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Bridges, Arches, Columns, Tunnels and Walls

 
 
cicerone imposter
 
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Reply Mon 21 Apr, 2014 07:27 am
@Walter Hinteler,
What I love about Germany is their ability to maintain their infrastructure. Even at places where they have experienced disaster, they pick up and rebuild their buildings and whatever else needs repair.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 21 Apr, 2014 08:35 am
@vonny,

Yes, that'll be it, Vonny. Many thanks.
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saab
 
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Reply Mon 21 Apr, 2014 12:20 pm
http://www.cepolina.com/photo/Europe/France-Paris/Seine/b/Paris-Seine-night-bridge-river-arcades.jpg

Paris
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Mon 21 Apr, 2014 12:25 pm
@saab,
saab wrote:
Paris
It might have been this photo:
http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps16188267.jpg
saab
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 01:21 am
@Walter Hinteler,
Aren´t both pictures Paris?
saab
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 01:24 am
http://varldenshistoria.se/files/bonnier-his/imagecache/630x420/pictures/paris.jpg

The houses on Pont Nothre-Dame in Paris were the first in the world to get house numbers. That was 1512
The old wooden bridge had fallen apart and a new bridge in stone was buildt. The 68 identical apartments got numbers to keep them apart

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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 02:47 am
@saab,
saab wrote:

Aren´t both pictures Paris?
Correct - But your picture wasn't shown (copyrighted) via your link.
saab wrote:

http://www.cepolina.com/photo/Europe/France-Paris/Seine/b/Paris-Seine-night-bridge-river-arcades.jpg

Paris
vonny
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 02:51 am
Entitled 'Tunnel Vision' - another type of tunnel perhaps! A Hong Kong tram.

http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/785/cache/train-riders-hong-kong_78545_990x742.jpg
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saab
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 03:04 am
@Walter Hinteler,
Did the picture not show up at your site?
It did at my site.
saab
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 03:07 am
http://wallpapersinhq.com/images/medium/a-tunnel_vision_shot_with_red_car-972073.jpg
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 04:56 am
@saab,
saab wrote:

Did the picture not show up at your site?
It did at my site.
Yes, because it was/is in your cache.
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saab
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 10:08 am
http://api.ning.com/files/CRjrj3KWmuu0AOVPe8yVWwWMJ7DOT58-cdszHjncNyebPZG2fXINWArd7LY3JSgHeTRpT9W-kkMPbzmOdqQY0jqpwrr4LlR*/ParisGGaudet17.jpg

Paris again
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 11:11 am
@saab,
That's the Canal Saint-Martin, in 10th (and 11th) arrondissement of Paris, my one and all favourite part of Paris. (Paris is wonderful everywhere in the early morning, but strolling around there is best)

saab
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 11:17 am
@Walter Hinteler,
Thank you - I had no idea where is was taken. At the moment I am interested in Paris as I was there for Easter.
Too crowded most places, but still possible to find a corner which was not too full of tourists.
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 11:27 am
@saab,
The Canal St. Martin IS very touristic. That's why I liked it more in the early morning. (When I had been there about 40 years ago for the first time, it was something like an "insider tip". But now ...)
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 11:40 am
I totally forgot that I see a bridge from our sitting room. (The spots are raindrops on the window - we just had had a short but heavy thunderstorm)

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zpsb7b25ec7.jpg
(On the left, that's an "insects hotel")

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/b_zpsc6c7e281.jpg
That small (salty) stream was piped under the surface until recently. It now got its natural bed back again (unfortunately, only for a few hundred meters inside the park.)
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 12:04 pm
@Walter Hinteler,
Walter Hinteler wrote:
(The spots are raindrops on the window - we just had had a short but heavy thunderstorm)

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps7cd250f3.jpg
Just minutes before I took those photos above, lightning stroke a tree some hundred meters away.
McTag
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 02:31 pm
@Walter Hinteler,

Metres, Walt, we spell it the French way.

A meter for electricity is a different thing.

You're welcome.
Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 02:41 pm
@McTag,
The "chiefly British variant of meter". Thank you.
McTag
 
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Reply Tue 22 Apr, 2014 02:57 pm
@Walter Hinteler,
http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608039430745361628&pid=15.1

Here's a British meter.
 

 
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