Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan - Are you still in Brussels? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40349654 Hope all is well. Brussels is such a center of calm and order. You don't think of terrorism and Brussels, but I guess all of that is changing. Tina On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I am back in Brussels, and yesterday I went for dinner in the place where > my Brussels life started back in May 1995, an African neighbourhood called > Matong? or Little Zaire, in Ixelles, part of the central Brussels. I lived > here for a few months when I first moved from New Jersey to Brussels. In > the summer, it is a wonderful place, with many bars and ethnic restaurants > and shops. There are some vague signs of hipsters moving in, but so far > they have been kept in check. > > The neighbourhood has a short pedestrian street called Rue de la Longue > Vie, which contains several African restaurants. I have eated at both > Soleil d?Afrique on the left and Cap Africa on the right. I prefer the > latter, and that is where I had a delicious dinner of grilled goat and > fermented tapioca dough last night: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Sdv4tfR/A > > Just before I reached the restaurant, this lady approached me and asked to > take her picture, just like that: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CvQhmKX/A > > And after I finished my dinner, I lingered a bit to take in the street > life: > http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sr8656s/A > > This last image is technically deficient but I like the scene, never mind > sharpness. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html