[Leica] IMG: LUG in Berlin - viewed with other eyes

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Just back from Berlin.

Here are a few impressions to add to those Hoppy already posted - and 
the only ones showing his gorgeous M8 in its lovely leather case :-)

As wives do, Frauke refused to be posted here, maybe Geoff has a good 
one of her??

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/?g2_page=1

After dinner and drinks on Friday evening, Geoff and I got together on 
Saturday to visit a couple of Leica temples (W?stefeld and the Leica 
Shop), enjoy a really good coffee at Kempinskis and wander some well and 
lesser known streets of Berlin (unintentionally! We took a wrong turning 
after going through the "Topography of Terror " exhibition and both got 
totally disorientated despite the map - half of the streets we walked 
weren't even on it!). After parting, Frauke and I visited friends in 
Charlottenburg for dinner at Leonhardt's and got thoroughly wet in the 
process of getting there.

Sunday, the Hoppys went off to Potsdam (looking forward to seeing the 
pictures, Geoff), while Frauke and I took a trip to the flea market on 
the Strasse des 17.Juni followed by coffee on the banks of the River 
Spree and a 4-hour boat trip through the waterways of Berlin with a 
friend of ours from former East Berlin.

More to come from the drive from Hannover to get to Berlin and the trip 
back today - digital stuff first and then scanned slides when I get the 
films developed.

Hope you enjoy the first batch.

If you ever get the chance to meet Hoppy and Bron on their travels, take 
it - Frauke and I had a really good time.

Cheers
Douglas