Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ach so! Vielen dank. I shall post my pics as soon as I can edit. 2009/6/9 Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Cheers Geoff 'Life's not B&W, except at both ends' http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman