Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Oh my Philippe, It seems they don't teach history in your part of the world either. :) Southern "Stars and Bars" with a guy riding a broom. Your town is very creative to say the least. I'm assuming some of the vehicles were throwing treats to get the children so interested? The LUG is a wonderful thing, slices of the world. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 9/17/06, Philippe Orlent <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > > Once a year, the sleepy suburban village of Hoeilaart comes to life. > In the 70's it was renowned for the production of exquisit grapes > (for consumption, not for wine making), but that ended due to strong > competition from the South of Europe. We got too expensive... > But since those days, the village has a tradition: The Festivities of > the Grapes. Every year another theme (this year the Middle Ages) > which by some is interpreted literally, and by others liberally. > Every year schools, scouts, and about any other club participate, > every year there's a fair, and every year a procession. > > Some snapshots of the latter yesterday evening: > > http://tinyurl.com/lljfr > > I hope you enjoy them, even if some are 'technically' not OK. > (Ricoh GRD, 400 ISO, BW mode, minor work in PS CS2 without touching > noise etc: it's pretty much what came out of camera in jpeg high > quality mode) > > Thanks for looking, and comments welcomed, > Philippe > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >