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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 18:40:35 GMT
Great photos, fumobici and bjd. My Roman fountains will have to wait until the day I finally scan my ancient color slides.
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Post by fumobici on Jun 7, 2010 18:50:00 GMT
The next four were taken in Piazza Navona: And of course the Trevi Fountain.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 18:52:12 GMT
Piazza Navona has always been my favorite place in Rome to sit down at one of the cafés and have an overpriced but well-deserved drink at the end of the day.
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Post by fumobici on Jun 7, 2010 19:02:06 GMT
Thanks, here's what the end of the day looks like from the cafe said to serve the best coffee in the world on the piazza, The coffee was good but it ought to be for 4 stinking Euro for a simple espresso. And of course I've not only had but made better myself! I know: location, location, location.
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Post by bjd on Jun 7, 2010 19:45:53 GMT
When we were in Rome last fall, our friends took us to what was supposed to be the best coffee in Rome -- in a small side street somewhere in the centre. Afterwards, they said the coffee had gone downhill. A few days later, we had delicious coffee in a small bar next door to the Montemartini Museum, for 80 cents.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2010 20:10:43 GMT
Pfff... I would not let myself be taken anywhere for "the best coffee" of any city -- absolutely not a priority for me. Or "the best ice cream," "the best salad," "the best spaghetti." I like things to just happen rather than hone my expectations.
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Post by imec on Jun 7, 2010 20:26:28 GMT
Real nice pics fumobici! Thanks
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Post by Kimby on Jun 9, 2010 18:38:10 GMT
Not quite a fountain, but does a birdbath count?
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Jun 12, 2010 17:47:52 GMT
Someone already posted this one but I think the previous photo was a bit blurry.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 12, 2010 18:04:11 GMT
Beautiful fountain picture and you caught the flying water aspect, too!
I really admire how you composed the picture and especially how you captured the faces even though they're in relative darkness.
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Post by frenchmystiquetour on Jun 13, 2010 1:12:58 GMT
Thanks Bixa, you always notice what's important.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2010 5:21:41 GMT
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 16, 2010 9:46:28 GMT
Fountain behind a long tail boat:
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 16, 2010 17:57:34 GMT
Whoa ~~ great flying water and picture! What's a tail boat, please?
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 17, 2010 2:34:38 GMT
A long tail boat is a smallish, light boat with a wooden hull and a long camshaft with the propeller at the end. The special is that the shaft is completely movable in all directions, you can therefore take the propeller completely out of the water if it becomes to shallow. The boy steering the boat was doing just that so that there was a big water fountain behind the boat
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 17, 2010 2:47:49 GMT
Thanks. That kind of boat must give so much more mobility.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2010 4:28:04 GMT
Also, there are tons of vegetation in the water and they lift the propellor to prevent it from getting entangled.
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Post by hwinpp on Jun 18, 2010 2:25:22 GMT
Yes, didn't even think of that one...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 5:08:31 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 23, 2010 5:14:56 GMT
Exuberance! What/where is it?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 5:35:05 GMT
That is the Niki de Saint Phalle fountain next to the Pompidou Center in Paris. A lot of people do no realize that it is the second largest fountain in Paris after the Trocadéro fountains at the Eiffel Tower.
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Post by Kimby on Jul 8, 2010 18:51:11 GMT
A long tail boat is a smallish, light boat with a wooden hull and a long camshaft with the propeller at the end. The special is that the shaft is completely movable in all directions, you can therefore take the propeller completely out of the water if it becomes to shallow. The boy steering the boat was doing just that so that there was a big water fountain behind the boat Also, there are tons of vegetation in the water and they lift the propellor to prevent it from getting entangled. Yes, didn't even think of that one... Another possible reason: if the long shaft goes over the back of the boat, there is no need for a hole in the hull as with an inboard motor, or a heavily reinforced transom as required by an outboard motor. The longtailed boats in Thailand used a car engine, I believe...
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 12, 2010 8:18:14 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2010 4:43:30 GMT
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Post by spindrift on Jul 16, 2010 8:53:07 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2010 17:50:25 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 17, 2010 17:56:32 GMT
Oh ~~ that's exquisite! Is it an old mill? Really, a beautiful picture.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2010 18:02:30 GMT
Yes, the rue des Teinturiers in Avignon is a whole street of old water mills. There are still about 4 or 5 wheels remaining (there probably used to be at least 15). You can see another view on the 'wrought iron' thread.
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Post by rikita on Jul 24, 2010 23:48:36 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 25, 2010 18:15:10 GMT
Ooooooo ~~ it's like music!
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