Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/05/02

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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 19:14:43 -0500
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Douglas, you are giving Nathan a lot of competition here.  Very nice 
images, and your wife looks lovely.  Don't sell yourself short.  You 
documented your travels quite nicely. :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 5/2/2016 4:20 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I went to Belgium to visit my son 
> who is working there. Since she was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 
> August 2012, it was been very up and down, and, despite planning many 
> trips, they've inevitably ended in cancellation just before the off. 
> However, on this occasion, we made it, and despite having to change 
> rooms three times due to issues in the Radisson Blu hotel in Brussels, 
> enjoyed the break, and got to see Brussels, Bruges, and Ghent.
>
> I was very glad that Geraldine got the break as treatment has been 
> somewhat difficult, and, with many of her fellow patients succumbing 
> to the inevitable over the years, it has been hard both physically and 
> emotionally. Even today I got a call to say that one of my school 
> classmates died on Saturday from cancer. He and Geraldine were 
> attending the same treatment sessions at Vincent's Hospital, so it was 
> difficult.
>
> While Belgium definitely wasn't a photographic holiday as I had other 
> priorities, I took my Fuji X100S and the inevitable iPhone in my 
> pocket with me and took some snaps. Here's 60 of them, starting here 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Belgium+Apr16/B4.jpg.html 
> and working to the right. Any with the label Fuji are taken with the 
> X100S and the unmarked ones are iPhone 5S.
>
> Douglas
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Replies: Reply from george.imagist at icloud.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip)
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