Sunday, June 06, 2010
Trevi Fountain
After dinner, we walked to the nearby Trevi Fountain. It is massive. There is a replica in Vegas, but this thing is much bigger. Lots and lots of people heaning out, enjoying their evening. We took as many pictures as we could, then headed out on our long walk back to the hotel.
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Animal quiz
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.
This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.
This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend …. Except one. ?
Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. ?This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat.
How do you manage it?
Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting World wide, around 90% of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively proves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
Stop and think about it and decide on your answer before you scroll down.
The correct answer is: Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe, and close the door.
This question tests whether you tend to do simple things in an overly complicated way.
2 How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Did you say, Open the refrigerator, put in the elephant, and close the refrigerator?
Wrong Answer.
Correct Answer: Open the refrigerator, take out the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door.
This tests your ability to think through the repercussions of your previous actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend …. Except one. ?
Which animal does not attend?
Correct Answer : The Elephant. The elephant is in the refrigerator. You just put him in there. ?This tests your memory. Okay, even if you did not answer the first three questions correctly, you still have one more chance to show your true abilities.
4. There is a river you must cross but it is used by crocodiles, and you do not have a boat.
How do you manage it?
Correct Answer:? You jump into the river and swim across. Have you not been listening? All the crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting. This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Anderson Consulting World wide, around 90% of the Professionals they tested got all questions wrong, but many preschoolers got several correct answers. Anderson Consulting says this conclusively proves the theory that most professionals do not have the brains of a four-year-old.
Top of the towers
After a brief, chilly survey of the view, we continued up the right-side tower. This part was ridiculous. Teeny tiny, very narrow stairs. One set of stairs to go up AND down. Literally climbing over people to go up or down. Probably 75-100 steps in all. Not well managed. They should station someone up here and have a group of people go up all together every 5 minutes, alternating with a group of people going down. And there is no way any fat Americans were making it through this stairwell. Not with people needing to squeeze past them. Anyway, I digress...
Cluny Museum
At this point, we were pretty hungry, so we found a nearby eatery and had crepes and omelettes. And warm milk with vanilla in it for me--really hit the spot after our chilly climb.
Once we were fully fed, we walked around the backside of Notre Dame, then crossed the river over to the Left Bank area. We made our way into the Cluny museum--home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. We also came across the heads that had been removed from many of the statues of Notre Dame (buried in the backyard of a teacher who had rescued them once they were decapitated, found centuries later), and some original stained glass from St Chapelle. A cool museum in a very old building (looks like ruins from the outside).
Once we were fully fed, we walked around the backside of Notre Dame, then crossed the river over to the Left Bank area. We made our way into the Cluny museum--home of the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. We also came across the heads that had been removed from many of the statues of Notre Dame (buried in the backyard of a teacher who had rescued them once they were decapitated, found centuries later), and some original stained glass from St Chapelle. A cool museum in a very old building (looks like ruins from the outside).
The Pantheon
From the Cluny Museum, it is a shortish walk over to the Pantheon--built as a church, but only operated as one for like 3 months (that darn French Revolution started). Now it is a mausoleum, for people such as Marie Curie, Louis Braille and Alexandre Dumas; and home of Foucalt's pendulum, which demonstrates the rotation of the earth by swinging at slightly different angles as time passes. Another beautiful, beautiful building.
By this time, I had mastered (somewhat) the art of balancing my camera on a bench or holding it against the wall to keep it still so I could take long-exposure pictures. I have shots of the ceilings and the columns and the floors, etc, etc. Many are crooked because I had little control over where the flat surfaces for balancing were, but some turned out beautifully.
From the Pantheon, we walked back to the Cluny Museum, and caught the metro back to our hotel. After a brief rest break in the room, we headed out to a nearby restaurant for a delicious, delicious dinner. I will admit to having Italian pasta, but it was probably the most delicious meal I had in all of Europe. Tender, flavorful tortellinis. Delicioso!! We split a bottle of wine (I am pretty sure there is no beer in France, just wine), and headed back to our room to pack up--we had to leave the room at 5am via taxi to get to the airport in time for our early morning flight.
We did manage to walk past our hotel again on the way back. Something about that place just totally confused us our entire stay.
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