Insolite : une statue se déplace seulement au Musée

 

Un 4000 ans vieille statue représente un homme portant le nom de Neb-Nuss signaux se trouve dans un musée de Manchester (Angleterre). « Un jour, j'ai remarqué qu'elle avait transformé », explique Campbell prix à NDTV. « J'ai trouvé étrange parce qu'il est maintenu sous verre et je suis le seul à avoir une clé pour accéder à ». "Quand j'ai vu un autre jour, elle avait encore changé de position. Et un jour plus tard, elle était encore dans un autre poste, "il dit au tabloïd.

Le conservateur a donc essayé de prendre cette histoire au clair et a installé une caméra de sécurité. Après avoir visionné des heures de vidéo obtenus, il a découvert que l'objet se déplaçait vraiment tout seul. Selon certains experts comme Brian Cox, cité par Manchester Evening, ce mouvement peut être causé par les vibrations des visiteurs sans. « Il a suggéré que les deux surfaces, la serpentine qui compose la statue et le verre du piédestal où il repose, provoquer une vibration subtile qui tourne finalement l'objet », explique le prix chez le Daily Mail. Mais ce dernier n'est pas convaincu et je me demandais pourquoi cette statue dans les années 80 du Musée n'avait pas bougé jusqu'à présent.

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Sierra Leone, die korruptesten Land?

 

Die NGO Transparency International Umfrage eine von 1.000 Menschen darüber, die welche Länder die korruptesten waren.

Sierra Leone kommen in diesem Ranking. Das afrikanische Land vor Liberia und der Jemen. Laut der 'Studie, einer von vier in der Welt würde Bestechungsgelder an eine öffentliche Instanz-l gezahlt haben"im vergangenen Jahr.

Von der interaktiven Karte der BBC, die Frankreich erscheint nicht in diesem Ranking.

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"Blue Red and Grey" — Würzburg, Germany

  Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Saturday, June 8, 2013

It's another blue sky morning as we rise early for a quick breakfast before a 90 minutes bus trip to Nürnberg (Nuremberg) on the Pegnitz River in the Bavaria where Nazi rallies dominated during WWII and the subsequent Nuremberg Trials relating to war crimes were held.

With a local guide on board, we see the inner town from the bus windows. It's a very frustating exercise as travel is too fast to see properly or for photography.

We alight at Nuremberg Castle, first documented in 1050 and expanded over the years. It sits within extensive city walls with impressive fortification, towers and has never been breached.

It was damaged in WWII but subsequently restored and contains a youth hostel in one of the larger buildings

. We enjoy the panorama of the city from the forecourt. There are numerous spires and Fachwerkhäuser - 'half timber' houses.

Our guide then walks us through the town to the market square where a produce market is in full swing. There is an impressive Gothic Schöner Brunnen - a gold spired fountain and a Glockenspiel in the clocktower of the church along one side. It plays daily at midday with puppet musicians 'playing' their instruments while others parade around central figure.

We buy some delicious cherries and gingerbread from the market and head for the bus. The air-conditioning fails again...

We barely have enough time to wash our faces and eat lunch before returning to the bus for for a short ride to the Würzburg Residenz. The vast UNESCO-listed compound near the center of the town was commissioned by two prince-bishops and was modelled on the Palace of Versailles. It was extensively damaged in WWII but completely rebuilt. Fortunately, all that could be remove for safe-keeping had been. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo created the largest fresco in the world, which adorns the vault over the staircase and survived in tact

. It is an impressive work of art. It has rococco room after room with extensive plaster stucco detailing, crystal chandeliers, a gold mirrored room like Versaille and enormous tapestries. However, the bishop now lives in a more modest residence in town.

This afternoon's guide stresses she is from the region of Franconia, not Northern Bavaria!
She is an art curator and a good leader through the Residenz. She then leads us down to the old town. A wine festival is in full swing in the market square with many long tables of people eating and drinking.

Along the river, we find the Alte Mainbrücke - a bridge dating from 1473. It is similar to the Charles Bridge in Prague with statues of saints across its width. From its centre, we can see that water is spilling over walls and still raging downstream.

It has been a long, tiring day - not an example of the sort of relaxing travel and sightseeing we had paid for. There is the unappealing prospect of full days of bus travel to get us to Budapest in time. We return to the boat for dinner. The mood is more grey and sombre as the various tables talk amongst themselves, postulating what would be best after tomorrow's planned program

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Luckily, the crew are putting on a show tonight to lighten the mood. 'Our' original crew would have done the same on our last night, had we stayed with them the full 15 days. It is a blend of slapstick, a bit of toilet humour and a very clever (and funny) act using frying pans and ladles as 'gongs' under the dressing gowns of three otherwise scantily clad waiters.

With no energy left to even shower, l flop into bed. Sleep is required before tomorrow's early departure to Regensburg.

"Blue Red and Grey" by The Who

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"Blue Sky" lll — Koblenz, Germany

  Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Thursday, June 6, 2013

There is a serious dearth of useful 'blue' song titles... I may have to diversify into other colours. And why not? This itinerary has also altered...

The message has got through that yesterday's six hour round trip was too much for everyone, so today is a gentle 45 minutes to Eltz Castle in the Mosel valley. The skies are again blue and the forecast is for a balmy 23°C.

Eltz Castle is your typical fairytale castle and was first established nearly 1000 years ago by the Eltz family. It has remained with them entirely since - 33 generations - and has been expanded to three 'houses' within the complex.

We tour the Rübenach House, an eight storey turreted residence completed in 1472

. It contains priceless furniture, tapestries, artifacts and art works from that time onwards. It also displays the wealth of the earlier noble inhabitants... the house had over forty fireplaces, bedrooms had toilet closets that flushed using rainwater collected above, windows had large amounts of glass rondelles and furniture was exotic.

