[Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip

[Douglas Barry]

Thanks Alan, and with a bit of luck we'll get there again before my son 
returns home from his stagiaire in July.
Douglas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Magayne-Roshak" <amr3 at uwmalumni.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip


> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 2:50 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Douglas
> =======================================================================
> Thanks for the glimpses of a place I've not been.  I'm glad the two of you
> could make the trip.
> -
> Alan
>
> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
> (Retired)
> UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978
> UPAA Master of the Profession 2014
> amr3 at uwm.edu
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>
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