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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 49: Alicante/Almere/Amsterdam
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Fri Dec 14 20:25:17 2007
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Well I had no idea its name or its history when I walked past a few weeks 
ago.
Will someone translate Munttoren?
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/1/a18.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/3c3hll

or
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/1/a05.jpg.html>
http://tinyurl.com/3bt7ut 

Cheers, Geoff
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/a/
 


-----Original Message-----
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 49: Alicante/Almere/Amsterdam

Well, in retrospect, one needs to check 30+ year-old memories before typing 
away.  Here's my shot of the Munttoren taken in 1975.
In memory I placed that 1620 on a church in Leiden where the pilgrims did 
spend a few years before sailing out of Delfshaven to
America.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/EUROPE/IMGP1421.jpg.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/2ymnwt

Regards,

Dick



On Dec 14, 2007, at 4:20 PM, Michiel Fokkema wrote:

> look here:http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/
> and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munttoren
>
> The 1620 on the munttoren refers to the date it was rebuild after a 
> fire.
> Eventually the pilgrim fathers left Holland from Delfshaven which is 
> now part of Rotterdam. I used to live in that area when a was a 
> student.
>
> CHeers,
>
> Michiel Fokkema
>
> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Hi Dick,
>> Thanks for looking. I do not believe that the date on the Munttoren 
>> is related to emigration to America, but maybe I am wrong. There is a 
>> place in Rotterdam from where lots of ships departed for the New 
>> World in the 19th century--that place is recognized, and there is now 
>> a hotel on that spot, called Hotel New York.
>> Nathan
>> Richard Taylor wrote:
>>> Nathan - Always nice to tour your home towns with you.  That shot of 
>>> the church with "1620" on the tower brought back memories of my own 
>>> walk up that street many years ago.  I was surprised to see the 
>>> departure, in this case, of my forebears to the new world recognized 
>>> there.  If I'm not mistaken, there is similar recognition in Leiden.
>>>
>>> I hope the transition from rainy Holland to sunny Spain isn't 
>>> proving too much of a shock for you.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 14, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Another week of shuttling between Spain and the Netherlands.  
>>>> This time, since Thursday was a holiday in Spain, I took Friday off 
>>>> and flew up to see my wife and daughter already Wednesday night. So 
>>>> this week's PAW starts with some Alicante sunshine and continues 
>>>> with some Almere/Amsterdam rain:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=113
>>>> (all pictures with the Olympus E410 and the 14-54mm lens)
>>>>
>>>> As always, comments and critique are more than welcome.
>>>>
>>>> Nathan
>>>>
>>>> --
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>>>> Almere, The Netherlands
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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