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Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Swoop on June 09, 2003, 04:47:03 AM

Ok so Jenga (the woman) has got this new camera (the Canon Powershot G3) and wants to go take pictures of....something.  So far this thing has taken a picture of every single little interesting thing around Rijswijk and today (a holiday in The Netherlands) she wants to go somewhere......and says we can go to one of the famous WW2 sites.


Ok lads, so where do we go?  Any suggestions?  There'll be pics later......


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Title: Re: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: GRUNHERZ on June 09, 2003, 04:51:06 AM

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Originally posted by Swoop


Ok lads, so where do we go?  Any suggestions?  There'll be pics later......

Of Jenga?

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Jenga on June 09, 2003, 04:54:11 AM

NO !!
:mad:

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: GRUNHERZ on June 09, 2003, 06:18:23 AM

Feisty... :D

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Monk on June 09, 2003, 07:18:22 AM

Man, you just called a woman a "Battlefield"?

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: gofaster on June 09, 2003, 08:47:22 AM

I think this just became a battlefield...

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: -tronski- on June 09, 2003, 09:27:39 AM

love is a battlefield....

 Tronsky

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Curval on June 09, 2003, 10:06:53 AM

Any chance you guys will go to Arnham?

Be cool to see a shot of that city...particularly the span bridge the Brits fought over with the German SS troops.

I only play the Market Garden map in BF1942.  ;)

Hey Jenga!

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Makofan on June 09, 2003, 12:15:20 PM

Travel up the whole Hell's Highway, imagining what the British XXX Corps were trying to do - single file for 80 miles; crazy

Title: Rijswijk
Post by: qts on June 09, 2003, 03:01:23 PM

As in the suburb of Den Haag? My brother used to work round there. Unless it's deteriorated in the last three years,  take her to the Goose Nest (Ganz-something) restaurant for awesome food, but make sure your wallet is flush.

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Swoop on June 09, 2003, 03:35:25 PM

Curv,  ok how did you know I'd pick Arnhem?   Pics comin......


qts, any idea where it is?

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Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Swoop on June 09, 2003, 04:54:23 PM

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Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Swoop on June 09, 2003, 04:54:54 PM

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Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: boxboy28 on June 09, 2003, 04:57:18 PM

all i see is red X's

Title: Way Cool
Post by: Syzygyone on June 09, 2003, 05:01:04 PM

A Bridge Too Far!

Great Pics Swoops

Many Thanks

That ambulance plaque is a choker!

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Swoop on June 09, 2003, 05:12:48 PM

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Originally posted by boxboy28
all i see is red X's

That's just my web host complaining, hit refresh and it'll work eventually.

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Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Curval on June 09, 2003, 05:54:32 PM

That is too cool.

THAT'S the bridge!

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Swoop on June 09, 2003, 06:20:03 PM

Btw Airborneplein is the junction at the top of the picture of the old bridge, the end of the road the bridge leads to.

Couldn't get a pic of across the bridge, closed to pedestrians due to some work going on. :(

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Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: boxboy28 on June 09, 2003, 07:05:06 PM

LOL well it did work on my work computer but it does at home VERY NICE SWOOP!  

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: funkedup on June 09, 2003, 07:57:11 PM

Here ya go if ya wanna find more:  
http://www.housingonline.nl/sites_arnhem1.asp

"Polish Monument
Driel

The village of Driel is quite beautiful and worth a trip in its own right. If you make the effort to come, pause for a few minutes by the Polish Monument. The Poles parachuted into the area in extremely bad weather. The Germans expected them and heavy losses were sustained. The Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group knew their help was vital to the allies at Oosterbeek, so they pressed on, again sustaining losses as they crossed the river. Only 200 made it across. The inscription on the monument reads: Surge Polonia (Poland will rise again)."

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Bodhi on June 09, 2003, 10:03:24 PM

We still want pics of Jenga.  :D

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: gofaster on June 10, 2003, 08:45:57 AM

Cool photos.  Make me want to watch the film again.

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: SKurj on June 10, 2003, 10:12:09 AM

Ya couldn't even get her to pose in front of one of those lovely backdrops???


SKurj

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Ripsnort on June 10, 2003, 10:39:00 AM

Thks for sharing that Swoop.  Not a bad pic of your mug in the siggy, either.

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Pei on June 10, 2003, 10:48:32 AM

Who's the ugly git in the shades? :)

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Monk on June 10, 2003, 11:22:39 AM

Great pics, sir.

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: qts on June 10, 2003, 03:07:39 PM

The Goose Nest Restaurant (Ganzeneste, ISTR) is in the better part of Rijswijk. It's between a tram track and a wide canal, near (next 'island' over from) the Shell offices. You could always ring them up and ask them.

Title: Battlefields in Holland
Post by: Swoop on June 10, 2003, 03:15:47 PM

The Shell offices?  Ok it's walkable then.....I'm pretty close to Shell, unless there's multiple Shell offices in the vicinity anyway.

Nice one.  Cheers qts, I'll give it a try.

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