Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like the first the most. Jim Daniel Ridings wrote: > It's been vacation time and I don't even feel bad about it :-) > > I started my vacation by volunteering as a school host for Gothia Cup. > This year we had 31 teams and 492 sleeping over every night (I was > responsible for fire-safety, so I knew how many were in the building > each night and where they were in case we had to get them all out). > > Some of the newer clubs (I won't mention which Baltic country) are less > than honest about the ages of their players. We suspected one of signing > up 18 year-olds, but then playing with 20 and 21 year olds. Age controls > are rarely done at the actual matches. The team in question didn't live > at our school, but the team that was disadvantaged is an old > acquaintance, Gr?n Weiss Rehfelde. > > http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2007/29.html > > After that, Ewa and I were tired of being organized and planning, so we > got into the car and headed for southern Denmark. We had only arranged > accommodations for the first night: > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v293031/DSC_9409.jpg.html > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v293031/DSC_9407.jpg.html > > In a pleasant town called Ribe (Denmark's arguably oldest town): > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v293031/DSC_9471.jpg.html > > But from then on, it was a bit messy. We found a bed and breakfast over > an internet cafe in Flensburg (last door to the right): > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v293031/DSC_9498.jpg.html > > That was right off the main street in the city, so walking distance to > everything (35 Euro a night for 2, not 35 Euro each, but for both, > breakfast cost 4 Euro per person). > > The harbour: > > http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v293031/DSC_9518.jpg.html > > Then we went on to L?beck, because the B&B didn't have a room available > the next day either. > > The whole experience can be summed up by hotel breakfasts, the PAW for > week 30: > > http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2007/30.html > > During my vacation the summer was cold, rainy and lousy: > > PAW 31: > > http://www.dlridings.se/paw/2007/31.html > > Thanks for your patience, > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >