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Videos & photos from Vienna ...

I've just returned from a week in Vienna for a standards meeting (UN/CEFACT ATG/TMG joint face-to-face meeting).  These are some videos and photos from the trip.

First is a building by the Donaukanal (Danube Canal) that puts on a cool light show in the evening.  It starts slowly; it's worth watching to the end.

I had the great fortune to be invited to the annual ball of the Vienna Technical University (Technische Universität Wien).  It's a wonderful, formal occasion (I had to borrow a bow tie to wear), held in the the old emporer's palace.  The following video of the dancing in the ballroom gives you some idea of what it was like, although the sound doesn't do any justice at all to what like to be there.

I took some other videos there, these aren't as good, but might be of interest to other attendees of the UN/CEFACT meeting.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p0eg_saBYM
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WEJuWVDDyU
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd0re0qTgR0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqzD0ZWqvLw

I also took some still photos in Vienna, mostly at the ball.  Here are some.

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The rest can be seen here: http://public.fotki.com/CoatesFamily/public/tony/uncefact-vienna-2010/

Photos from around Surrey Quays

I've posted some photos I took around Surrey Quays in London in December 2009.  They are from the first photos that I took with my Pentax k10d that was a Christmas present.  The k10d isn't the latest model, rather it's now a pretty good deal second hand.  It doesn't lose a lot to the latest models (unless you want your SLR to take video as well).  The full set of photos is here

http://public.fotki.com/CoatesFamily/public/tony/surrey-quays-2009/

and here are some examples:

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