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Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Belgian trip
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 18:21:24 +0100
References: <FD934C0008924792ABE927AD9F38A0ED@Family> <5B7DE213-1C45-4CEA-8FBE-2AE274DDD367@frozenlight.eu> <CA+yJO1A0Hhfb0--Jg1ojt13=AuwWEhZXv2JPWNsgnXqv54wQ5g@mail.gmail.com>

Thank you, Jim, George, Gerry, Nathan, Jayanand, and Tina. You're very kind.
Douglas


> +1!
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> Tina
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> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 12:42 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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>> Well done, Douglas, both on the photography front, and more importantly,
>> on the life front.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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>> > On 02 May 2016, at 23:20, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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>> > 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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