[Leica] Nathan's PAD 19/6/2017: Rue de la Longue Vie (Long Life Street)

[Tina Manley]

Best wishes for a safe trip.  I never felt in danger in Syria but the news
would give you a totally different view.

We would probably be in more danger crossing the street near our homes.

Tina

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 5:49 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> Hi Tina,
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> Yes, I am still in Brussels, I am flying to Berlin tomorrow morning. I
> actually passed through Gare Centrale earlier today on my way to a
> wonderful photo exhibition. And I have no qualms about moving around the
> city I love as I please. I am not letting some camel fuckers dicatate what
> I do and where I go. I will take a taxi rather than public transport to the
> airport tomorrow, but only because the train times are not convenient for
> me given that I want to be at the airport at 6:30.
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> 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 <
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> > On 20 Jun 2017, at 23:04, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Nathan -
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> > Are you still in Brussels?
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> > http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40349654
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> > Hope all is well.  Brussels is such a center of calm and order.  You
> don't
> > think of terrorism and Brussels, but I guess all of that is changing.
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> > Tina
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> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> > wrote:
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> >> I am back in Brussels, and yesterday I went for dinner in the place
> where
> >> my Brussels life started back in May 1995, an African neighbourhood
> called
> >> Matongé or Little Zaire, in Ixelles, part of the central Brussels. I
> lived
> >> here for a few months when I first moved from New Jersey to Brussels. In
> >> the summer, it is a wonderful place, with many bars and ethnic
> restaurants
> >> and shops. There are some vague signs of hipsters moving in, but so far
> >> they have been kept in check.
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> >> The neighbourhood has a short pedestrian street called Rue de la Longue
> >> Vie, which contains several African restaurants. I have eated at both
> >> Soleil d’Afrique on the left and Cap Africa on the right. I prefer the
> >> latter, and that is where I had a delicious dinner of grilled goat and
> >> fermented tapioca dough last night:
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Sdv4tfR/A
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> >> Just before I reached the restaurant, this lady approached me and asked
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> >> take her picture, just like that:
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CvQhmKX/A
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> >> And after I finished my dinner, I lingered a bit to take in the street
> >> life:
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sr8656s/A
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> >> This last image is technically deficient but I like the scene, never
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> >> sharpness.
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> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
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> >> 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/
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> >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
> >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
> >> YNWA
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