Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, that must be the place. This technology is freakin' amazing, I tell you. Just, Wow. --Bob On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Bob > It certainly used to be the best restaurant in Saint Emilion, but its chef > left last year and it isn't as great at the moment allegedly. That will > change though! I intend going back next year I hope, as you never get tired > of a few days in Saint Emilion. > > Here's the place I think you took your picture from. > > > https://www.google.ie/maps/@44.893353,-0.156319,3a,75y,48.28h,23.2t/data=!3m5!1e1!3m3!1sfSn_0SMO2TwAAAQIt9PoZg!2e0!3e11?hl=en > > Hope that long URL works > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at > gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 6:53 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] St. Emilion Memories > > > Well, Douglas, so much for my memory of where I made it, and of course I >> have no memory of your cat or its progenitors. Jim is right: The memory >> is the second thing to go, and I can't remember what was the first. >> >> I do remember the name of the restaurant/hotel Plaisence. At the time it >> was reputed to be the best restaurant in St. Emilion but we stayed pretty >> close to our temporary home in Listrac-de-Dureze ( >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listrac-de-Dur%C3%A8ze) and couldn't seem to >> fit it in to our schedule. >> >> --Bob >> >> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> Nice shot Bob, but while it was taken from a high vantage point, it's not >>> taken from the King's Tower, but instead is taken from the wall/railing >>> beside the church steeple and the restaurant/hotel now known as the >>> Hostellerie de Plaisence and is looking down on the Place de l'Eglise >>> Monolithe where I've had many a pleasant evening over the years. You can >>> see the King's Tower at the top right side of your photograph. >>> >>> I had a look in yours for either the father or the mother of the cat in >>> my >>> photograph, but no luck... >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" < >>> robertbaron1 at gmail.com> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 5:41 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] St. Emilion Memories >>> >>> >>> Corrected url for my shot: >>> >>>> >>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/StEmilion1997.jpg.html >>>> >>>> And I can't figure out how that happened. >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at >>>> gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Recent photographs posted bring back certain memories, as so many >>>> things >>>> >>>>> do: In April of 1997 we had the use of a house in a 'commune' >>>>> (probably >>>>> too small to be called a 'village', and we were told the mayor was a >>>>> communist) about 20 minutes by car southeast of the village of St. >>>>> Emilion. >>>>> >>>>> Douglas Barry's photograph at >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bordeaux2014_St-Emilion_View1.jpg.html >>>>> shows a tower in the background, known as the Royal Tower or Tower of >>>>> the >>>>> King or something similar; if you climb to the top you can as I did, >>>>> take a >>>>> photograph of a view much beloved in travel magazines: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Bordeaux2014_St-Emilion_View1.jpg.html >>>>> >>>>> This was scanned some time ago from a C-41 negative (probably Kodak >>>>> Royal >>>>> Gold) made with a Leitz-Minolta CL, my only camera at the time. (When >>>>> I >>>>> finally sent it to Sherry Krauter for a CLA after this trip she said >>>>> the >>>>> shutter was way off, which probably explained why so many of my shots >>>>> were >>>>> blurry. >>>>> >>>>> Memories..... >>>>> >>>>> --Bob >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >