Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Best wishes for a safe trip. I never felt in danger in Syria but the news would give you a totally different view. We would probably be in more danger crossing the street near our homes. Tina On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Hi Tina, > > Yes, I am still in Brussels, I am flying to Berlin tomorrow morning. I > actually passed through Gare Centrale earlier today on my way to a > wonderful photo exhibition. And I have no qualms about moving around the > city I love as I please. I am not letting some camel fuckers dicatate what > I do and where I go. I will take a taxi rather than public transport to the > airport tomorrow, but only because the train times are not convenient for > me given that I want to be at the airport at 6:30. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > YNWA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 Jun 2017, at 23:04, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Nathan - > > > > Are you still in Brussels? > > > > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40349654 > > > > Hope all is well. Brussels is such a center of calm and order. You > don't > > think of terrorism and Brussels, but I guess all of that is changing. > > > > Tina > > > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > > wrote: > > > >> I am back in Brussels, and yesterday I went for dinner in the place > where > >> my Brussels life started back in May 1995, an African neighbourhood > called > >> Matong? or Little Zaire, in Ixelles, part of the central Brussels. I > lived > >> here for a few months when I first moved from New Jersey to Brussels. In > >> the summer, it is a wonderful place, with many bars and ethnic > restaurants > >> and shops. There are some vague signs of hipsters moving in, but so far > >> they have been kept in check. > >> > >> The neighbourhood has a short pedestrian street called Rue de la Longue > >> Vie, which contains several African restaurants. I have eated at both > >> Soleil d?Afrique on the left and Cap Africa on the right. I prefer the > >> latter, and that is where I had a delicious dinner of grilled goat and > >> fermented tapioca dough last night: > >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Sdv4tfR/A > >> > >> Just before I reached the restaurant, this lady approached me and asked > to > >> take her picture, just like that: > >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CvQhmKX/A > >> > >> And after I finished my dinner, I lingered a bit to take in the street > >> life: > >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sr8656s/A > >> > >> This last image is technically deficient but I like the scene, never > mind > >> sharpness. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Nathan > >> > >> Nathan Wajsman > >> Alicante, Spain > >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ > < > >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > >> YNWA > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > www.tinamanley.com > > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0- > 4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html