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<font size="+1"><b><center><font color="green">22nd and 23rd June 2002 VT meeting...</font color></center></b></font> |
and this is how this pic was taken... I'm in the "T" so couldn't shot it... but let's start from the beginning... |
<a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.164937/?s=H target=_blank><b>Kodi01</b></a>, alias Khaty, <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/.143660/?s=t target=_blank><b>greebo</b></a>, who is louise, and I were late and here we were looking for the other VTers... hip hip hurra for the mobile phones thanks to which we found them... |
thanks to our two organizers: <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.92459/?s=B target=_blank><b>Caddy</b></a>, the dynamic, sweet Claire... |
...and <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.163860/?s=q target=_blank><b>DiscoM</b></a>, a cool real gentleman... |
<a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.114102/?s=l target=_blank><b>Stephanie</b></a>... yes that Stephanie, the one we are used to see in forum, the Stephanie of VT... and who says something against her has to see it about with me!!! I had never written to her, nor I knew and had never put in touch with her but I can witness she is a lovely, cool person whatever her working role and duties can be... |
<a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.19565/?s=K target=_blank><b>pbzim</b></a>, Pat, was our untiring photographer of groups and the cameras you see around her are just a few of all the ones she usually had when we posed in group... she is a wonderful person... |
Andy, <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.255805/?s=x target=_blank><b>Jigmonkeyuk</b></a> here in VT, and I think we all took pics of him aslept only because we were jealous he could take a nap... ;-)... me for example had arrived with a very late flight at Stansted the night before and only at 2.00 in the hotel, after a long working day for which I almost had missed the flight... |
Bianca, <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.207243/?s=C target=_blank><b>Nkosikasi</b></a> for VT, is a really sweet, very dear person and for me she was also a lovely guide showing me on her map of London how to reach some nice places when, after the picnic, I decided to go back to the hotel on foot to see something of the town... then on Sunday she was the guide of our small group visiting the tower of London, let's wait and I'll say more... |
<a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.53167/?s=w target=_blank><b>worldrider</b></a> alias the lovely brunetta... I know I'm using this adjective, lovely, very often here but it suits so well to these people... |
sorry dear Carmen, <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.118053/?s=X target=_blank><b>Carmela71</b></a> in VT, that this pic is so blurred but lately I'm so stubborn to take pics almost only manually and in that club was fairly dark... I know you are then in other group pics but I didn't want to be missing the pic of you close-up... |
<a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.136272/?s=r target=_blank><b>cuckoo</b></a>, Catherine, and <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/.187182/?s=b target=_blank><b>reeka</b></a>, alias Rika... Catherine I had almost met only in chat and she asked me something about a pic of mine in such a sweet way that I cannot do anything but confirm she is even sweeter than she seemed while chatting and I would call Rika the lady of smile and calm: any time I looked at her, she was smiling and she was always so calm, which cannot be said of me always hectic and too much emotional so this is a compliment, dear reeka... |
Danny, <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.179403/?s=f target=_blank><b>skipper</b></a> for VT, cannot come that near Catherine, just guess why?... ;-)... and he is really a very, veeeeery nice person... |
John, who is <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.215247/?s=k target=_blank><b>nieldy</b></a> and to know him has been great! |
<a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.243718/?s=G target=_blank><b>Sharon</b></a> or Sha for the people of the chat and I'm so happy I have known youuu... |
and last but absolutely NOT least <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.178187/?s=a target=_blank><b>Beach_dog</b></a>, my (may I dare to say ;-)...???) veeeeery dear Stacy... |
after doing the introductions... the merry group in force... |
and some shots of smaller groups, here from left: Ingrid, Jyan, showing her long hair ;-), Pat, Steph and Bianca... |
here Danny, the back of Claire, Brun, Cath, Kodi and Louise... |
and a trio: Stacy, Ravi, Rika... |
and now let's stuff ourselves with the food and I would like to say what a gorgeous idea the picnic was!!! in the pic: Pat on the very left, the back of Bianca, Cath, Claire, Martin, Brun... |
almost the whole group...: the back of Brun, in red jacket, John, Bianca and Jyan, Pat, standing, Steph, Cath, Rika, Claire between her and Martin, another back, of Ingrid... |
I finally took a pic of Jyan not of back ;-), she is the first on left, then: Martin, Erica, Louise and Steph... |
Claire the cannibal... why??? my family name is melone (melon in English) and look what she is eating with so much greed!!!... |
the <b>T-shirts</b>!!! Steph brought us the T-shirts of the Vt member... what a better memento of the day?!... and go with the pics: one of the entire group... |
a photographer in T-shirt, Brunetta... |
and a group of photographers in T-shirt... I know you'll think we are crazy but we divided into two groups and took pics of one another... lol... my photographers are from left: Stacy, Jyan, Pat, Cath, and in front: Louise and Claire... |
