 3 years
The old Lingen