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APRIL Moodiness

APRIL Moodiness …

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New season – new hurdles

Already before the regular season was opened, we encountered the first difficulty. In March we had been told that there was an important change...

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Firmm at the International Tourism Fair (ITB) in Berlin

“The world as a guest in Berlin” is the slogan of this years International Tourism Fair (ITB) in Berlin. From March 9th to 13th the exhibitors assembled at this worldwide largest fair with 11.000 exhibitors from 180 countries.

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13th firmm-convention in the house of culture- and congress Aarau of 19th February 2011

”Welcome to firmm´s 13th convention !” All eyes focused on the graceful woman standing on the stage. About 350 guests came to meet Katharina Heyer and to take part in the proceedings at firmm. They came from Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and even from Tarifa this year: “Bienvenidos, Diego y Eduardo!” For the first time Katharina’s hombres had the chance to take part in the annual convention of the growing firmm-family in person. The warm welcoming showed how many personal friendships evolved over the years.

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Bottlenose Dolphins in front of Tarifa

AMAZING! Bottlenose Dolphins in front of Tarifa’s Island!

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Killer Whales in October

On the last trip today, facing a weekend of bad weather the firmm-crew and the guests aboard the „firmm Spirit“ have witnessed an extraordinary spectacle.

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Dolphins in Taiji, Japan

Eyewitness account of a former course participant of firmm, Sonja Graesslin, from Taiji (Japan); Robin and Matthew

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Surprising evening trip

Orcas in front of Tarifa

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Humpback Whales in the Bay of Algeciras

On the 7th of August, as always, our captain Diego and the marinero Fernando picked up the boat in the fisher harbour to bring it to the pier. Suddenly and completely unexpected a large and a small whale appeared. The blow was different from what they usually knew; they were the lost “humpback whales”! Both had read about them in the paper but did not expect to meet these two poor animals in reality.

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Spectacular Start into the Orca Season!

Orcas larboard – Fin Whales starboard! An unforgettable experience. Unique moments with Orcas and Fin Whales on the same trip!

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