Supplies for the ship arrive today... an entire truckload of perishables, non-perishables and domestic supplies. ALL HANDS ON DECK! Everyone from the captain down to the cleaning staff as well as the pianist and tour leaders form a human chain to shift large amounts of goods up the gang planks and through the dining room to the kitchen in the bow of the boat. One passenger is disgusted that this is going on during the day, but the mood amongst the staff is jovial and Walter and Gisela join the fun!

This afternoon, three of us set off to investigate the Koblez Mosel 'fish pass'.
http://mosellum.rlp.de/english/
Many species of fish migrate up and down the Mosel. To enable them to migrate up the Mosel despite man-made barriers such as dams, modern fish passes are built – not only here but in other EU rivers as well

. This helps fish keep their natural migratory routes by giving them a route through dams walls, both up or downstream.

It sits off to one side of the river, away from the turbulent overflow. Fish are channeled in to a long concrete-walled maze the breaks the flow into the pass sufficiently for fish to swim safely through.

The 'Mosellum' also contains static displays relating to aquatic and shore life and shipping in the river. The highlight is spotting a small school of metallic blue Ukelei fish through the underwater observation windows as they swim upstream.

Michael, the Hotel Manager, does not look happy as we return to the boat. He hasn't had an all clear from further upstream. There are now fourteen ships berthed in triples along the promenade, plus two barges.

Luckily, we can forget those worries temporarily... tonight is Pirate Night.

AARRRRRRRGGHH!!!

The dining room is decked out in pirate flags and paraphenalia. The staff are in striped t-shirts and bandanas. The tables are a jumble of cutlery, scrunched napkins and screwed up menus. The food is conventional and delicious but the service is 'atrocious'! Christian dangles a rat over unsuspecting ladies' plates and taunts the older ones with his swashbuckling moves

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Only the two tables of Aussies respond to the theme. Our Perth neighbours have arrived in the cabins' life vests and wrap their napkins around their heads for bandanas. We have an assortment of scarves around our hips. Gisela sports her nautically themed PJ 'pantaloons' and I tuck my black pants into my boots. Walter adapts his plane eye mask into a single eye patch but the Hawaiian shirt is unconvincing!!!

To complete the celebrations, Michael announces that we will sail tomorrow morning. It may be raining in Mainz and berths are uncertain both there and in Wertheim, but we will go!

"Blue Sky" by The Allman Brothers

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Les choses les plus insolites trouvées dans des chambres d'hôtels

 

Mitglied der Vereinten Nationen Reddit (eine Community-Website) gestellte Mitarbeiter von ' Hotels, es war der gewählten mehr seltsam, dass Kunden hinterlassen haben.

CAMEL_DICK sagt, dass ein Kunde Son Chat in seinem Zimmer mit einem Papier-Dankeschön verlassen hatte "um mein Haustier kümmern, ich in einer Woche zurück sein werde." Er kehrte nie zurück. In der Zwischenzeit hat Bluepaul eine Ziege als Abraham Lincoln verkleidetgefunden. "Ich wollte das Zimmer, mit ein wenig sauber" Befürchtung weil Kunden dort für eine Beerdigung des jungen Lebens waren, und ich eine Ziege fand. Ich weiß nicht, wie sie dorthin gebracht wurden, auf jeden Fall, es hat mir eine gute Geschichte für eine lange Zeit. »

Backw00ds ergab eine andere Anekdote: "Ich habe ein leerer Raum macht die Tür war noch weit geöffnet." " Auf dem Tisch, gab es eine Tasche mit 20.000 Dollar in Bar '.

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ungewöhnliche Dinge in den D\hotels Räumen

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Lady Gaga entre au Musée Grévin

 

Lady Gaga va faire son entrée au Musée Grévin, à Paris, le 2 juillet. Brune, blonde, avec des cheveux rouges ou roses …. On ne sait pas encore comment sera immortalisée la chanteuse.

L’artiste ne sera pas présente pour l’inauguration.

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"My Blue Heaven" — Vienna, Austria

  Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Monday, June 10, 2013

It's another early start, an average breakfast but a good shower.

We join the rest of the Fun Bus for a lift to the station in Regensburg, score a few hugs and wave goodbye... although we will meet them again when they catch up to us in Vienna.

Suddenly, I am back in a happy place - a EU train station! We secure tickets on the 09:32 to Wien (Vienna), a three and a half hour trip in high speed comfort. We might miss the tour of the abbey at Melk, but we also avoid eight hours on a bus. Heaven!

We travel through Plattling, Passau, Wels, Linz, St. Pölten to Wien Westbahnhof. From there, it's about a 500m walk to The Hotel 1060 on Webgasse

. Our room is heavenly after the onboard cabins and last night's bland offering. It has space, colour and some stylish decorator furnishings. And free wifi. AND working air con! HEAVEN!!!

Last time l was in Vienna thirty years ago, l had a dental abcess coming to it's climax. I spent the short time there in a feverish, pained haze, fending off an Austrian dentist who wanted to extract my tooth and searching the streets for an English speaking pharmacist.

This time, l hit the streets in good health doing my favourite thing... just wandering. We aim to reach the Danube about 3km to our east but get as far as the old town after passing through the extravagant Museum Quarter.

The shops are very stylish, the buildings are glorious and the whole vibe to the city suggests an extended exploration is warranted at a later date. We eat lunch at an outdoor cafe then find a cake shop and buy lemon tarts. Yum! The young baker serving us tells me that one cake is filled with 'whippet' cream! YUCK!

We don't make it to the Danube... today.

"My Blue Heaven" by Fats Domino

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