Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I love mixed light night photos?the two here are wonderful Ric > On Nov 8, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > > I have been somewhat silent the past week, because I have been in Denmark, > one of my two annual visits to visit my parents? graves and spend time > with my friends and just breathe the air and hear the language of the > country I love more than any other place in the world. But Denmark in > November is not a place you visit for the nice weather. On Saturday night > I went out for drinks and dinner with my friend Beata, and of course we > ended up in Nyhavn, Copenhagen?s main bar drag. It was cold and rainy but > the lights were still beautiful and the beer was good. Three images. > > The end of Nyhavn near Kongens Nytorv, with a memorial to the merchant > marine seamen who perished at sea during World War II: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rxzfxfH/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-rxzfxfH/A> > > The business part of Nyhavn, unusually empty because of the weather (but > the bars were full): > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cCtS2fW/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-cCtS2fW/A> > > There were several booths selling Gl?hwein since Christmas is approaching. > We stopped for a sample at this booth, and all four vendors were > Argentine. Beata is married to an Argentine guy, and I live in Spain, so > we had a nice conversation in Spanish: > https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-h3rWNkq/A > <https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-h3rWNkq/A> > > In general, because of the extremely low unemployment in Denmark, many > bars simply cannot find Danish employees, and it is not uncommon to find a > bartender who does not speak Danish. Bars and restaurants in Copenhagen > are willing to take on anybody, regardless of their language skills. I > often walk into a bar and find myself having to speak English to the bar > staff. > > 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