Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Le 30 ao?t 12 ? 16:35, Gerry Walden a ?crit : Thanks Gerry :-) > One of my favourite Italian towns, with good coffee shops The region also grows wine ;-) > and a wonderful atmosphere but sadly very crowded with tourists. We > complain about tourists when we are of course tourists ourselves. Yes of course, and no. I do feel at home in Italy, as strange as it may seem; probably my cultural roots are there ... and I feel I'm emotionally more comfortable with the language than with English, go figure, yet I'm not as fluent, at all. > The cathedral is stunning, and you have captured it well. Thank you my good Sir :-) Amiti?s Philippe > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 30 Aug 2012, at 15:30, "philippe.amard" <philippe.amard at sfr.fr> > wrote: > >> Yet another early morning stop in a medieval city before it got too >> crowded. >> The streets are steep and crooked - wonderful food in the shops too! >> Orvieto cathedral is one of the very few that retains its original >> coloured facade, no BW there. >> Some Fra Angelico inside but photography is prohibited, sigh! >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/Italie+2012/Orvieto-0610.jpg.html >> or >> http://tinyurl.com/9vzkyes >> plus 5, to the right as usual >> >> Also, there was a renowned music festival going on and the prices >> were charged accordingly ... >> >> More on the city at >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orvieto >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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