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Wonderful Christmas lights in the city of Delft, the place where the famous painter Johannes Vermeer was bornMERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY FRIENDS !!!!
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Journal Entry: Sun Mar 25, 2007, 4:02 PM
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1st =kiebitz, Winter Night
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Thanks Moe for your wonderful comment! It was the very first time for me I visited Delft!!! I was so lucky to be there with all those lights!
Did you go to Delft with the class trip, or to another town? Probably Amsterdam!
All the old city's have a city centre from the middle ages. I love them!
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haha no, we were sailing on the Ijsselmeer so there is hardly a chance of going to Delft but there have been some cities which looked similar! It's about the architecture and the channels I think. We didnt go to Amsteradam either although we could have done it.
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Sailing on the IJsselmeer! I never did that! There indeed are some wonderful old city's around the IJsselmeer! Have you been in Enkhuizen? My parents lived in a small village next to Enkhuizen and my father worked in Enkhuizen for about 20 years, after we left the house.
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sailing on the Ijsselmeer is indeed a lush experience and I enjoyed my time there a lot. After all we were the most chaotic class but also the one with the strongest feeling of being one group. And that was proven whilst we sailed. In addition you got a really nice tan, too 
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That's what I like about Holland too, the red brick roads and the cycle-paths! Those paths really make people use their bikes instead of their cars!
In the town where I live we have red cycle paths all over the place. Most of the time with water next to them, so there is alot to be seen, especially in summer.
What do you have to cook so early in the morning?
How's life living with your parents again. After a six months stay in England I found it very hard to get used to family life again. All those rules. I'd been out alot in England, but my parents never alowed me to go out, even when I was in my twenties.
What will you be doing on New Years Eve (our Oudejaarsdag)?
We've got a wonderful and quiet day and at about 8 my son and my daughter with her boyfriend (for 7 months now, he's coming from the north of our country) will come here for celebrating the new year together.
Did I tell you I bought myself a tele lens? It's the latest Canon 70-300 mm lens, and I realy love the quality of it.
Last week I bought a new Gitzo tripod, because the one I had wasn't stable enough for the rather heavy camera and lens. And a remote shutter lead.
I've got 2 lenses and a polarizing filter on my wish list.
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Beautiful image......simple yet captivating!
The lights look like strings of pearls.
Reflected glow on the street is wonderful. Great capture!
Have a 
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Actually the street is a canal! It looks like a street though! All the canals had streetlights for Christmas!!! The town looked very fairy-talish!!
I hope you too will have a
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Aaah! says he as he looks once more and notices the bridge 
Does look fairy-talish...quite enchanting.
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I've been there last summer...A very nice place
Merry Christmas!
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So you;ve veen there before I was there!!! Yes I love the place too!!! Thanks for commenting! I appreciate it alot!
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comment!
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I think I've fallen in love with this shot. It's so... joyful and lively and simple and happy. We almost don't have any lights in Paris this year 
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Hardly any lights in Paris?? And it's known all over the world as the city of lights!!!?? Why is it that there are not so many lights?? Lots of people, also coming from outside Paris will be very disappointed!
I've been driving through Paris alot, going to the south of France. Once we stopped in Paris to drop my sister-in-law and her boyfriend in a hotel close to the Tour Eiffel. I've always wanted to go to Paris to see all those famous places and museums. But my husband doesn't like to walk through big cities. Maybe I will go there with one of my friends who would love to go to Paris too.
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Well of course the Champs Elysees are all lit up, for tourists. But all the other streets, even most of the big avenues and boulevards are not decorated at all, I think they want to preserve energy ? Sad, though. But the Eiffel Tower shimmers every hour during ten minutes through the dark sky : enchanting.
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I would love to see the lights in Paris, and especially the ones of the Tour Eiffel!!
Preservation of energy must indeed be the reason. Do you live in the centre of Paris?
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Not exactly the center. More towards the north and the east
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Must be closer to the Route Peripherique!!!
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Yup, about halfway between the pΓ©riphΓ©rique and the center actually
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So you can see the Tour Eiffel from there (if you're high enough).
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I can if I walk up the street, absolutely. But not from my apartment, it's not oriented right
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that is so beautiful! the reflection is amazing!
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Thank you so much for your wonderful comment and the 
I'm so glad you liked it!
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you're very welcome
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Thank you so much!!
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Thanks so much!!!
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Thank
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Thank you so much and
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Thanks alot!!! You really make me happy with all your wonderful comments.
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Thank you so much!!! Say hello to your sweet dog from me! I love labrador's and retreivers!!
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That is so beautiful! My first thought was that it reminded me of an old master's painting. How appropriate once I read your explanation. I guess it is the golden colors and lighting that gave me this impression. Is that a waterway running down the center, or just water on surface of the street?
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Yes it it one of the canals in Delft. All of them had wonderful lighting! They weren't the same, but I loved this one most of all!!!
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ziet er goed uit - festig ....
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Merry Xmas to You too! and 
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I absolutely love this, not a single thing I would change, great work
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WOW Thanks alot!!!! So nice to hear those wonderful words!!
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Lovely! 
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