A close battle, as door #7 was only a single ballot behind! I just hope Florida doesn't come into play somehow, I don't think I can afford that kind of legal battle right now.
Oh and both this picture and the thumbnail should have enlarge capability, let me know if either doesn't work and I'll see if I can fix it. Don't expect super good res though, there will always be a reduction for the sake of uploading.
On a side note, I visited four museums today: The Bode-Museum (sculpture/prainting from ancient Byzantine to 19th century), the Pergamonmuseum (Babylon, Uruk, Assur, Miletus, Priene and Egyptian), the Alte Nationalgalerie (Classicism and Romanticism art/sculpture), and the Altes Museum (strictly Egyptian). The Pergamonmuseum and Altes Museum were short, and didn't have a lot to them honestly, but what they did have was quite cool, such as a reconstructed pantheon-like building (not nearly as huge), inside the musemum! The main highlights came from the other two museums however, and I honestly think the Alte Nationalgalarie had the most interesting art. Lots of beautiful, dramatic sculptures with tons of personality, and paintings with spectacular detail, story, and scale.
-Kyle, moving slowly out-
4 comments:
Nice work on the Brandenburg shot! Feel free to include yourself in more shots.
I finally had a chance to view your slideshow at my leisure. Outstanding! There were a couple of reflection-type shots that were spectacular. And the architechure.... what can one say about the architechture? "Amazing" springs to mind.
Your museum visits sound fascinating. The variety of specialties must make it very hard to choose. It is very easy to get museum-ed out, cathedral-ed out, monument-ed out, castle-ed out, etc (You can never get sheep-ed out, however, in my experience)
Take some time to loaf around in some remote unfamous rural villages to soak in actual culture, not just the historical versions.
Time for supper: chicken stir fry and Singapore noodles from Chewan's. There is usually enough for 3 - 4 meals, so I'll be enjoying that for the rest of the week.
A couple of days ago the dishwasher started acting up - very loud screechy noises. Dad had a look and determined that there was a problem with with the thingamajig, but you can't just get a replacement part - you have to get the entire assembly. Assemblies cost about $250, in case you were wondering. After reassembling the assembly with the widgit and the whatchamacallit everything seemed fine - untill the hose burst. This resulted in a complete emergency cleaning of the lower corner cabinet. The biggest problem was water leaking into the guest bedroom below. I'm sure Dad wishes he had never started that ghastly project.
Speaking of ghastly projects, I'd better get back to work.
Seeya. Love, Mom
Though I know the rule is to "honour thy monther" I have to disagree with mine. You can SO get "sheep-ed" out!!! Quite quickly actually! I remember the day I became sheep-ed out with painful clarity. I was parked on the side of a lovely Scottish road while mom stood out in a field waiting for the clouds to move in the desired direction so she could get ANOTHER PERFECT sheep photo. I am still scarred and have never looked at my wool sweaters the same.
Oh and on a totally non-sheep related point, awesome pic Kyle!
Also, in my dream last night I was shopping for a Christmas present for you and I think I got you a Saskatoon phone book and some little electronic thingies. Enjoy!
Ahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Kyle - fabuolous photo!
Rose - Speaking of ghastly projects, I know JUST what you mean (ask me about my bathroom sometime (better yet, don't!)) ;-)
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