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1st July it is! I am now fairly certain to come, I will be returning from a week in Barcelona and will simply swap from a plane to a train when I get back home. 

 

Any recommendations for hotels to stay in? BestWestern? 

 

 

We're staying at the Best Western, in Friday night and out Sunday morning.

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We're staying at the Best Western, in Friday night and out Sunday morning.

Booking.com had the hotel booked out and Golden Tulip hotel had better reviews so I booked there.

 

 

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Don't start me on booking.com reviews. I have been burnt once too often... ;)

 

If you really want a very nice hotel, then I can really recommend Hotel Oortjeshekken in the Ooijpolder near the Waal river. It's about a 60minute drive to Den Bosch ( near the German Border ) , if you come out of the direction of Germany, but it's a really wonderful place. In fact, I have been thinking to organise the next meeting there and shoot some nature scenes, you could walk the polder there the next day and they have a marvelous breakfast :

 

http://www.oortjeshekken.nl/hotel/

 

I shot some photos there a few years ago with the M9 and an 21mm Zeis biogon. ( Italian flag and all ) 

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For what it's worth I stayed in a Golden Tulip hotel in Breda for last year's meeting in Tilburg and it was very good.

 

Pete.

Have you booked anywhere yet?

 

@Jaapv - it was the negative reviews of Best Western that put me off, which is surprisimg as they are generally a good chain.

 

 

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If you really want a very nice hotel, then I can really recommend Hotel Oortjeshekken in the Ooijpolder near the Waal river. It's about a 60minute drive to Den Bosch ( near the German Border ) , if you come out of the direction of Germany, but it's a really wonderful place. In fact, I have been thinking to organise the next meeting there and shoot some nature scenes, you could walk the polder there the next day and they have a marvelous breakfast :

 

http://www.oortjeshekken.nl/hotel/

 

I shot some photos there a few years ago with the M9 and an 21mm Zeis biogon. ( Italian flag and all ) 

 

forgot the photos:  https://pauljoostenfotograaf.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Nijmegen-Ooij-Persingen/n-zHbwq/

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Today I have asked the Church board of the Cathedral permission to take pictures inside. They declined my request, because first of all it's a house of God and it's museum function is of a lower order. Of course we can walk inside the Cathedral and we can take pictures of the outside......

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Today I have asked the Church board of the Cathedral permission to take pictures inside. They declined my request, because first of all it's a house of God and it's museum function is of a lower order. Of course we can walk inside the Cathedral and we can take pictures of the outside......

You mean @ St. Jan? As far as I recall there's no " no photo" sign, and many a tourist is taking pictures there any time I'm there, which is quite often ... I suppose they object to a programmed flock of photographers...

 

Rgds

 

Christoph

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Amazing. I've got zillions of photographs of the inside of churches, and nobody ever objected.

 

You mean @ St. Jan? As far as I recall there's no " no photo" sign, and many a tourist is taking pictures there any time I'm there, which is quite often ... I suppose they object to a programmed flock of photographers...

 

Rgds

 

Christoph

 

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Amazing. I've got zillions of photographs of the inside of churches, and nobody ever objected.

Of course they did not. I have one used flash with a big Minolta 9000 in church in Paris. No problem. My fault for asking politely. 

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Of course they did not. I have one used flash with a big Minolta 9000 in church in Paris. No problem. My fault for asking politely. 

I guess I might wander off from the group with my camera...;)

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I reserved an paid for a private boat which takes us through the canals and partly under the houses of Den Bosch.

 

The tour starts at 18:00. ( Be 10 minutes early said the woman on the phone ) 

 

The tour is about 50 minutes and we embark and disembark in the vincinity of our Restaurant, where we are expected at 19:00.   The cost of the boat is € 150,- With 16 persons it will be: € 9,40 each. 

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I reserved an paid for a private boat which takes us through the canals and partly under the houses of Den Bosch.

 

The tour starts at 18:00. ( Be 10 minutes early said the woman on the phone ) 

 

The tour is about 50 minutes and we embark and disembark in the vincinity of our Restaurant, where we are expected at 19:00.   The cost of the boat is € 150,- With 16 persons it will be: € 9,40 each. 

 

I am soo sorry not to be you in Den Bosch.

We are having a wedding this weekend of a family member :-(

Have fun and I hope to join next year again

John

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I reserved an paid for a private boat which takes us through the canals and partly under the houses of Den Bosch.

 

The tour starts at 18:00. ( Be 10 minutes early said the woman on the phone ) 

 

The tour is about 50 minutes and we embark and disembark in the vincinity of our Restaurant, where we are expected at 19:00.   The cost of the boat is € 150,- With 16 persons it will be: € 9,40 each. 

Thank you, Paul. Your efforts are appreciated.

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