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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 12 & 13: Spring in the Netherlands
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Mon Apr 4 13:54:11 2005

Nathan,
That is a very good LAN party shot!
It really captures the atmosphere and tension during those multi hour
gatherings :-)
Thanks for showing,
Philippe


> From: Nathan Wajsman <nathan.wajsman@planet.nl>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 22:32:04 +0200
> To: LEG <leica@freelists.org>, Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 12 & 13: Spring in the Netherlands
> 
> During the past couple of weeks I have not been to Paris or Seville or
> Madrid or any other exciting places, so you will get a glimpse of our
> ordinary life here in Holland. During the Easter weekend, spring well
> and truly arrived here:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12.jpg
> 
> My daughter's school organized the obligatory Easter egg hunt in a
> nearby recration area, so I went and took pictures of kids (but not my
> own). Apparently, some of the children took a dim view of the event:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt1.jpg
> 
> This little girl thought she was a fox and so needed to dig a hole:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt2.jpg
> 
> While this little boy had finally pestered his parents enough to get an
> ice cream, which provided this image of anticipation:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt3.jpg
> 
> The one thing Netherlands has plenty of is water, and also bike paths,
> which are also used by rollerskaters:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_12alt4.jpg
> 
> For week 13, here are a few images from last weekend. Most of our
> friends are members of the local expat community. Pam is from Malaysia,
> married to an Englishman, in other words, a fairly typical couple in our
> circle. Saturday night she invited us over for dinner. Here she is
> working on the sat? chicken on the barbecue:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13.jpg
> (this is actually my favourite picture of the lot)
> 
> Here is Pam at work on the grill:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt1.jpg
> and in the kitchen, making Malaysian curry:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt2.jpg
> 
> The last picture is from a LAN party in my town. For the uninitiated, a
> LAN party consists of a bunch of (usually) teenagers getting together
> and playing computer games over a LAN set up for the occasion. I took my
> son there, and much to my surprise, rather than the stereotypical
> pale-faced geeks, I found a bunch of friendly Dutch kids who made my son
> feel welcome and part of the group. This is more or less what it looks 
> like:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_13alt3.jpg
> I did not stay long, lest I embarass my son too much...
> 
> The complete PAW index is at:
> http://www.nathanfoto.com/indexpaw2005.html
> and comments & critique are always welcome and appreciated.
> 
> Nathan
> -- 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Almere, The Netherlands
> 
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> 
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