Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]in june the new historic leica museum opens in wetzlar there is even a hotel on the leica site Op 29/05/18 om 00:10 schreef Don Dory via LUG: > On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 5:36 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > >> Philippe is right?unless you are doing something Leica-related in Wetzlar, >> it is not a particularly interesting place. A pleasant German small town, >> nothing more than that. I would spend more time in Bonn and Cologne in >> that >> part of Germany. >> >> As for the French strikes, it is just part of the experience ;-) Living in >> Spain, it is hard for me to get to Northern Europe without traversing >> French territory or flying through French airspace. Somehow I usually make >> it, and if you are stuck in France for an extra day, you could be in worse >> places... >> >> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> We will be in Wetzler for an LHSA event. We were in Wetzler in 2005 so >> understand without good friends and great beer there would be little >> reason >> to stop. Like most parts of the world it very much depends on where you >> are stuck; east side of Yosemite would be great. Fifty miles east of >> Garden City Kansas and you had better like the smell of feedlots and >> center >> pivot irrigation. > >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 28 May 2018, at 22:22, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> That?s a wonderful programme! >>> >>> Barcelona is a must - Lluis is its main attraction ;-) >>> We were there some years ago late October, and felt it was still like >> (our) summer. >>> Northern Italy won?t be too hot then, but could be rainy. >>> >>> And Switzerland is a beautiful garden. Do not make it too late in >> October - the forests are absolutely gorgeous in their fall colours - >> there >> might also be early snow falls. >>> Wetzlar, unless you are to meet some Leica folks there or are attending >> a workshop, is just a curiosity I think. The old town center is nice >> though. >>> Check on the weather stats there, it might be rainier than Northern >> Italy at that period ? >>> Amities >>> Philippe >>> >>> >>>> Le 28 mai 2018 ? 21:24, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >>>> ?crit >> : >>>> I see a very organized system. Thank you for the schedule and the >> invite. >>>> My instinct is to arrive in Barcelona, travel east into northern Italy >> then >>>> proceed N into Switzerland before proceeding to Wetzler. >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 28, 2018, 2:27 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> >> wrote: >>>>> Here?s the schedule for the strikes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> https://photos.lci.fr/images/1280/834/programme-de-la-greve-de-la-sncf-pour-juin-2018-aff218-0 >> at 1x.png >>>>> No date known or anticipated for July so far, and so far as I know. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> OTT: would you make a stop in Strasbourg (on the German boarder and >> close >>>>> to Switzerland), we?d be pleased to meet you. >>>>> >>>>> Keep us tuned >>>>> Philippe >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Le 28 mai 2018 ? 20:08, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a >> ?crit : >>>>>> My wife and I are planning a trip to mostly Germany in early >> October. We >>>>>> would like to fly into either Spain or northern Europe and take >> trains as >>>>>> we wish. However, most tracks pass through France and the news it's >> full >>>>>> of strikes by French workers upset at proposed new work and retirement >>>>>> rules. Currently are they any real impediment if excursions are not >> time >>>>>> sensitive. Or, would it be better to plan on visiting Italy and >>>>>> Switzerland to avoid random plan changes? >>>>>> >>>>>> I am in the airline purchase phase as fares are fairly good now and >> the >>>>>> euro is in a better place for me than it was a month ago. Entry >> cities >>>>> are >>>>>> up for grabs at this point. >>>>>> >>>>>> All the best and thank you for the advice. >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information