Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dear Don Thank you for posting those pics of Copenhagen! We lived in Copenhagen for a few years (first working for Maersk - and they put us up downtown). Your pictures bring back wonderful memories. My kids were really young, and Maersk gifted us a pass to Tivoli . . . Your pictures made me feel like I was walking those streets again. Stay safe! Jasse On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 8:29 AM Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > You did an especially good job with the composition of the protective > balls. i am glad Denmark allows more freedom in it's capital than we > currently are experiencing in DC. > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:22 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> > wrote: > > > On Sunday I woke up early and had time for a nice, cold and sunny morning > > walk in the empty streets around the hotel. > > > > I walk a few hundred meters towards the Danish parliament. This entrance > > is called the Marble Bridge: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gfDzXmH/A > > > > Looking left from the Marble Bridge, there was a nice view of another > > bridge, called the Storm Bridge, and the colourful houses on Nybrogade: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DJtsHQg/A > > > > The square in front of the Parliament building, Christiansborg > Slotsplads. > > It contains all three branches of government: the Parliament, the Supreme > > Court, and the Queen?s representation space, used for gala dinners for > > visiting heads of state (her residence, Amalienborg, is about 1 km away): > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CP4GFTv/A > > > > Entrance to the Queen?s part of Christiansborg Castle. When a function is > > taking place, a military guard in a beautiful uniform and hat (but with a > > modern assault rifle) stands in the red enclosure: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-q8pbmpt/A > > > > It says something about Denmark that despite the security that is needed > > (the big stone balls in front of the Parliament building were installed > > after the various terrorist attacks around Europe in recent years using > > trucks or cars), one can still walk anywhere, right up to the door of > these > > institutions. > > > > After my walk, I returned to the hotel, check out, took the train to the > > airport and flew home to Alicante. No Covid accompanied me. > > > > 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 > > > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > -- > Don > don.dory at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Jasse Chan jassechan at gmail.com