16-9-2011 : To Paris
(France)
I ‘m on a group trip with the photoclub, we left
this morning at 07.30 in Hasselt by train to
Brussels and there we took a Thalys to Paris,
after we checked in at the hotel we toured the
city for hours from Centre Pompidou to Trocadéro,
the Eiffel Tower and then evening shots at the
Sacré Coeur before going to dinner and back to
the hotel.
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17-9-2011 : Paris
The second day of our trip started with a simple
breakfast at the hotel before leaving for La
Madeleine, Montparnasse, Concorde, Louvre, and
Notre Dame. After that I went to the Eiffel
tower and walked along the Seine river to find
the nose of the SS France/Norway before going to
Trocadéro to visit the exposition of the SS
France, by then it was time to fresh up at the
hotel. In the evening we went out again to take
evening shots at the Louvre but it started to
rain soon after we arrived so we went back to
the hotel to drop off our gear and go out to
dinner before going back for a good night rest. |
18-9-2011 : Paris
Our last day started at Montparnasse tower, then
lunch and after that I visited Parc des Buttes
Chaumont and the church of Saint Sulpice (made
famous by the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown).
Around 17.30 I arrived back at the hotel to pick
up my bags and wait for the others to go back
home where we arrived around 23.00. |
29-10-2011 :
Another 16 of my photos take part in the annual
Provincial Competition, here they are :
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11-11-2011 :
Today we did a photographic trip to Eindhoven
(NL) for the GLOW lightfestival.
22-24 November 2011 :
I went to London for 3 days with a friend just to relax and get away from the daily
stress of work for a few days, we visited HMS
Belfast, Madame Tussauds but the highlight was a
tour on the London Eye with Champagne in the
evening.
9-1-2012 :
*At the end of 2011 I sent in these 5 works for
our annual clubcompetition, they did get overall
good results.
*Of the series of 16 at the Provincial
competition, only 2 were accepted :
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4-3-2012 :
Short photographic trip to Brussels. |
24-3-2012 :
Today I went to Dover for a one day trip just to
get away for a day, I left around 05.00 and did
not get back home before 22.30 so it was a long
but rewarding day. I walked the White Cliffs
from Dover to South Foreland lighthouse and back
before going to Dover centre and then the Marine
Parade. After a drink in a bar at the new
shopping centre behind Marine Parade I went back to the ship.
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31-3-2012 :
Today I had a social meeting in Rotterdam but
because it’s about 200 km from where I live I
decided to combine this social meeting with some
photography so I left around noon to arrive
around 14.00 at the Maasvlakte on the southwest
side of the port entrance where I waited for one
of the Stena ferries to sail past when she
leaves for the UK. After a few shots there I
went to the SS Rotterdam for my social meeting.
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13-4-2012 : Going to
Southampton
This is a trip I 'm doing with a friend to
remember the Titanic disaster, this weekend it
will be a 100 years ago. We left early to beat
traffic so we had some time left at the last
stop in Belgium before the French border, our
ferry left Calais at 10.45 and it was the new
P&O ferry Spirit of France. Onboard we noticed
how busy the ship was, P&O ferries must be doing
well, we settled in for a calm channel crossing.
When we arrived in Dover we went straight to
Beachy Head te get something to eat (I got fish
and chips again !!) and then a walk on the
cliffs around the 2 lighthouses, after that it
was time to go to Southampton and check in to
our hotel, when we arrived there my car had 550
km on the daycounter so I left it on the
parking. We did a short evening walk and then
went to sleep.
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14-4-2012 : Southampton
(in memory of Titanic 100 years ago)
We started today with a good English breakfast,
then we went to see a few Titanic memorials and
the New Seacity museum, when we left there it
was raining so we decided to go to Cobwebs (the
Oceanliner memorabilia shop), by the time we
left there it was time for a small lunch. After
lunch we went to the Titanic convention in the
De Vere hotel and then a short walk back to our
hotel to fresh up before dinner. We had Japanese
for dinner and I ended with a smooth Whiskey (Glenmorangie)
before going back to the hotel. |
15-4-2012 : Portsmouth and
the Isle of Wight
Our 3rd day started by driving to
Portsmouth to pick up a local friend, we went up
the Spinaker Tower, then took a short walk
around before taking the Wightlink ferry to the
Isle of Wight where we found the old PS Ryde in
such a poor state that I believe it is now
impossible to restore her. From there we went to
the St. Catherine’s Point lighthouse and then to
Yarmouth where we took the second ferry back to
the mainland, we did stop at Calshot but saw we
were a bit to late for the P&O Oceana, Ventura
and Azura so we went back to Southampton for
dinner in a nice Indian restaurant. After dinner
we returned our friend to Portsmouth and went
back to the hotel.
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16-4-2012 : going back
home again
The last day of our trip we first had breakfast
and then checked out, we took the car and went
to Mayflower park to see the Boudicca and then
to Holybrook Cemetary to see the grave of
Titanic lookout Frederick Fleet wich we found by
good luck because there were no signs, after
that went back to Dover to relax for a few hours
before taking the ferry back to Calais, upon
arrival there were 2 things wrong, first of all
the Costa NeoRomantica should have been there
but for some reason she was cancelled and second
we booked the Spirit of Britain back to Calais
but for some reason we got the Pride of Calais
instead, we arrived in Calais around 21.00 and
by 23.30 we were back home again. |
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