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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PADs 27-28 November 2012: Paris with my toy camera
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:31:50 -0600
References: <0BD8C0E5-1317-4E0A-B1F8-A32FA0D8DE89@frozenlight.eu>

Thank you for the taste of Paris!  I like the first two and the last one 
especially.  The view of the Seine is impressive, with nice color, and the 
low light capability of the last one is also impressive.  Enjoy your "toy"!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo at frozenlight.eu>
To: "lug Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera Discussion" 
<olympus at thomasclausen.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:10 PM
Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PADs 27-28 November 2012: Paris with my toy camera


>I just got back from a couple of days in Paris. It was a business trip, so 
>not many pictures, but here is an amuse-bouche from Tuesday and Wednesday 
>nights.
>
> Tuesday, November 27th:
>
> I arrived in Paris Tuesday evening, made my way from Orly to the city. 
> Walking to my hotel from the RER station:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2244355717&k=ns4CGhj&lb=1&s=O
>
> I met up with Tarek on Place Saint Michel, from where we walked to a beer 
> bar. Tarek had some difficulties with the new Apple maps:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2244356145&k=KBGLzJd&lb=1&s=O
>
> We did find the bar, for some reason it was called the Mayflower, but 
> never mind, it had lots of good Belgian beers on tap, including Tripel 
> Karmeliet and Delirium Tremens. All were served in regular UK half pint 
> and pint glasses, a really strange experience:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2244356514&k=nBjqsLK&lb=1&s=O
>
> After a few hours of this, we hit the metro and went to our respective 
> homes (in my case, a dumpy Best Western hotel):
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2244356784&k=N6tRNkr&lb=1&s=O
>
> Wednesday, November 28th:
> I spent all day in an OECD conference room, and making a presentation to a 
> heavyweight audience with a hangover is no fun. But I survived, and in the 
> evening I went out for dinner with a group of economists from the US, 
> Europe, Canana, the UK. Afterwards, while walking to the metro to go back 
> to my hotel, I spotted this nice couple of Avenue Victor Hugo:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2244357843&k=J2XjNpf&lb=1&s=O
>
> And then I took the metro from Charles de Gaulle-Etoile, walked to my 
> hotel in the rain at the other end, and hit the bed.
>
> Paris is magic.
>
> All pictures with the Fuji X100 toy camera.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>
>
> YNWA
>
>
>
>
>
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