I'll share a few experiences from our recent trip to Europe.
First, it seems that more and more art galleries don't allow photography at
all. I suspect that the flagrant violations of the "no flash" rule forced
them to outlaw cameras, period. Interestingly, I wore a Swiss Army knife at
all times and it was never detected or at least not mentioned. Only had to
give it up once and that was not in an art gallery.
Far too many venues now want to x-ray everything when you enter. It's not just
the airports anymore. I made it a practice to only carry the film I actually
expected to use on any one outing from our place of stay.
Train travel in Europe continues to be reasonably priced, extremely convenient
and they still run on time. I say this based on train travel from Vienna to
Prague to Budapest to Venice to Florence to Rome and from Bolzano to Munich.
Also, no x-rays!
After driving in Italy for a month, I was deathly afraid to drive again in the
U.S. In Italy you would get run over if you even slowed down long enough to
read a stop sign. In the U.S. they actually expect you to stop for one!
Prague and Rome were packed and that was in early May.
OM content - cameras were OM-1n with 50mm/1.4 Zuiko for color and Leica M3 for
Tri-X.
Walt is absolutely right about travel!
Gary
On Monday 03 July 2006 15:13, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Walt Wayman wrote:
> > Way too much of a hassle anymore, and no faraway place I hadn't been that
> >
> > I really wanted to go, so I swore off flying two years ago.
>
> About the only thing I can think of that I wanted to see was the Grand
> Canyon... I don't feel like jumping through hoops for security staff
> though, so I guess I won't bother.
>
> I hear Cologne (Germany) is quite nice, though. That's just about driveable
> - Dover to Calais ferry (or Eurotunnel), drive through France and up into
> Germany. Come to think of it, you can probably get pretty much anywhere in
> Europe by road, rail and ferry.
>
> Apparently Prague and Bucharest are quite nice too, but I wouldn't know,
> seeing as I haven't been :)
>
> I've been round most of the UK - Scotland was pretty nice. Stayed in a
> little cottage in Wanlockhead. The guidebook says "be careful, the nearest
> hospital is 60 miles away, and mobile phones don't work here" - and it's
> true... Not much to see besides the lead mining museum, but if you're ever
> in the Dumfries area, the Dumfries Aviation Museum is well worth a look if
> you're interested in aviation history.
>
> Drumlanrig Castle is also worth a look if you're planning on looking for
> red squirrels. There's a wooden hut of sorts in the middle of a wooded area
> of the grounds - you tend to see lots of birds and squirrels round the
> feeders. Take lots of decent film, a decent zoom lens (a 105 at an absolute
> minimum, a 200 if you want some good close-ups, a 300 or 400 if you're into
> going completely overboard) and keep your finger on the shutter release!
>
> In terms of England, the Yorkshire Air Museum (Elvington, near York) is
> pretty good too - again, only really of interest if you're into aviation
> history. I've got some lovely photos from there, but I can't find the film
> :(
>
> Some of the photos I took in Scotland have been freshly rescanned with my
> Minolta ScanDual IV, and are on my gallery - http://gallery.philpem.me.uk/
> if anyone wants to take a look. Commenting is enabled, so if you feel like
> leaving any suggestions or constructive criticism, please feel free :)
>
> > If I can't
> > drive to it, I ain't going. And I've just about decided not to drive
> > to any of the 13 backwards states or two bordering countries that won't
> > honor my CCW permit.
>
> CCW permit?
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