[Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip

[Gerry Walden]

Douglas

You have some happy memories there to be looked back on in later days. I particularly like ‘Brussels Bus Stop’ and the echo of the blue shoes in the denim jeans, but that is just selecting one from the many.

I often think of you and Geraldine, and it is a very tough road to travel my friend but you savour every good moment which enables you to get through the bad ones. My thoughts are with you as I know it is not easy, and others who have not been there will never understand.

Kindest good wishes to you both,

Gerry


> On 2 May 2016, at 22:20, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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> A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I went to Belgium to visit my son who is working there. Since she was diagnosed with terminal cancer in August 2012, it was been very up and down, and, despite planning many trips, they've inevitably ended in cancellation just before the off. However, on this occasion, we made it, and despite having to change rooms three times due to issues in the Radisson Blu hotel in Brussels, enjoyed the break, and got to see Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent.
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> I was very glad that Geraldine got the break as treatment has been somewhat difficult, and, with many of her fellow patients succumbing to the inevitable over the years, it has been hard both physically and emotionally. Even today I got a call to say that one of my school classmates died on Saturday from cancer. He and Geraldine were attending the same treatment sessions at Vincent's Hospital, so it was difficult.
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> While Belgium definitely wasn't a photographic holiday as I had other priorities, I took my Fuji X100S and the inevitable iPhone in my pocket with me and took some snaps. Here's 60 of them, starting here http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Belgium+Apr16/B4.jpg.html and working to the right. Any with the label Fuji are taken with the X100S and the unmarked ones are iPhone 5S.
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