Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice shots, but the "Great Man" was also a racist wretch, much worse than anyone in the USA today. After all, he callously engineered the greatest genocide yet known, in the league of Stalin or Mao, diverting food and medicines meant for the starving millions to his own troops. Because it happened in the Third World, it is convenient to walk around with eyes wide shut: https://yourstory.com/2014/08/bengal-famine-genocide/ Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Apr 22, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Yesterday was the 16th anniversary of my mother?s death, and as usual, I > am in Copenhagen for a few days at this time. My sister also has come from > Poland, so that we could visit our mother?s grave together yesterday, > fulfilling a promise made to each other 16 years ago. But it is not all > about gloom and remembrance. I am also spending time with friends and > enjoying this great city. > So yesterday morning I went for a long walk in Langeline, the park which > houses the Little Mermaid, and adjacent 19th military installations known > as Kastellet; those fortifications were never used in war, and today they > form part of a great green oasis close to the centre of Copenhagen. Four > images from my walk. > > A morning commute that is guaranteed to give a good start to the day: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-dTtjxfT/A > > Fortification turned into jogging trail: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-C9HVJv6/A > > Next to Kastellet is Churchill Park, a place where Denmark honours its > fallen during World War II and expresses its gratitude to the country and > the leader that liberated us in 1945. This is a memorial to Danish soldiers > killed during the war, both in Denmark and in Allied service: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-wcsBLpP/A > > And here is a quiet corner of Churchill Park, with a buste of the great > man, erected in 1955 for the 10th anniversary of Denmark?s liberation: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-7dNrTsw/A > > Much more to come. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information