Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2024/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wonderful set, and I love the penchant for public art you have in Europe. However, my favourite shot was a bit more down to earth ?: https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Rzesz%C3%B3w-August-2024/i-Qh4Pb3K/A Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 10:36?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I spent a few days earlier this month in Rzesz?w, a town of about 250,000 > inhabitants in south-eastern Poland. Despite its relatively modest size, it > is the main city in a rather thinly populated part of the country, about > 100 km from the Slovak border to the south and 90 km from the Ukraine > border to the east. Because of this proximity and the fact that it has a > good airport, Rzesz?w has become one of the main transit points for western > military aid to Ukraine, and ?just in case?, its airport is well protected > with Patriot defence systems (sadly, there is no good place from where to > photograph them, as the best view is from a busy road where one cannot > stop). > > Besides this recent involvement in the war, Rzesz?w has a long and (like > most of Poland) sometimes painful history. It was part of the > Austro-Hungarian empire between 1795 and 1918, a time when Poland did not > exist as a state, having been carved up among its large neighbours Russia, > Austria-Hungary and Prussia. But also, like the rest of Poland, it has > experienced a renaissance since the fall of Communism in 1989, and is today > a vibrant and lively place. I was there last year also, so some of the > places you will have seen before, but this time I explored some other > areas, especially a very nice, long riverside promenade known simply as > ?the Boulevard?. > > A gallery of 84 images is here: > > https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Rzesz?w-August-2024 > > And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > ????? ???????! ?????? ?????! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information