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Some of us in Groznjan. Full size photo at http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/groznjan.jpg

Time to open a new thread for the meetup in Pula! With so many members in the beautiful city, this has certainly been one of our main gatherings during the Europen 2013 tour.
Eija and I returned from Pula last night via Ljubljana, after a most successful and busy long weekend. Eija will sort her photos and post a Gallery soon.
We want to thank Tom for excellent arrangements of the meetup program, and Wendy for helping him in the pre-meetup communication with members. Everything went so smoothly!
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Indeed Jarkko, Tom and Wendy did a great job in organising great meet ups and we all want to thank them for their hard work!
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Leonard on the cover of two Croatian crossword magazines! (Both now added to the Gallery of Magazine covers, http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/maggallery4.html )

Yesterday Eija and I went to the Pula Arena one more time to see the underground exhibitions. We noticed a group with English speaking guide, and joined it to hear what she is telling about the history of this ancient Arena.
She said the Arena is still used for concerts, and "few days ago we had here Leonard Cohen, you now the man of those depressing songs" :lol:
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jarkko wrote:She said the Arena is still used for concerts, and "few days ago we had here Leonard Cohen, you now the man of those depressing songs" :lol:
Did she say it in a way as if the show took place in the underground ?
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Thank you all for making Pula possible.
Thank you Tom and Wendy for organising it.
Still feeling exhausted and emotional about it, if this has to be my last concert, I'm happy to have all these treasured memories.
You all know how much I do apreciate sharing it with you!
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Hello everyone
I've just returned home to a cold Australia, and would like to thank those of you who made me very welcome at both the concert and the Istria bus trip.
It was fantastic to put faces to names, and I feel that you all went out of your way to make me feel included in your 'family group'.
Should any of you ever need accommodation in Victoria, Australia then please feel free to contact me. I don't live right in Melbourne but am just over an hours train ride away.
Would love to meet with you all again sometime, so if not here, then I may just have to attend one of the overseas activities.
Regards, and thanks,
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Thank you, Tom and Wendy, for such a memorable event!

In addition to Jarkko's impression from postCohen Pula (August 6) -

It was a pleasure to give a compliment to a young lady from Antik Gallery after we've listened to Tower of Song, Dance Me to the End of Love and Take This Waltz there.
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5 Forum Moderators at the meet-up in Pula.
Henning, Jarkko, Maarten, Tom and Wybe
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Willy,

Great photo. Thank you? Did you purposely make them line up by height :lol: :?:
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Hi Mary,
Yes, Willy made this picture, the line up was in order of the length of the pants :)

Mary B we missed you in Pula, but Mary A was there.
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Mary A was there and she didn't tell me!

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:lol: :lol: :lol: And I want to know what Tom and Henning are looking at ;-) Oh, how I wish I could have done Pula :(

Marsha - Mary A 'got away, I never once heard her say, I need you....'
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I´d also like to submit my thanks to everybody involved in the Pula meetups
special thanks to Tom and Wendy
and to the photographers
and to all friends whom I had the great pleasure to meet again and some new aquaintances.
See you!
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Hugs and thanks to Tom and Wendy for huge arrangements and for working so hard!

We'll never forget Istria, Brijuni or Pula!

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What a TIME all of you had!!!
Ha. Those pant lengths just happened to coincide with their heights.
Great photo! Great moderators!

HUGE group of you... wish I could have been there.
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