Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Prices were not too bad but the food made it worth it, in most cases. Not sure about Indian food in Italy, but it is probably something like Mexican in Poland, Unbelievably Horrid! ?Mexican in name only. ?;-) Cheers, Gene -------------- Original message from Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp at gmx.de>: -------------- > Thanks Gene, > > I'm not sure what the food prices are like today, but in 2003 I also > found Milan a very reasonably priced and very good place to eat (though > Pisa was cheaper and better). The only place to be avoided was an Indian > restaurant just around the corner from the Porta Venezia - absolute > rubbish. (but of course it was my mistake wanting to eat a Vindaloo in > Italy). > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > grduprey at mchsi.com wrote: > > > > Doug, > > > >> Very nice photos from Milan. I also liked the back of the cathedral > >> actually better than the front. In late August the scaffolding was > >> gone. We really > liked Milan, and the food at the back street restaurants was really great. > > > > > > Cheers, > > Gene > >> -------------- Original message from Douglas Sharp : > -------------- > > > > > > > >> Many thanks to all who looked and commented on the earlier posting. > >> > >> A sunny week as a consultant in Pisa and Milan, I can think of no > >> better > >> way to finish a 30-year career in geophysical exploration. > >> > >> These two gallery pages were shot on my last day of work as a senior > >> exploration geophysicist, on May 1, 2003. > >> > >> Here are a couple of new additions: > >> > >> The cathedral in Milan from the back, the front was covered in > >> scaffolding (yes, I know, I cut off the top of the spire - 12 mm wasn't > >> quite wide enough) > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Italy/1Image4-17-Edit_BW.j > >> pg.html > >> > >> Two versions of the same scene, heavily cropped because the weird > >> perspectives of the 12 mm lens made me feel a little seasick. > >> I'm not sure which one works best - both seem to have their own merits. > >> Strange that the walking people appear like cardboard cutouts or > >> synthetic figures in a computer generated image: > >> > >> In colour > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Italy/1Image9-Edit.jpg.htm > >> l > >> > >> Same again in BW > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Italy/1Image9-Edit_BW.jpg. > >> html > >> > >> The Carabinieri were out in force for the May Day demonstration, > >> beedless to say, it all went off very quietly. Once again that strange > >> CGI effect, but this time in the buildings in the background: > >> > >> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/New-Old-Pictures/Italy/1Image3-2-Edit_BW.jp > >> g.html > >> > >> Best regards from Hannover > >> Douglas > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information