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Subject: [Leica] A trip on the Canal du Midi, France....
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 08:00:09 +0200
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Very nice, Alex. So your car goes on the barge too, or do you have to go 
back by train to retrieve it from the starting point of the cruise?

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA



On Sep 30, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Alex Hurst wrote:

> Hi all - sent this earlier, but it never turned up in my inbox. Sorry if 
> I've repeated myself:
> 
> Hi all from Ireland, where it's pouring, despite England having a heatwave 
> next door.
> 
> We're just back from a month touring France, where we took in a week's 
> cruise on one of the miracles of French 17th century engineering, the 
> Canal du Midi. This was the brainchild of of a wealthy salt tax collector, 
> Riquet. He poured his entire fortune into it, and died broke six months 
> before the project was completed.
> 
> Point your browsers at:
> 
> http://corkflor.smugmug.com
> 
> to see what we got up to.
> 
> Shots taken mostly with an M8 and my favourite pre-ASPH 35/1.4 Summilux, 
> and with a Nikon D200.
> 
> C&C welcome as always.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Alex & Carmel Hurst
> Waterfall
> Near Cork
> Ireland
> 
> Tel: +353 21 454 3328
> Mobile: +353 87 245 7048 (A)
> +353 87 988 9927 (C)
> 
> email: corkflor at iol.ie (for either of us)
> email while travelling: <corkflor at gmail.com>
> Carmel McCarthy <carmelmac at mynovanetworks.net> (for Carmel personally)
> UK email (when there) corkflor1 at o2.co.uk
> Home Pages: http://www.iol.ie/~corkflor
> Photo Gallery at: http://corkflor.smugmug.com
> 
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