Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Believe it or not Jim, Sunday turned out to be a relatively warm and dry spell :-) Tonight, the temperatures are forecast to be the lowest for years, -25?C or so, the canal is frozen over and partially impassable for the barges, and it's started snowing steadily again. Worst of all - the catfood has just run out and Posy is already moaning - so it's a snowy trudge to the local supermarket early tomorrow - she'll just have to put up with a tin of Tuna until then. Cheers Douglas On 27.01.2010 19:47, Jim Nichols wrote: > Hi Douglas, > > Nice tour. Hope you are warm by now;-) > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at > gmx.de> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "LEG" > <leica at freelists.org>; <leicareflex at freelists.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:40 PM > Subject: [Leica] An ice-cold stroll around Bremen last Sunday > > >> Sunday we were invited to a New Year reception staged by the Bremen >> Journalists Club and the Merchants Guild of 1801. >> >> The walk from the station past the mill (go back one shot, and you can >> see what it looks like in good weather at around the same time last >> year) >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0641.jpg.html >> >> and the bronze pigs, >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0643.jpg.html >> >> across the cathedral square, >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0644.jpg.html >> >> past the town hall >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0647.jpg.html >> >> and into the Schnoor, the oldest part of the city, with some >> wonderful shops >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0648.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0649.jpg.html >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0659.jpg.html >> >> was ice-cold, around -20?C, and we were happy to get into the warmth of >> the Club. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0652.jpg.html >> >> A very entertaining show, too. Germany's leading political columunist >> (Heribert Prantl) and the secretary of state of Bremen's parliament in a >> radio chat with our old friend Theo Schl?ter - with breaks filled very >> professionally by the local amateur barbershop group "Fishermans Fresh" >> (who are actually more of a madrigal choir) >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Bremen/_MG_0656.jpg.html >> >> Bremen is a great place, you can sit around, have a hot Grog and chat >> with senators (that's what they call ministers in the city states of >> Bremen, and Hamburg) and there's never a shifty-looking security bloke >> to be seen. >> >> Hamburg and L?beck are similar, must be something to do with their >> Hanseatic heritage. >> >> Sunday was also the first time I've ever had aperture blades sticking >> and Canon electronics refusing to work because of the cold. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >