Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan, nice images of a lovely square. Mind you, it was apparently built with blood money. Having just re-read Conrad's Heart of Darkness, it's hard to reconcile the wonderful gilded architecture with King Leopold's savagery against the Congolese around the same time. Douglas On 13/06/2017 11:29, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > I have been in Brussels since yesterday morning, attending a two-day > meeting hosted by OLAF, the EU Anti-Fraud Office. Obviously, my camera is > with me as always. Four images from yesterday. > > This is Place Rogier, where I am staying at the Thon hotel, and the > meeting I am attending is at the Crowne Plaza in the background. Military > vehicles like this are a common sight in Brussels these days: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vnZXMxH/A > > Brussels is home to many political activists, and putting stickers on > lampposts is a common form of expression: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xVBQvbp/A > > But now on to something beautiful. I took the preceding picture while > walking to Grand? Place, were the hosts of the conference had arranged > dinner on the second floor of one of the best restaurants on the square, > La Maison du Cygne. This was the view from our dining room: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PmQQjgf/A > > And it only got prettier as the evening wore on: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tFKZVKS/A > > I love this city, and I will be back here next week :-) > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator > <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information