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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 27/8/2012: cycling in CA
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:58:32 -0400
References: <B8E2E9B5-BFFC-4058-A73A-8B18A91E4B76@frozenlight.eu>

good vacation to you!

ric


On Aug 27, 2012, at 11:28 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I am visiting my cousin in Oakland. This morning, despite the jetlag, I 
> went cycling with him in the hills above Oakland and Berkeley. The road 
> was not as good as the ones I have around Alicante, more bumpy and with 
> some potholes that make the descending somewhat perilous--but oh, the 
> views! The bay, with the two bridges, just awesome. So our speed over the 
> modest 25 km ride (but with a fair amount of climbing) was slower than 
> normal because of the need to stop and take pictures. On one occasion we 
> even saw a younger version of Ansel Adams:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2051952425&k=wKVXpvW&lb=1&s=O
> 
> And the views were like this:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2051952473&k=PtXSQsR&lb=1&s=O
> 
> Later in the day, we had lunch in Japantown and a long walk around 
> Haight-Ashbury. A good first day in California.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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