Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful, Douglas. Looks cold too :-) I have driven past Bremen many times on the way to Denmark but never visited. L?beck I know well, and love it. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Jan 27, 2010, at 7:40 PM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > Sunday we were invited to a New Year reception staged by the Bremen > Journalists Club and the Merchants Guild of 1801. > > The walk from the station past the mill (go back one shot, and you can see > what it looks like in good weather at around the same time last year) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0641.jpg.html > > and the bronze pigs, > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0643.jpg.html > > across the cathedral square, > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0644.jpg.html > > past the town hall > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0647.jpg.html > > and into the Schnoor, the oldest part of the city, with some wonderful > shops > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0648.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0649.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0659.jpg.html > > was ice-cold, around -20?C, and we were happy to get into the warmth of > the Club. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0652.jpg.html > > A very entertaining show, too. Germany's leading political columunist > (Heribert Prantl) and the secretary of state of Bremen's parliament in a > radio chat with our old friend Theo Schl?ter - with breaks filled very > professionally by the local amateur barbershop group "Fishermans Fresh" > (who are actually more of a madrigal choir) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0656.jpg.html > > Bremen is a great place, you can sit around, have a hot Grog and chat with > senators (that's what they call ministers in the city states of Bremen, > and Hamburg) and there's never a shifty-looking security bloke to be seen. > > Hamburg and L?beck are similar, must be something to do with their > Hanseatic heritage. > > Sunday was also the first time I've ever had aperture blades sticking and > Canon electronics refusing to work because of the cold. > > Cheers > Douglas > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information