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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 2/8/2013: Marseille panorama
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 12:01:11 -0400
References: <38A7D59D-F5B0-4895-B4C7-5F813EF0F632@frozenlight.eu> <C3419C1E4D2940748E496069280EFA7A@Family> <33A9D9A7-7BB2-4619-93D3-5FE3B41F56E6@frozenlight.eu>

Thanks for the blog, Nathan.  You re-enforced my belief that I never want
to go on a cruise!

Tina


On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> Thanks, Douglas. No, we always docked. The best places were in Naples and
> in Palma (where I am now) where the dock is close enough to the port
> entrance to walk, or there is a free bus provided by the port to take you
> out of the port. In Livorno and Civitavecchia the dock is so far from the
> port entrance and the train stations (which you need to go to Florence and
> Rome, respectively) that your only option is to cough up $12 per person for
> the bus provided by the cruise line.
>
> I have posted some general impressions here:
>
> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/a-week-with-norwegian-cruise-lines/
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 3 Aug 2013, at 16:22, Douglas Barry wrote:
>
> > Echo that, Nathan. Marseille is a very interesting place, especially
> approaching it by sea. Did you end up docking miles away or was the ship
> moored offshore & you came and went to the ship by tender? I ask this
> because some of the large cruiseliners in Dublin don't even bother docking
> and just sit out in Dublin Bay and send tenders in and out. Apparently the
> queues can be very tedious.
> >
> > In an amusing incident, a few days ago, one of the tenders from the
> Oriana got lost in a sudden sea fog and had its tender permit suspended.
> The ship then had to up anchor & dock in Dublin port which no doubt cost
> the company a lot more!
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <
> photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera
> Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 12:34 PM
> > Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 2/8/2013: Marseille panorama
> >
> >
> >> Marseille, yesterday's port of call, turned out to be a wonderful city
> (I had never visited before). This is a 9-image panorama of the old harbour
> from the St. Victor monastery on a hill overlooking the port:
> >>
> >>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2675054135&k=SRFKQkK&lb=1&s=XL
> >>
> >> For added pleasure, choose the original size and scroll across. I took
> the pictures handheld and stitched them using Photoshop CS3.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >>
> >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
> >> Blog:
> >> http://www.nathansmusings.eu/
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
>
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
> Blog:
> http://www.nathansmusings.eu/
>
>
>
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-- 
Tina Manley
http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com


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