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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 11 Nov, 2003 10:00 pm
Schmidts of German Village . . . they started a bratwurst cart selling on Capitol Square and single-handedly reduced brat and hot dog prices by the vendors on the square. Imagine strolling out of your office on a nice spring day to have a Bahama Mama from a street vendor, and then sitting in the park in front of the State House.
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princessash185
 
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Reply Tue 11 Nov, 2003 10:02 pm
sounds pretty heavenly to me <sigh> we used to love Schmidts. . .
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 02:40 am
princessash185 wrote:
sounds pretty heavenly to me <sigh> we used to love Schmidts. . .


I do love Schmidts as well Laughing

Well, born, raised and educated in a small Westphalian town
http://www.geseke.de/Tourismus/gif/RUNDGA1.JPG

I became a conscript in the biggest German travel agency of that time (the navy) and lived for nearly two years on and above the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Atlantic Ocean
http://www.wilhelmshaven-portal.de/images/sehenswuerdigkeiten/marinestuetzpunkt.jpg

Studied later in the Ruhr-district and lived there for a couple of years
http://www.theochem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pics/luft2.jpg


Moved to the 'city of swords and trolley-busses' (Solingen in the Rhineland)
http://www.trampicturebook.de/tram/germany/solingen/2002-08-0832.jpg

Stayed after these nearly ten years of exile in my birth-town again.
Moved after a short time there to my now hometown
http://www.lippstadt.de/entdecken/montage_entdecken.gif

where - after having lived in the towncenter - we now have our tents in a more touristic village (actually it's a spa/thermal bath), just opposite this building
http://www.bad-waldliesborn.com/shared/fotos/hausdesgastes_big.jpg
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Relay
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 06:35 am
Well i am from the lake district in Central south Sweden in the city of Växjö. a city more than 650 years old and once a border town between Denmark and Sweden.

Here is some photos of Växjö

http://www.masda.vxu.se/~rics/treebank/images/teleborgsslott.jpg
Teleborg castle

http://www.prbild.se/images/vaxjoweb.jpg
Birdview over parts of Central Växjö the big building is the concert and culture house.

http://www.svenskaemigrantinstitutet.g.se/pic/Karta-_Vaxjo-_100_16_g_72.jpg
Map over the the citycentral

http://www.rdrop.com/~tblackb/summer_vacation/scandinavia/vaxjo_cathedral.jpg
The Main Church of Växjö

http://w1.404.telia.com/~u40403927/torn/gotaland/bilder/880706-003.jpg The southern suburbs of Växjö in the background and the white watertower.

http://www.d.umn.edu/ieo/sw8.jpg
Another photo of Teleborg Castle in the south suburbs close to the University
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Wilso
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 06:38 am
I love what everyone's doing with this thread. Thanks everyone.

Great pics relay. Excellent.
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Relay
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 06:44 am
Wilso wrote:
I love what everyone's doing with this thread. Thanks everyone.

Great pics relay. Excellent.

Thankyou
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Diane
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 09:52 am
Welcome Relay. Your pics are lovely.
Would you tell us more about the little church with the twin spires?
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sozobe
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 10:46 am
Wow, lovin' the pics.

Setanta, that's EXACTLY the kind of info I was going for. Thankee much. I'll prolly PM both you and P'ash with more questions soon.
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Relay
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 11:36 am
Diane wrote:
Welcome Relay. Your pics are lovely.
Would you tell us more about the little church with the twin spires?

what do you want to know about it??
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mac11
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 12:03 pm
As a kid:
Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama
Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio
Baton Rouge, Louisiana - from the age of 8 thru college

Places I worked in my former career as a theatre gypsy, ranging from 2 months to 3 years:
Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana
East Haddam, Connecticut
Fort Worth, Texas
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Jackson, Mississippi
Portland, Oregon
Knoxville, Tennessee
Columbus, Ohio
Abingdon, Virginia
Horse Cave, Kentucky
West Virginia (I've blocked the name of the town!)
Mobile, Alabama
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Singapore
Houston, Texas

Currently living in Houston.
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Dartagnan
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 12:19 pm
Walter--Love the electric trolley! We have them in Seattle, too, but not as colorful as yours. We also have diesel buses and hybrids (run like trolleys or by diesel) and the waterfront streetcars, which were bought from Australia (Melbourne, I believe):


http://transit.metrokc.gov/photos/waterfront_streetcar/ws_streetcar2.jpeg

Oh, yeah: Born in New York City, grew up on Long Island (hated it), went to school in Upstate NY, moved to Eugene, Oregon, now live in Seattle...
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sozobe
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 03:27 pm
psst Set and P'ash, I continued the Columbus thing over here:

http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12081&highlight=
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eoe
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 03:32 pm
I was born in The Windy City. ChiTown. Chicago, Illinois.
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Laeknir Scrat
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 05:49 pm
Bolungarvik!

http://www.skandinavien.de/Mike/Innenstadt.jpg

But currently at Reykjavik:

http://dolphin.upenn.edu/~scan/reykjavik.jpg
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 08:11 pm
ossobuco wrote:
I love all the photos, especially Fbaezer's. Was that Mexico City picture in the zona rosa? Annnnd, the little trattoria I had my dish of ossobuco was surely in that picture of Modena.... Trattoria da Omer, if that rings a bell.


Thanks, Osso.
First MC pic, not Zona Rosa, but Centro Histórico.
Last MC pic, well... Zona Rosa is behind those buildings.
Modena, perhaps you're referring to Trattoria da Ermes. That one I know.
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 08:33 pm
No, not Trattoria da Ermes. Oh, well.
I enjoyed the bird's eye view of the rooftops of Modena. The two days I was there it was raining. So my pictures of the piazza at the duomo were filled with umbrellas...
I think it was that duomo that had the wonderful roseate marble lions guarding the steps...
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fbaezer
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 08:44 pm
Infatti:

http://library.ucsc.edu/slides/decou/lanterns/full/dc1.474.0624r.jpg
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 08:49 pm
There they are!! The day I was there they looked light pink...

Geez, look at the beautiful doorway, incredible.
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rufio
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 09:04 pm
That's a great picture, Diane. Smile I was born, raised, and work summers in Tucson, and I go to college in Grinnell, Iowa (halfway between Des Moines and Iowa City).
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ossobuco
 
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Reply Wed 12 Nov, 2003 09:13 pm
I thought I posted a comment about Laeknir's photos, really gorgeous, but it disappeared in the icy waters....
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