Down and Out in Paris and London - Page 2

Elspode · 07-23-2005, 07:25 PM

What spectacular photos. Thank you for sharing, NBN. I'll never get there, but at least I can enjoy it vicariously.

Griff · 07-23-2005, 07:56 PM

Wow! Some trip man.

BrianR · 07-23-2005, 09:28 PM

Great photos.

Loved em.

I already have half my trip there planned.

But no France.

Brian

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2005, 12:05 AM

Kudos, Sir.

Did you fly first class both ways?
From your hotel window in Paris, did it smell like diesel fumes?

wolf · 07-24-2005, 02:38 AM

Amazing.

I was especially intrigued by the photgraph of the gentleman sleeping in the park. He had certain qualities in common with the gentlemen who sleep in the park of my own acquaintance.

(The stonehenge pictures totally rocked. I didn't actually mean to say rock, but well, it just came out that way.)

grazzers · 07-24-2005, 05:38 AM

Wow, great pics! I've been to Paris to visit a friend for the past 2 Octobers in a row, but i can't remember where i put my photos... oh well.

The security alert in Edinburgh, was that sometime around early this month, because there were problems with anarchist rioters on Sunday the 3rd, the day after I'd been there for the Make Poverty History rally along with 200,000 people, the same as the whole population of my home town Aberdeen, which is only 130 miles up the coast from Edinburgh.

Nothing But Net · 07-24-2005, 12:17 PM

Thanks for the comments, all.

Bruce, flew Business First only on the way back, but that's when I needed it most. The best meal of the trip was on that airplane. (And no, I didn't pay for the seat, in fact my flight was paid for with One-Pass miles, they just bumped me up on the return.)
grazzers, the security alert in Edinburgh was on the 8th, the day after the London bombings. We were on the open top a a tour bus when it deviated off Prince's St., and the guide comes up and tells us all to evacuate. I'm not sure if he meant our bowels or the bus. Police, Fire, Ambulance, sirens from all sides converging in sight down the street. Someone had left a package on the previous bus, which was then detonated via "controlled explosion". That bomb left Spaghettios all over those walls. It was all very exciting.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2005, 02:37 PM

Anybody with the money can take that or a similar trip. Ho hum.
But, I'll bet NBN had as much fun as can possible be extracted from that or any trip. That's what makes it, and him, special.
I'm sure he had experiences and interactions with the natives that 95% of travelers miss entirely.
Plus, the eye of a good photographer can't hurt to see things others don't, even if he's not taking a picture.

plthijinx · 07-24-2005, 03:54 PM

great pic's NBN, i particularly like the last one!

grazzers · 07-25-2005, 04:09 AM

NBN, I remember seeing that on the news, closing off a big section of Princes Street, but didnt think much of it after the more serious events of the day before.

LabRat · 07-25-2005, 10:12 AM

WOW.

Thanks for taking the time to share them. Someday, someday...

jaguar · 07-25-2005, 11:25 AM

those sunflowers were in the loire river area right?

what the heck is business first?

lookout123 · 07-25-2005, 12:19 PM

that is where you don't get much attention from the stewardesses on the outward bound trip. you have to go do what you are travelling to do - take care of business first. then you get a hummer from your stewardess of choice on the way back. haven't you been getting the deserved attention on your trips, Jag?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-25-2005, 02:20 PM

superbaton · 07-25-2005, 04:32 PM

fantabulous photos

07-23-2005, 07:25 PM	#16
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	What spectacular photos. Thank you for sharing, NBN. I'll never get there, but at least I can enjoy it vicariously. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-23-2005, 07:56 PM	#17
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow! Some trip man. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-23-2005, 09:28 PM	#18
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Great photos. Loved em. I already have half my trip there planned. But no France. Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

07-24-2005, 12:05 AM	#19
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Kudos, Sir. Did you fly first class both ways? From your hotel window in Paris, did it smell like diesel fumes? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2005, 02:38 AM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Amazing. I was especially intrigued by the photgraph of the gentleman sleeping in the park. He had certain qualities in common with the gentlemen who sleep in the park of my own acquaintance. (The stonehenge pictures totally rocked. I didn't actually mean to say rock, but well, it just came out that way.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-24-2005, 05:38 AM	#21
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	Wow, great pics! I've been to Paris to visit a friend for the past 2 Octobers in a row, but i can't remember where i put my photos... oh well. The security alert in Edinburgh, was that sometime around early this month, because there were problems with anarchist rioters on Sunday the 3rd, the day after I'd been there for the Make Poverty History rally along with 200,000 people, the same as the whole population of my home town Aberdeen, which is only 130 miles up the coast from Edinburgh. __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

07-24-2005, 12:17 PM	#22
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Thanks for the comments, all. Bruce, flew Business First only on the way back, but that's when I needed it most. The best meal of the trip was on that airplane. (And no, I didn't pay for the seat, in fact my flight was paid for with One-Pass miles, they just bumped me up on the return.) grazzers, the security alert in Edinburgh was on the 8th, the day after the London bombings. We were on the open top a a tour bus when it deviated off Prince's St., and the guide comes up and tells us all to evacuate. I'm not sure if he meant our bowels or the bus. Police, Fire, Ambulance, sirens from all sides converging in sight down the street. Someone had left a package on the previous bus, which was then detonated via "controlled explosion". That bomb left Spaghettios all over those walls. It was all very exciting.

07-24-2005, 02:37 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Anybody with the money can take that or a similar trip. Ho hum. But, I'll bet NBN had as much fun as can possible be extracted from that or any trip. That's what makes it, and him, special. I'm sure he had experiences and interactions with the natives that 95% of travelers miss entirely. Plus, the eye of a good photographer can't hurt to see things others don't, even if he's not taking a picture. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2005, 03:54 PM	#24
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	great pic's NBN, i particularly like the last one! __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

07-25-2005, 04:09 AM	#25
grazzers Aim for the Best Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 134	NBN, I remember seeing that on the news, closing off a big section of Princes Street, but didnt think much of it after the more serious events of the day before. __________________ "Only a person who risks all that he cannot keep, to gain that which he can never lose, is truly free." Anonymous Poet

07-25-2005, 10:12 AM	#26
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	WOW. Thanks for taking the time to share them. Someday, someday... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

07-25-2005, 11:25 AM	#27
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	those sunflowers were in the loire river area right? what the heck is business first? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

07-25-2005, 12:19 PM	#28
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	that is where you don't get much attention from the stewardesses on the outward bound trip. you have to go do what you are travelling to do - take care of business first. then you get a hummer from your stewardess of choice on the way back. haven't you been getting the deserved attention on your trips, Jag? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-25-2005, 02:20 PM	#29
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2005, 04:32 PM	#30
superbaton The Cellar team Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ba, argentina Posts: 196	fantabulous photos

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