Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-27 Thread frank theriault
On 8/22/05, Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 21/8/05, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >http://www.alphoto.com/poodles/index.html > > Hey Doug. > > I hadn't seen those galleries before and enjoyed them very much, thanks. > > I particularly liked: > >

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-22 Thread Cotty
On 21/8/05, Doug Brewer, discombobulated, unleashed: >http://www.alphoto.com/poodles/index.html Hey Doug. I hadn't seen those galleries before and enjoyed them very much, thanks. I particularly liked: and

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-21 Thread Doug Brewer
Hi John, Welcome to the PDML. Glad you figured out the secret code to get in. I did roughly the same trip a few years ago and agree with most of what has been said so far. If I only had a week, I'd spend most of it in Granada. It has everything you want. But be forewarned; much of it is ra

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-20 Thread Juan Buhler
> - Original Message - > From: "Juan Buhler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:41 PM > Subject: Re: 3rd time lucky. > > > On 8/19/05, Carlos Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Lucas suggested the "Parad

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-20 Thread Cotty
On 19/8/05, John Likes, discombobulated, unleashed: >By the way, does anyone know what the electrical plugs look like? I'll need >to bring the right adapter. Try this page: Teleadapt are well known for supplying all manner of adapters for laptop an

Re: 3rd time lucky. - electrical question answered

2005-08-19 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 19, 2005, at 21:27, Tim Øsleby wrote: Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian.) As opposed to the answer "mostly harmless Tim" gave you, here is some real info on the subject... http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm#plugs (All hail the power of Google.) On a l

RE: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Tim Øsleby
rowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: John Likes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20. august 2005 04:20 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: 3rd time lucky. Thank you all for the responses, and yes, "cerveza" works

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread John Likes
EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:41 PM Subject: Re: 3rd time lucky. On 8/19/05, Carlos Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Lucas suggested the "Paradores" chain of hotels. They're excellent, although really expensive. Instead, you can choose whatever med

RE: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Bob W
sage- > From: John Likes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 August 2005 03:17 > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: 3rd time lucky. > > Hello there, > > I'm a long time lurker who's decloaking now. As a quick > introduction, my name is John Likes, an

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Juan Buhler
On 8/19/05, Carlos Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lucas suggested the "Paradores" chain of hotels. They're excellent, > although really expensive. Instead, you can choose whatever medium prize > hotels you please, because hotels in Spain are good to excellent, > provided you don't choose the ch

Res: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Manuel Magalhães
Sebastian. But there's another week. Good travel and enjoy photographing that beautiful ccountry. Manuel ---Mensagem original--- De: John Likes Data: 08/19/05 03:23:32 Para: Pentax Discuss Assunto: 3rd time lucky. Hello there, I'm a long time lurker who's decloaking

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Carlos Royo
Juan wrote: You might also want to do a day trip from Madrid to Toledo, it is very near and quite worth seeing, but then again, don't do it if it means not going to Granada. Sevilla is great, but I'd skip it given only one week. Hi, John: What Juan has written is good advice. In your limite

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread John Forbes
Actually, I think the Paradors were set up in 1928, but many of the buildings are of great age, bought for a song by the state when Spain was impoverished. There are cheaper (and perfectly good) hotels, but the slight premium you pay for a Parador is well worth it in my opinion. So I seco

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Juan Buhler
Hi John, I've travelled in Spain quite a bit. Almost every year for the last 5 or 6, and this year I spent June and July backpacking here. I'm now in Madrid, but leaving for Budapest tomorrow. I agree that Granada is a must see. Some people say it is the most beautiful city in Europe, and they mi

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Cotty wrote: You're trip to Spain has one unforgivable flaw: you don't appear to be visiting Barcelona! I agree noone can afford that flaw. Welcome to activity, John! Kostas

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-19 Thread Cotty
On 18/8/05, John Likes, discombobulated, unleashed: >My first question is sort of off subject, but I have an opportunity to spend >a week in Spain at the end of September, and I wonder if anyone has any good >tips on what to not miss, what to avoid, and how to find hotels on the >internet that

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-18 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 04:17:00 +0200, John Likes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My first question is sort of off subject, but I have an opportunity to spend a week in Spain at the end of September, and I wonder if anyone has any good tips on what to not miss, what to avoid, and how to find ho

Re: 3rd time lucky.

2005-08-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I haven't done too much touring in Spain, but Salamanca is high on my list of places I'd love to go back to. About 2 hours or so driving time from Madrid. Godfrey On Aug 18, 2005, at 7:17 PM, John Likes wrote: Hello there, I'm a long time lurker who's decloaking now. As a quick introdu

3rd time lucky.

2005-08-18 Thread John Likes
Hello there, I'm a long time lurker who's decloaking now. As a quick introduction, my name is John Likes, and I live in Colorado, U.S.A. I would characterize myself as a snapshooting amateur, although my first contact with Pentax goes back to a Honeywell H-3 bought in 1963. Mostly now I u