[Leica] IMG: 12 hours in the 5th arrondissement

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

What they said.

Well seen!

--Bob



On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 12:21 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> Nice set. A photogenic metropolis (at least the central portion), if truth
> be told.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 10:53 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
>
> > I have had a hectic couple of weeks, with travel and work, so I am a bit
> > behind with my weekly blog, but in the meantime I am working my way
> through
> > the many photos I took during my travels.
> >
> > On April 28th I presented a new study we have done together with the
> > Community Plant Variety Office in Angers, a couple of hours south of
> Paris
> > by train. The following day I was going to travel to Washington. So once
> my
> > work at Angers was done in the afternoon, I went to get a Covid test at a
> > pharmacy (necessary for travelling to the US the following day), and then
> > took the train to Paris to spend the night there. My flight to the US was
> > on the 29th in the afternoon, so I had asked our travel agency to get me
> a
> > hotel close to a RER (commuter train) station so that I could easily get
> to
> > the Charles de Gaulle airport the next day, preferably somewhere in the
> > Latin quarter. And so it was.
> >
> > I arrived at my hotel around 11 p.m. on the 28th, checked in and went for
> > a walk in search of beer. Bars in Paris close early but I found a couple
> of
> > suitable watering holes and also took a few night pictures. The next
> > morning I got up early, as I always do, and went for a walk in the area,
> > visiting some familiar places (such as Jardin du Luxembourg) and a couple
> > of places that I had not visited before?the Panth?on, where the great and
> > good of France (and some deserving foreigners) are buried, and the church
> > of Saint-?tienne du Mont, one of the oldest in Paris. All in all, I spent
> > about 12 hours in Paris between my arrival late in the evening and
> getting
> > on the train to the airport early in the afternoon the following day. A
> > small gallery of 40 photos shows some of the things I saw during my short
> > visit. I am not necessarily pleased with every image I have (around 80
> > altogether that survived the cull on the plane), but I am pleased overall
> > with a decent heist from such a short stay.
> >
> > http://www.frozenlight.eu/paris_apr2022/index.html
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Nathan
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman
> > photo at frozenlight.eu
> >
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> > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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