[Leica] Nathan's PAD 2/11/2018: my first day in Copenhagen

[Tina Manley]

A meaningful trip with a good ending.

Thanks,

Tina

On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 2:00 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> As I always do at this time of year, I am visiting Denmark for a few days.
> The main reason for choosing this week is to visit my father’s grave on (or
> close to) the anniversary of his death 14 years ago. I flew up from
> Alicante in the morning, checked into my hotel and immediately made my way
> to the Jewish cemetery:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-BxJrJx5/A
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> After visiting my father’s grave, I stopped by at the monument to the
> Danish Jews who died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp—only about 50
> out of a population of about 8000 Jews in Denmark in 1943, most of whom
> were saved by being smuggled across the Sound to neutral Sweden in October
> 1943 by Danish fishermen and others. A remarkable episode in the darkest
> time:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-kdfxjrG/A
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> Having performed my yearly “ritual”, I set out to enjoy a crisp autumn
> afternoon in Copenhagen:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-L52RD3H/A
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> As darkness fell, the main pedestrian street Strøget looked even nicer
> than in daytime:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Z4f4D2K/A
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> I walked across one of Copenhagen’s great squares, Kongens Nytorv, and
> stopped to photograph Magasin du Nord, Copenhagen’s oldest department
> store, celebrating its 150th anniversary and still going strong:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cxTLtJ6/A
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> And finally, I made my way to McJoys, a bar in Nyhavn, where I used to go
> with my father. This is another part of how I honour his memory when I
> visit; I always go there to have a pint or two:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-FGqntNq/A
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
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> 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
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