Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very interesting, Peter. My son in law being Czech, these are stories he would tell us when we meet! JM Jean-Michel Mertz 68750 - Bergheim ________________________________ De : LUG <lug-bounces+j2m46=hotmail.fr at leica-users.org> de la part de Peter Klein <boulanger.croissant at gmail.com> Envoy? : jeudi 10 ao?t 2017 06:00 ? : lug; olympus at thomasclausen.net; leicareflex at freelists.org Objet : [Leica] IMG: Pretty young woman, with a twist... There is a "twist" to this photo, and it's not just the shape of the potato kabob: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/35664244563/in/dateposted-public/> [X]Young woman with a twisty potato kabob<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/35664244563/in/dateposted-public/> This young woman may appear to be enjoying her lunch, but actually, she is working. The economies in Ukraine and some other former Soviet republics are so bad that many people repeatedly get four-month visas to work in a more prosperous nearby country. They do low-level service jobs like working in hotel and restaurant kitchens, cleaning hotel rooms, or, in this case, being a living advertisement. for the food kiosk nearby. Prague "Castle Steps," June 2017. [https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4345/35664244563_c71d93705e_b.jpg] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/35664244563/> [https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4345/35664244563_c71d93705e_b.jpg] The young woman may appear to be enjoying her lunch, but actually, she is working. I took this picture on our way up the Prague "Castle Steps." When we came back down several hours later, she was still there. She spoke Ukrainian, so Katya could talk with her. The economies in Ukraine and some other former Soviet republics are so bad that many people repeatedly get four-month visas to work in a more prosperous nearby country. They do low-level service jobs like working in hotel and restaurant kitchens, cleaning hotel rooms, or, in this case, being a living advertisement for the food kiosk nearby. We heard similar stories everywhere we went in the Czech Republic. A middle-aged woman at one of our hotels told us she was an office manager, but she could make far more cleaning rooms in Czech hotels than she could at her real profession back home. Her daughter is a lawyer in Odessa, but has to work a second job at a "beez-nez" to make ends meet. On a more cheery note, here is another Prague night shot: <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/35664246733/in/dateposted-public/> [X]St. Nicholas Church<https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/35664246733/in/dateposted-public/> Prague, June 2017. [https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4381/35664246733_7f7e8ea752_b.jpg] <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/35664246733/> [https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4381/35664246733_7f7e8ea752_b.jpg] Enjoy, --Peter _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information LUG -- Leica Users Group<http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug> leica-users.org Your email address: Your name (optional): You may enter a privacy password below. This provides only mild security, but should prevent others from messing ...