Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/09

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: New Gallery - recent trip to Eisenach
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:18:00 +0100
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Lovely place, lovely Frauke, lovely pictures!

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA




On Nov 4, 2012, at 12:31 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote:

> For the whole gallery without the little travelogue (and more than just 
> the selected shots) - click on this link:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/?g2_page=1
> and work your way through it (it's more or less chronological).
> 
> Here's a selection.
> 
> The city of Eisenach simply in the state of Thuringia simply oozes history.
> 
> It's the birthplace and home of Johann Sebastian Bach:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4417.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4420.jpg.html
> 
> The city where Martin Luther went to school:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0046.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0050.jpg.html
> 
> Where composer Richard Wagner spent many a holiday:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0036.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4489.jpg.html
> 
> Home of the Wartburg, where Martin Luther was hidden from the Catholics 
> and translated the Latin Bible into German:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4541.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0103.jpg.html
> 
> Home of the memorial to the members of the student movement (Corps) and 
> others who were killed in the struggle for a united Germany between 1864 
> to 1871 - the architecture is said to be based on a beer "stein" - fencing 
> and beer still play an enormous role in student corps:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0095.jpg.html
> 
> Anyway, Jens, a friend of mine for over 35 years invited us down to 
> Eisenach and asked my Missus, Frauke, to read from her first book and 
> present the second in his bookshop:
> 
> Getting there:
> 
> We never use the autobahn, so we take the scenic routes and make a couple 
> of stops along the way.
> 
> The first was for a coffee in Einbeck, a small town famous for its brewing 
> excellence - the name "Bock" for a kind of beer is derived from the 
> ancient name of Einbeck, "Einb?ck".
> 
> The old brewery - "Brauhaus":
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4400.jpg.html
> The Marktplatz:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4403.jpg.html
> 
> Our hotel in Eisenach - recommendable -very clean and comfortable family 
> hotel with wonderful K?stritzer black beer on draught and excellent steaks:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4501.jpg.html
> 
> The city has lots of narrow streets with a mixture of historical and 
> modern buildings - from 15th century, baroque, renaissance, Imperial and 
> Jugendstil to GDR-utility and modern developments after German 
> reunification:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0003.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4478.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4498.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4510.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4513.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4511.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0038.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0040.jpg.html
> 
> 
> Jens:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0008.jpg.html
> 
> Jens & Frauke:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0012.jpg.html
> 
> Bookshop (and Frauke):
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4465.jpg.htm
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4470.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0021.jpg.html
> 
> The "reading":
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0021.jpg.html
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0068.jpg.html
> 
> More travelogue of our third and last day and the trip back home tomorrow.
> Hope you enjoy them
> 
> Cheers
> Douglas
> 
> 
> 
> 
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