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Subject: [Leica] 22 Hours in London
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 18:21:58 +0100
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For anyone who is interested the Tate also has one of the best chosen 
winelists
in the country!

Peter

On 09/05/2012 21:19, H&ECummer wrote:
> 
>> Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 17:01:06 +0200
>> From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nathan's PAW 18: 22 hours in London
>> To: lug Group <lug at leica-users.org>,      Olympus Camera Discussion
>>
>> All the pictures for last week were in fact taken during a 22-hour visit 
>> to London Tuesday and Wednesday. I guarantee that there are no pictures 
>> of the Eye, or Big Ben, or Buckingham Palace or the Tower...but there is 
>> some nice art from Tate Britain (looking at art, especially modern art, 
>> is increasingly a big part of my travels), and a variety of other 
>> impressions. The pictures are presented in chronological order, so in 
>> effect you are walking along with me through these 29 images:
>>
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws/?page_id=750
>>
>> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
> 
> Hi Nathan,
> Enjoyed your pictures around Tate Britain which used to be near our 'hood 
> in London when our kids were at school there. In fact we owned a top floor 
> flat in the building shown in your pictures of 18-10 and 11. It was a long 
> 5 storey climb to the top, especially with big suitcases, and the building 
> was very old (late 1800's.) The water tank in our flat was slowly sinking 
> into the flat below us. I called a contractor for an estimate to restore 
> and level the floor. He took one look and said in his Irish brogue, "Come 
> on Governor - the slope just adds character". Growing tired of the stairs 
> we finally sold the Millbank flat and got a bigger one in Kensington. 
> While at Millbank I used to love to take my youngest daughter, then 9 or 
> 10, over to the Tate and we would visit just one room and then go for ice 
> cream. This was easy since there was no entry charge. She is now studying 
> for her PhD in Architectural Heritage so something rubbed off from the 
> visits!
> Thanks for the pictures which triggered such nice memories.
> Cheers
> Howard.
> 
> 
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