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Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/6/2017: Brussels, ugly and beautiful
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:36:15 +0100
References: <DB476808-F908-46A6-AFCC-BA93D055B3F8@frozenlight.eu>

Nathan, nice images of a lovely square. Mind you, it was apparently 
built with blood money. Having just re-read Conrad's Heart of Darkness, 
it's hard to reconcile the wonderful gilded architecture with King 
Leopold's savagery against the Congolese around the same time.

Douglas

On 13/06/2017 11:29, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I have been in Brussels since yesterday morning, attending a two-day 
> meeting hosted by OLAF, the EU Anti-Fraud Office. Obviously, my camera is 
> with me as always. Four images from yesterday.
>
> This is Place Rogier, where I am staying at the Thon hotel, and the 
> meeting I am attending is at the Crowne Plaza in the background. Military 
> vehicles like this are a common sight in Brussels these days:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-vnZXMxH/A
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> Brussels is home to many political activists, and putting stickers on 
> lampposts is a common form of expression:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xVBQvbp/A
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> But now on to something beautiful. I took the preceding picture while 
> walking to Grand? Place, were the hosts of the conference had arranged 
> dinner on the second floor of one of the best restaurants on the square, 
> La Maison du Cygne. This was the view from our dining room:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-PmQQjgf/A
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> And it only got prettier as the evening wore on:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-tFKZVKS/A
>
> I love this city, and I will be back here next week :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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Replies: Reply from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/6/2017: Brussels, ugly and beautiful)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Nathan's PAD 12/6/2017: Brussels, ugly and beautiful)