36 Hours in Leiden, Holland

harjtt

A made a dash over to the City of Leiden, Holland to see some old friends and while their take a few pics. All taken with my Oly E1 + 14-54ZD, ISO100-400, shot as RAW and converted using LightZone for Linux. No Noise reduction on any of the shots as the NR doesnt seem to work in this version of LightZone.

1. The old Rhine



2. I've lost my Bike!



3. Sunset over the Old River Rhine - Rembrandt's Windmill is in the background. hand-held, ISO 100, F7.1 @1/5s



4. Music in the Market:



5. One of the largest buildings in the city



6. Cruising on the canals



7. Eating out - I had thought being vegitarien in Holland would be pretty easy and how wrong I was . Thank God for Indian and Italian Restuarants and a good old falafel!



I haven't finished working on the rest of the pics but some of the ones that I have managed to get through can be found here:

http://harjtt.smugmug.com/gallery/1827318#138812580

Cheers

HarjTT

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bsvirginian

Thanks for the excursion. bsvirginian

saurora

Great shots...I like the one of all the bikes. How do you find your bike, I wonder?

ivar

w00t! awesome, my old hometown! I lived there for about 2 years. Actually, about 500 yards to the SW of where you took this shot, above a shoestore

The new bicycle parking place is awesome. It's about 5-6 years old now I think. When I lived there, there was just one big mess of bikes.

This church is the "Pieterskerk". Originally buried in that church is Ludolph van Ceulen, who was the first to calculate the number Pi with 35 decimals. (okay, i've proven my geekstatus now)

This thing is 'de burcht van Leiden' or simply 'de burcht' (citadel). Its on an elevated part of Leiden, and in the summer it's a great hangout where you can relax on the grass, in the sun.

I like the black and white shot you did of the eating place. If you don't know where to go as vegetarian, I can imagine it's a little bit of a search to find something. There are definitely places that serve veg. food though, you just have to know where to go, the age old problem.

Great shots thanks for sharing!

harjtt

Thanks for the comments all and I'm glad you liked the shots. I've moved the pics to its own gallery and have added a few more shots which I think show a bit more of the city. The city itself feels a lot like London but with some wonderful canals and landscapes. One thing that did suprise me was that the Tower blocks are completely away from old city centre and in many ways thats a really good thing.

My feet still hurt after Sundays 5-6 hour walk about !

Here's the gallery:

http://harjtt.smugmug.com/gallery/2633881#139080214

Cheers

HarjTT

Skippy

harjtt wrote:

A made a dash over to the City of Leiden, Holland to see some old friends and while their take a few pics. All taken with my Oly E1 + 14-54ZD, ISO100-400, shot as RAW and converted using LightZone for Linux. No Noise reduction on any of the shots as the NR doesnt seem to work in this version of LightZone.
1. The old Rhine
2. I've lost my Bike!
3. Sunset over the Old River Rhine - Rembrandt's Windmill is in the background. hand-held, ISO 100, F7.1 @1/5s
4. Music in the Market:
5. One of the largest buildings in the city
6. Cruising on the canals
7. Eating out - I had thought being vegitarien in Holland would be pretty easy and how wrong I was . Thank God for Indian and Italian Restuarants and a good old falafel!
I haven't finished working on the rest of the pics but some of the ones that I have managed to get through can be found here:

http://harjtt.smugmug.com/gallery/1827318#138812580
Cheers
HarjTT

Thanks for the journey HarjTT

I have been to Holland only once, and the only things I remember about it,
were the water canals, hiring bikes and riding around the country side,
the Windmills, going to Anne Franks house, taking a cruise and thinking to myself, I like my space as I saw rows upon rows of buildings stuck side by side, dunno that I want to live that close to my neighbours

Ohhhhhh yes and the fact that we stayed in the Red Light District
now that was interesting

Ahhhhhhhh and one thing I forgot, we went to a cheese factory and brought all this cheese, then got told we couldnt take it out of the country, so we ate it for breakfast, lunch and dinner for days .... that was fun

Thanks you for sharing your journey, I love how seeing other peoples journeys brings back memories of trips I have done in the past

I like the first shot in your series, I wish I lived close enough to work to ride a bike, and I also love that Black & White shot in the cafe
Great series HarjTT, thanks for sharing....... Skippy
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Chrissiebeez_NL

hi harjtt!

glad you liked my hometown leiden!

its a shame i didnt know you were comming, otherwise we would have invided you for some great homemade veggie food you're right, there arent many veggie restaurants but there's a lot of veggie food with which you can make the best recipes (veg. thai fish cookies anyone? )!

I'm not trying to hijack your thread, but if your interested, here are a few photo's i made in leiden. click here!
well if you come around again just PM or email us, we'll cook you something good