Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/03/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The second one makes you look like the King of France! Cheers Jayanand On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 2:00 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I was on a business trip to France this past week, yet another sign of > return to normality. The main reason was a 2-day meeting at the OECD, > specifically something called the Task Force on Combatting Illicit Trade, a > body which concerns itself with all manner of illicit trade, including > drugs, human trafficking, wildlife, and also counterfeit goods?it is for > the latter reason that my office is involved. I come to the OECD a couple > of times a year, but had not been there since 2019, for reasons we all > know. I enjoyed being back and offer four images. > > The OECD HQ consists of two buildings, one big and modern where most of > its people work: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jsMXcbN/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-jsMXcbN/A> > > The other building is known simply as ?the ch?teau?; its formal name is > Ch?teau de la Muette, built by one of the Rotschilds in the 1920s on the > site of earlier chateaux, dating back to the 17th century. Today, it house > the offices of the Secretary-General of the OECD and the ceremonial meeting > rooms for the big occasions. I posed in front of the building and my OECD > colleague Piotr took the picture: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-F7kh8SM/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-F7kh8SM/A> > > A selfie inside the Ch?teau. I like the sense of history I feel when I > visit here. A good chunk of the post-war architecture of Europe was > conceived here: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HbHSS7c/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-HbHSS7c/A> > > And this is the main meeting room in the Ch?teau, where I spent the better > part of Wednesday and Thursday. When not used for big occasions, it is > available for lower-level gatherings like the one in which I participated, > especially right now when the main conference centre is still closed due to > Covid. The meeting of the task force was hybrid, another sign of the times, > and on the screen, Steve Francis, the acting Executive Associate Director, > Homeland Security Investigations, is ready in Washington: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-twz9sG4/A < > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-twz9sG4/A> > > I did less formal things in France too, those will the subject of other > posts. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > photo at frozenlight.eu > > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.frozenlight.eu > > YNWA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information