she is Erica, <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.116012/?s=A target=_blank><b>weener</b></a> and she made only a touch and go at the meeting but a pretty one as she also is... |
let's play frisbee: the idea was to throw the frisbee after saying the nick or the real name of the person so to learn them... don't know if for me, who are terrible to remember names, was worse to say the right nick or throw that nasty stuff, I'm also an horrible frisbee player :-(... instead the good thrower in the pic is Pat, then Steph, Claire and Ingrid... |
here Cath, Kodi, Louise, the thrower on duty is Stacy, then Jyan, Sharon and Brun... |
the finger shown is the little one, on which you can roll the frisbee in this play and it's not the finger you can think at ;-) so I do hope this pic won't be delated unless the person involved asks me to... heartly hope not... |
here we were getting ready to leave but only the park because the meeting was not over, it went on that night... yuppi!!! |
three birthdays in a club... the birthday cake!!! |
the same cake with the adding of one the two missing names: Stacy, who ended up at the meeting at the last minute wrote his name on a piece of paper (can you notice it in the pic?), the other name missing is mine but it's my fault: I also booked the flight two days before leaving... well I could always wish my happy birthday to the three guests of honour: (in order of birthday) Rika, Louise and Ingrid, by person :-)... |
but let's go back in the past a little bit: Louise and me before getting ready for the evening, Louise indeed was already dressed up for the party, me not... |
now I was ready and Kodi too... |
look what an English and an American made me do :-(... I do normally escape McDonalds... but didn't succeed this time... |
but the evening made up for this... and when we entered the basement of the club, at the first table there was also Steph, here in the pic... |
here kodi speaking with Ravi, then Martin and Andy, the red shoe is of Ingrid... |
and here she is, Ingrid, with Steph... |
Rika, Louise and Claire... |
Brun, DiscoM, Andy and part of Ravi... and the meeting was not finished yet :-)... we had some plans for the day after... |
the Sunday... Louise, Kodi and me, taking this pic, were reaching the others at the floating restaurant "Queen Mary"... |
does anybody know this tourist taking a pic of the Needle??? the restaurant was not far from it... |
reached the destination and the others: Pat, Steph, Brun, Claire, Jyan, Carmela, at the head of the table, between her Spanish friends Elena and Javier, then Ingrid, covered by Rika... |
hare are some of the missing in the other pic: after Rika, in front, Louise, standing, Ingrid, Stacy, Javier, Ravi, standing too on the back and Carmela... |
the whole group in force except our Pat taking this pic and with all other cameras in front of her to shoot the group pics for all, as usual... |
with a full belly, some left :-(... but not all :-) and a small group decided for a stroll in town: Bianca, our marvellous guide, Ravi, Stacy, Kodi, Steph, Pat, Carmen and me with my bent of pics of backs ;-)... |
I'm getting better: at least a couple are not of back :-P... and here we had just landed from the tube, an unforgettable trip on it ;-)... |
up on the Tower Bridge with a beautiful view and more than beautiful people who are incredibly all facing my camera... I'm getting better and better in taking group pics ;-)... |
<a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.55125/?s=h target=_blank><b>Igraine</b></a> or better the dear, dear ingrid... |
and again that tourist of midday, she is also on the Tower Bridge ;-)... |
Jyan, and for VT <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.189616/?s=q target=_blank><b>Carnation</b></a> or twinkle... well I don't care with which nick, I do like sooo much any time I meet you virtually or not... |
Ravi, alias <a href=http://www.virtualtourist.c om/m/.141640/?s=x target=_blank><b>nravin</b></a>, brought to the picnic a taste of his India: such a yummy homemade snack tyical of his country and with it he brought all his tremendous kindness :-)... |
waiting for our lift to go down... |
the tourists around London seen from nearer... our lovely guide busy to answer one of our curious questions, that's why she has this strange face instead of her usual sweet, freindly smile... |
that tourist once more ;-)... Kodi!!! |
the gang is always the same and it's such a pleasant one that in spite of the poor quality of the following pics, I'm putting them on line anyway... we were sitting at a table of the Italian resturant "Bizzarro" and I should have known that my videocamera with a card for storing digital pics isn't technological enough for shooting in the inside but... the hangdog feeling of knowing this was the last part of the meeting together with the fact that I was simply enjoying the cool group of people and I didn't really think about technology have produced these coarse-grained pics... |
Claire and Ravi and respectively in front and at back Brun and Kodi |
how to eat a yummy cake... |
and the eater is Stacy... |
and the nice player of lids during the chanting of four "happy birthday"s... ye..s, I'm not confusing numbers, someone, thank you so much :-), proposed one also for me who had celebrated my birthday the monday of that week... |
ooohhh I do hate good-byes and I have hated them in particular this time... |
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gilabrand Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:17 UTC
73 photos in one travelogue?? How on earth did you do that? | SquashNut Tue Dec 20, 2005 16:11 UTC
Your pages are wonderful!!! Keep in touch ya! | alycat Tue Jan 25, 2005 16:54 UTC
Im wondering why i missed this meet??? | Sharon Fri Jan 21, 2005 21:03 UTC
Just stopping by to remember those fun days in London.... and im laughing thinking that we used once to make such huge T-logues (Giampiero.....??? :-P ) |
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