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21.04.2011 18:00

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.

11.03.2011 13:30

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.

06.11.2010 09:52

Bottlenose Dolphins in front of Tarifa

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

08.10.2010 10:04

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.

Dolphins in Taiji, Japan

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

Surprising evening trip

Orcas in front of Tarifa

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.

15.07.2010 14:59

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!

11.07.2010 11:03

My Life at Sea

My life at sea began when I was still very young, in 1990. At that time I started to work as a sea bream fisherman, since there were only a limited selection of jobs in Tarifa. Either you worked on land or at sea and I belong to a humble and hard working family of seamen, who know how to value what little we have.

Extraordinary Sperm Whale Sighting

Never before in these 12 years have I witnessed a whale reappearing after diving vertically for the first time, to show its sensational submerging tail fin a second time to the guests!

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