Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't hold your breath for Birmingham and Wolverhampton, the latter at least. Parts of Birmingham are great but... Peter Dzwig Michiel Fokkema wrote: > Thanks Bruce, > > I fully agree with you. > London has some great sites but also a lot of dirt and garbage. > I like Paris a lot but I'm a bit ambiguous about London. It can be a > great city but it is also very hectic and crowded. It can be beautiful > and it can be nasty. I really like Trafalgar square and st Martins in > the fields. But Hyde park is no match for any of the Parisian parks. > Next week I'll be in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, curious how that will > look like. > > Cheers, > > Michiel Fokkema > > > bruce wrote: > >> Yup, that's London. >> >> Superbly represented .................... I came thru' the chunnel on >> the Eurostar, some ten days ago, and, approaching the heart of the >> metropolis, began to pass ............... waste dumps, scrap yards, >> decaying buildings still housing the populous, crematoria >> ................ and I thought ............. >> >> Shit, this is the way the Brits. propose to show the delights of their >> main city ................ millions spent on encouraging tourism >> .................... and we cannot even ensure that the approach, at >> 25 Kms. per hour on our 350Kms. per hour train ................. to >> the centre of the great city ............... is, at least, somewhat >> tasteful and representative ............ of what we try tp purvey. >> >> Sick at heart. >> >> On 18-apr-2006, at 22:16, Michiel Fokkema wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> No Easter pics yet, just back from camping. >>> A few more from London. >>> http://michielfokkema.wordpress.com/picture-a-week-2006/week-15/ >>> >>> C&C welcome and appreciated. >>> >>> Michiel Fokkema >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > >