Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Beautiful and fascinating photos. Were you there covering the 2500th anniversary? I've never been though it has always sounded amazing. Many years ago I met an English woman who had gone out as an archaeologist - if I remember rightly - and had stayed for many years, settled down and although not very young was on the point of marrying a local man when the Revolution came. She had to leave and it broke her heart. I don't think she ever went back. I lost track of her and suspect she may have died, in large part as a result of her sorrow at having to leave a country that she adored. Peter On 26/01/2014 17:06, Tina Manley wrote: > I was in Damascus in 2005 for a conference of Christians, Muslims, and > Jews. I didn't get to see much of the country since we were in meetings > most of the time, but I really need to go back and scan those slides. I > lived in Iran in the 1970's and would love to go back again. Iran is a > beautiful country of beautiful people. Here are some of my photos from 40 > years ago: > > http://tinamanley.smugmug.com/Asia/Iran/Iran/3917425_zbkQNv#!i=229714857&k=LWDH5x6 > > Tina > > > On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> Damascus was always high on my list of places to visit, being the >> oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, but that looks >> indefinitely postponed as of now. (-: >> >> Guess I'll have to make do with a safe country like Iran (it really is >> very safe if you get media/government planted hobgoblins out of your >> head), with its incredible historic cities stretching back to the >> beginnings of civilization, in that region... >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >>> Following on from Jayanand's link to Anzio, I saw another link to Syria >> in >>> the 40s on the Life website. Here it is. >>> >> http://life.time.com/history/syria-crossroads-of-middle-east-during-wwii/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1 >>> >>> Fascinating, especially considering the current mess there. BTW I'd >>> recommend "A Line in the Sand" by James Barr which looks at the Sykes >> Picot >>> agreement which carved up the middle east in straight lines between the >>> British and the French and subsequently was the reason for inflaming >> many of >>> the issues there. >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig