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# Posted: 19 Nov 09 17:26
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Last Sunday, Kolibri organized a visit of the Port of Antwerp for the 11th birthday of Evi, the daughter of Nonkel Duvel. In addition to Kolibri and Evi, there were of course Nonkel and Petra Duvel, Jules (a friend of Evi), Ortho158 and Josette ... and Django (Kolibri's dog).
The day started under the rain.
We saw two abandoned churches right in the middle of the Port, and then we came to the Berendrecht lock. It's the largest in the world, even bigger than those in the Panama canal. It's 500 m long, 68 m wide, and 17 m deep.
While we were watching ships coming out of it, I spotted a photographer with a ladder (the camera in the left hand, the ladder in the right).
Around noon, we arrived in Lillo, a village that sits right in the middle of the Port. It faces Doel, on the other shore. Here are the participants for the day (Jules, Evi, Petra, Josette, Kolibri, Django) without Nonkel Duvel, too busy photographying Doel from here.
In the afternoon, we boarded a Flandria boat, for another visit of the port. Now, the weather was much better, and we were lucky to have the sun shining through dark clouds.
We ended the day in a beautiful place, the Pomphuis ...
... where Nonkel Duvel had one of his many Duvels of the day.
Thanks again, Jan, for this great day!
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# Posted: 19 Nov 09 17:33
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Hi Ortho, that was a nice report of that beautiful day. The photo's of the port are beautiful, so nice with clouds and sunlight.
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# Posted: 19 Nov 09 18:53
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Great Story Alain thanks
I posted a few pics already more to come
Thanks to you and Josette for coming it was a nice day in spite of the shitty weather.....
I must defend our Nonkel Duvel, he did not drink all that much....
I lost count after the 11 th 
just joking we were very reasonable
a la prochaine !
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# Posted: 19 Nov 09 21:23
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a very nice day with friends, and as it shows: you don''t need good weather to shoot great pictures
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# Posted: 19 Nov 09 22:34
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Very interesting port shots, it must have been a pleasant day!
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# Posted: 20 Nov 09 08:46
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The seagull is warming itself at the Berendrechtsluis, the largest in the world withits little brother the Zandvlietlock
see more here
http://wikimapia.org/1077936/Berendrecht-Lock-and- Zandvliet-Lock
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# Posted: 20 Nov 09 08:50
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The tug reverses into the lock to pull the Sea Bay oil tanker out of the lock.
They needed two tugs to pull this huge vessel, more here
http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdetails.aspx? MMSI=477170700
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# Posted: 20 Nov 09 08:55
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Flying the flag, dedicated to Herman Van Rompuy first European president
View of the Scheldt river
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheldt
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# Posted: 20 Nov 09 16:55
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another view of the port
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# Posted: 20 Nov 09 16:57
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and another
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# Posted: 20 Nov 09 18:07
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@ ortho : as I said on Kolibri's 910272 : c'est là qu'on a besoin de l'escabeau
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# Posted: 21 Nov 09 15:15
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I love the way light falls on harbor construction and cranes when it comes through the clouds. But I wish the weather had been better for your outing!
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# Posted: 21 Nov 09 17:52
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A few others ...
Here, the lock is partly open, and the first tow-boat entered it. There is another (small) ship next to the large one, and another (large) behind the first).
Detail of the tow-boat ...
... and of the cabin and the pilot.
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# Posted: 22 Nov 09 09:19
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A great place for a photoshoot. I like to wander around ports. The port of Antwerpen looks a lot like the one here in Amsterdam.
Good to see you had a fun trip again. Hope to see you all soon.
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# Posted: 22 Nov 09 21:25
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A lovely record of what appears to have been a great photoshoot. Evi is very lucky to have such inventive friends and family. I hope she had a wonderful day.
The additional pics by Kolibri, and again by Orthos158, add terrific detail to the shoot.
Thanks for sharing.
TGB
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# Posted: 22 Nov 09 22:00
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a good photo report, alain. and you all must have had a wonderful day.
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# Posted: 23 Nov 09 09:51
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Thanks all for your nice comments
silhouetting of the chimneys of Doel at our Mini Woophy meeting
from the village of Lillo
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# Posted: 23 Nov 09 09:52
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view of windmills in the port of Antwerp
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# Posted: 26 Nov 09 11:52
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He made it possible, thanks Jan ! You made a childheart very happy !
Django (Kolibri's dog)
Olijfje
Olijfje (my daughter) is Django's boss for a while. And proud she is !
Django (Kolibri's dog), Petra (my wife, Olijfje's mother) and Josette (Ortho's wife)
Ortho158, Jules, Petra, Josette and Kolibri
Olijfje and her mother
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# Posted: 1 Dec 09 19:21
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The sun goes down on the port of Antwerp, our recent meeting
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