Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 5:36 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > Philippe is right?unless you are doing something Leica-related in Wetzlar, > it is not a particularly interesting place. A pleasant German small town, > nothing more than that. I would spend more time in Bonn and Cologne in that > part of Germany. > > As for the French strikes, it is just part of the experience ;-) Living in > Spain, it is hard for me to get to Northern Europe without traversing > French territory or flying through French airspace. Somehow I usually make > it, and if you are stuck in France for an extra day, you could be in worse > places... > > 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 > > > > > > > We will be in Wetzler for an LHSA event. We were in Wetzler in 2005 so > understand without good friends and great beer there would be little reason > to stop. Like most parts of the world it very much depends on where you > are stuck; east side of Yosemite would be great. Fifty miles east of > Garden City Kansas and you had better like the smell of feedlots and center > pivot irrigation. > > > > > > > > On 28 May 2018, at 22:22, Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > > wrote: > > > > That?s a wonderful programme! > > > > Barcelona is a must - Lluis is its main attraction ;-) > > We were there some years ago late October, and felt it was still like > (our) summer. > > > > Northern Italy won?t be too hot then, but could be rainy. > > > > And Switzerland is a beautiful garden. Do not make it too late in > October - the forests are absolutely gorgeous in their fall colours - there > might also be early snow falls. > > > > Wetzlar, unless you are to meet some Leica folks there or are attending > a workshop, is just a curiosity I think. The old town center is nice > though. > > Check on the weather stats there, it might be rainier than Northern > Italy at that period ? > > > > Amities > > Philippe > > > > > >> Le 28 mai 2018 ? 21:24, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > >> ?crit > : > >> > >> I see a very organized system. Thank you for the schedule and the > invite. > >> My instinct is to arrive in Barcelona, travel east into northern Italy > then > >> proceed N into Switzerland before proceeding to Wetzler. > >> > >> On Mon, May 28, 2018, 2:27 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > wrote: > >> > >>> Here?s the schedule for the strikes. > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://photos.lci.fr/images/1280/834/programme-de-la-greve-de-la-sncf-pour-juin-2018-aff218-0 > at 1x.png > >>> > >>> No date known or anticipated for July so far, and so far as I know. > >>> > >>> Hope this helps. > >>> > >>> OTT: would you make a stop in Strasbourg (on the German boarder and > close > >>> to Switzerland), we?d be pleased to meet you. > >>> > >>> Keep us tuned > >>> Philippe > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Le 28 mai 2018 ? 20:08, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> a > ?crit : > >>>> > >>>> My wife and I are planning a trip to mostly Germany in early > October. We > >>>> would like to fly into either Spain or northern Europe and take > trains as > >>>> we wish. However, most tracks pass through France and the news it's > full > >>>> of strikes by French workers upset at proposed new work and retirement > >>>> rules. Currently are they any real impediment if excursions are not > time > >>>> sensitive. Or, would it be better to plan on visiting Italy and > >>>> Switzerland to avoid random plan changes? > >>>> > >>>> I am in the airline purchase phase as fares are fairly good now and > the > >>>> euro is in a better place for me than it was a month ago. Entry > cities > >>> are > >>>> up for grabs at this point. > >>>> > >>>> All the best and thank you for the advice. > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Don don.dory at gmail.com