Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the blog, Nathan. You re-enforced my belief that I never want to go on a cruise! Tina On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Thanks, Douglas. No, we always docked. The best places were in Naples and > in Palma (where I am now) where the dock is close enough to the port > entrance to walk, or there is a free bus provided by the port to take you > out of the port. In Livorno and Civitavecchia the dock is so far from the > port entrance and the train stations (which you need to go to Florence and > Rome, respectively) that your only option is to cough up $12 per person for > the bus provided by the cruise line. > > I have posted some general impressions here: > > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/2013/08/03/a-week-with-norwegian-cruise-lines/ > > Cheers, > Nathan > > On 3 Aug 2013, at 16:22, Douglas Barry wrote: > > > Echo that, Nathan. Marseille is a very interesting place, especially > approaching it by sea. Did you end up docking miles away or was the ship > moored offshore & you came and went to the ship by tender? I ask this > because some of the large cruiseliners in Dublin don't even bother docking > and just sit out in Dublin Bay and send tenders in and out. Apparently the > queues can be very tedious. > > > > In an amusing incident, a few days ago, one of the tenders from the > Oriana got lost in a sudden sea fog and had its tender permit suspended. > The ship then had to up anchor & dock in Dublin port which no doubt cost > the company a lot more! > > > > Douglas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" < > photo at frozenlight.eu> > > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "Olympus Camera > Discussion" <olympus at thomasclausen.net> > > Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 12:34 PM > > Subject: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 2/8/2013: Marseille panorama > > > > > >> Marseille, yesterday's port of call, turned out to be a wonderful city > (I had never visited before). This is a 9-image panorama of the old harbour > from the St. Victor monastery on a hill overlooking the port: > >> > >> > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=2675054135&k=SRFKQkK&lb=1&s=XL > >> > >> For added pleasure, choose the original size and scroll across. I took > the pictures handheld and stitched them using Photoshop CS3. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu > >> http://www.greatpix.eu > >> > >> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > >> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > >> Blog: > >> http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > Blog: > http://www.nathansmusings.eu/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com