Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 15 and 16: Netherlands

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>]

Nathan and Michiel

I come from a different school form both of you.  I have to have
mountains AND the ocean.  One on each side.

Jerry

Michiel Fokkema wrote:

> Hello Nathan,
>
> The good thing about Holland is that it has no mountains!
> I need a horizon, so :http://www.wajsman.com/2003_16.jpg really is to my
> liking, being land that once was sea!
> Nice to hear you found a house.
>
> Best regards,
>
>     Michiel Fokkema
>
> Nathan Wajsman (private) wrote <http://www.wajsman.com/2003_16.jpg>
>
> > These days I am living a somewhat nomadic existence between Zurich and
> > Amsterdam, and so you will notice that my postings may be slightly
> > delayed, as is the case with these two weeks, that there are more
> > pictures from the Netherlands than from Switzerland, and that there
> > are more pictures taken with the Leica CL, since I often need to
> > travel light. With that...
> >
> > The most important thing about a new place are the people. We are
> > fortunate in having good friends in the Netherlands, who have been of
> > enormous help to us during this transition, Bert and his partner
> > Themmy. We got together with them in Week 15, during our househunting
> > in the Netherlands. Here is Themmy in a bar in Amersfoort. Pictures
> > like this have convinced me that at least with the f2 lenses, the
> > short rangefinder base of the CL is of no concern:
> >
> > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_15.jpg
> > (Leica CL, 40mm Rokkor, Neopan 1600)
> >
> > Here is Bert during a conversation in his backyard:
> > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_15alt1.jpg
> > (Leica M6, 35mm Summilux, Fuji Acros)
> >
> > And Themmy and my wife reviewing house brochures after a long day of
> > househunting:
> > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_15alt2.jpg
> > (same as alt1)
> >
> > When I tell a Dutch person that I am moving from Switzerland to the
> > Netherlands, they often tell me jokingly, "You do realise that we have
> > no mountains up here?" And right they are, as the Week 16 pictures
> > show. The first is taken near the place where we are going to live,
> > Almere. Just a flat landscape only punctuated by a canal and a line of
> > trees:
> > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_16.jpg
> > (Leica M6, 50mm Summilux, Fuji Acros)
> >
> > This is the flower season in the Netherlands. The first alternate was
> > taken near Lisse, where the famous flower park Keukenhof is located:
> > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_16alt1.jpg
> > (Leica CL, 40mm Rokkor, Fuji Provia 100F)
> >
> > The Netherlands may not have mountains, but it does have beaches (and
> > sometimes the water is even warm enough to swim in it...). One of the
> > most popular seaside resorts is Noordwijk:
> > http://www.wajsman.com/2003_16alt2.jpg
> > (Leica CL, 40mm Rokkor, Fuji Provia 100F)
> >
> > The complete PAW index is at:
> > http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw2003.htm
> > and comments and critique are always welcome and appreciated.
> >
> > Nathan
>
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