Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Happy birthday! Your birthday meal looks delicious, though a cardiologist > would disagree. > > A bit skimpy with the wine, isn't it? Thanks Jerry! No, no ... there was plenty of wine. The waiter noticed when the glasses were _almost_ empty and kept refilling them ... opening a new bottle as needed :) Daniel > > Jerry > > > Daniel Ridings wrote: > > > I turned 50 last week and have been away (they make a big big deal out of > > 50 over here in Scandinavia). My wife and I got in the car and mosied down > > to northern Germany. We didn't plan anything else other than we would look > > for a place to sleep in Lübeck the first night. > > > > Lübeck is a "Hansa city". Hansa was a trade agreement between up to 200 > > cities in the middle ages. Lübeck was the "Brussels" for a period. > > > > A huge church was built (there are many, but this one, Maria, is taller > > than the bishop's). More stories about that later. > > > > In 1942 Lübeck was bombed and the fires that broke out spread destruction > > throughout the cities, destroying many ancient works of art. These bells > > finally feel down, from over 100 meters, and have been lying here every > > since: > > > > http://geocities.com/daniel_ridings/paw2003/9.html > > > > The alternative is my birthday meal: > > > > http://geocities.com/daniel_ridings/paw2003/9alt1.html > > > > More to come from the trip later ... > > > > Daniel > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html