Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I've been enjoying your pictures of Berlin very much. I have turned on a recording of Die Drei Groschen Oper to go along with your pictures and it has been very enjoyable. I've wondered, though, about those pictures of the table full of three Leicas but all the pictures say they were taken with a Canon digital! Bob On Jun 27, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > A few from our coffee stop in Tangermuende on the River Elbe - > Lovely little town, still very much in the throes of being brought > back into the western world. > > The church is colossal, this is shot from the courtyard of the > Schloss (castle) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9651.jpg.html > > A little to the right of the church is an old tower used as a > nesting place by storks - unfortunately I don't take longer glass > when planning city tours, so the stork is only just recognisable as > such. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9661.jpg.html > > At least one company is not suffering from the financial crisis: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9652.jpg.html > > A view of the Schloss (now a high-class hotel, but still reasonably > priced) from where we sat drinking coffee. > > Very impressive, Frauke and I think it might be a good place for a > weekend break. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9646.jpg.html > > 1799, a shipowner's house in Tangermuende - it has a preservation > order on it, but work hasn't started yet. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9666.jpg.html > > The shop next door is in a sorrier state > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9668.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9667.jpg.html > > This street is waiting to be spruced up, the other end of the town > is already refurbished and renovated, but we didn't have time for > it on this trip. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9669.jpg.html > > Arrival in Berlin - Adenauer Platz/Ku-damm against the setting sun > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9670.jpg.html > > > A pavement Currywurst restaurant outside our hotel - a big argument > about who invented Currywurst still rages in Germany - was it in > Hamburg or was it in Berlin - nobody really knows. The best one I > ever ate was in Goslar in the Harz mountains at a restaurant run by > Italians :-) > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9672.jpg.html > > Opposite our hotel window: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9705.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9718.jpg.html > > The next shots were all posted earlier when we met Geoff and his > dear wife Bron. > > These two have been added: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9764.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9770.jpg.html > > As have some from the Sony Centre - starting here > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/LUG_BERLIN/ > LUG_TRIP__MG_9778.jpg.html > > Quite a lot for one post - hope you enjoy them as much as we > enjoyed being there - despite the poor weather we had most of the time > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information