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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New Gallery - recent trip to Eisenach
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:35:17 +0100
References: <5095A949.2040703@gmx.de> <19685300E55542BF9868FC91D7F0D9F1@jimnichols>

Thanks Jim,

it was a very enjoyable trip and a great place to visit.

Cheers
Douglas


On 04.11.2012 01:15, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Douglas,
>
> Thanks you for the wonderful travelogue.  Classic 
> architecture, great, moody cloud cover, and good 
> coverage of Frauke and her work.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" 
> <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>
> To: <leicareflex at freelists.org>; "LUG" 
> <lug at leica-users.org>; <leicareflex at freelists.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2012 6:31 PM
> Subject: [Leica] IMG: New Gallery - recent trip to 
> Eisenach
>
>
>> For the whole gallery without the little travelogue 
>> (and more than just the selected shots) - click on 
>> this link:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/?g2_page=1 
>>
>> and work your way through it (it's more or less 
>> chronological).
>>
>> Here's a selection.
>>
>> The city of Eisenach simply in the state of 
>> Thuringia simply oozes history.
>>
>> It's the birthplace and home of Johann Sebastian Bach:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4417.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4420.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> The city where Martin Luther went to school:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0046.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0050.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Where composer Richard Wagner spent many a holiday:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0036.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4489.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Home of the Wartburg, where Martin Luther was hidden 
>> from the Catholics and translated the Latin Bible 
>> into German:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4541.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0103.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Home of the memorial to the members of the student 
>> movement (Corps) and others who were killed in the 
>> struggle for a united Germany between 1864 to 1871 - 
>> the architecture is said to be based on a beer 
>> "stein" - fencing and beer still play an enormous 
>> role in student corps:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0095.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Anyway, Jens, a friend of mine for over 35 years 
>> invited us down to Eisenach and asked my Missus, 
>> Frauke, to read from her first book and present the 
>> second in his bookshop:
>>
>> Getting there:
>>
>> We never use the autobahn, so we take the scenic 
>> routes and make a couple of stops along the way.
>>
>> The first was for a coffee in Einbeck, a small town 
>> famous for its brewing excellence - the name "Bock" 
>> for a kind of beer is derived from the ancient name 
>> of Einbeck, "Einb?ck".
>>
>> The old brewery - "Brauhaus":
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4400.jpg.html 
>>
>> The Marktplatz:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4403.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Our hotel in Eisenach - recommendable -very clean 
>> and comfortable family hotel with wonderful 
>> K?stritzer black beer on draught and excellent steaks:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4501.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> The city has lots of narrow streets with a mixture 
>> of historical and modern buildings - from 15th 
>> century, baroque, renaissance, Imperial and 
>> Jugendstil to GDR-utility and modern developments 
>> after German reunification:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0003.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4478.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4498.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4510.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4513.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4511.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0038.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0040.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>>
>> Jens:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0008.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Jens & Frauke:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0012.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Bookshop (and Frauke):
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4465.jpg.htm 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4470.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0021.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> The "reading":
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0021.jpg.html 
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0068.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> More travelogue of our third and last day and the 
>> trip back home tomorrow.
>> Hope you enjoy them
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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