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[fotoi]

And the series continues in Venice.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

And the series continues in Venice.

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LOL There seems to be an endless supply! I love it!

 

[fotoi]

LOL There seems to be an endless supply! I love it!

Now I’m on the hunt… who knows what the future will hold.

 

[greatgrandma]

West Berlin looking into East Berlin. Scan from a slide I took in November 1986.

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My mother and daughter were in East Berlin in 1976 - I think they were at the place where the end of WWII was signed - Potsdam? San Souci? Anyway my mom took a photo out of the window - an unremarkable scene. But some of the others on the tour heard the guards talking and apparently she had taken a photo of the East German side of 'the wall'. She was advised to get out of there. So they put on their coats to change their appearance and got back on the bus.

 

[greatgrandma]

You mean taking photos of the women? I don’t know if it’s not allowed but it is most definitely not appreciated. Big muscular men with big tattoos might take your camera and smash it against a wall. And throw the photographer in the canal. Or the other way around.

I went there a few years ago for a POTN theme. Early in the morning, most windows closed. But I didn’t dare take a picture of the one women who was in a window. I was closely observed by one of those men I mentioned and he didn’t look friendly. I did take pictures, but not of working women.

Here’s another sign I shot that morning. The red neon in the lower left corner is an open window.
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When I have been in Amsterdam, I have always been with a grandchild who I was sure their parent wouldn't want me taking them there. Until I was there with my grandson who was 42 years old. I wanted to see the street. I didn't want to see the working women necessarily as I knew I couldn't take photos of them. I just wanted to see the place. But my grandson's wife thought I would be disappointed in not seeing any 'action' so they took me to a sex museum instead

 

[inphoto]

 

[fotoi]

Oslo

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Oslo

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That is so funny, not just seagulls but also "one very cheeky crow"...

 

[fotoi]

That is so funny, not just seagulls but also "one very cheeky crow"...

I know, right.

 

[inphoto]

Gulls are everywhere in Norway, noisy and aggressive.

 

[greatgrandma]

In 2000 on our first trip down the ICW, we were in Florida at a marina. We walked over to the Sea Harvest seafood restaurant and I had shrimp salad sandwich. They had signs about feeding the birds.

Sign about feeding the birds

The sign says:
Welcome to Sea Harvest, Home of the Famous Fish Sandwich and More. To insure your dining pleasure while eating on the deck,
Please DON'T FEED THE BIRDS!
After considerable thinking on our part we have come up with 7 good reasons why you shouldn't feed the birds. We could not think of 3 more to make 10 so 7 will just have to do.

• 7 It's not good for humans to feed wild critters.
• 6 They are really not that cute and cuddly.
• 5 They don't pay taxes so why feed them.
• 4 Don't you hate to sit down for dinner and have rude, obnoxious guests show up.
• 3. It's tough to carry on a conversation while being bombarded
• 2 Bird poop tastes really lousy on our fish. We provide tarter sauce for that
• 1 They can mess up a really good hair day

Mean looking beggar bird

 

[fotoi]

Keeping the Kodak sign theme alive in Bergen, Norway. This one found in an old camera shop.

 

[Stiga]

 

[Jack Dawe]

They lied. As instructed, I asked inside, but there was no machine giving free cash, nor was anyone giving away cash machines free.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Keeping the Kodak sign theme alive in Bergen, Norway. This one found in an old camera shop.

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They're really everywhere!