http://benjibuls.com Currently prepping for take-off Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/gardens-beside-the-louvre/ http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/gardens-beside-the-louvre/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:56:16 +0000 admin http://benjibuls.com/?p=163 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/gardens-beside-the-louvre/feed/ 0 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/fly-ducky-fly/ http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/fly-ducky-fly/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:54:14 +0000 admin http://benjibuls.com/?p=160 This was sitting with a bunch of spoons in a display case. Apparently the wings open up revealing the spoon. Not sure what it would have been used for.

]]> http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/fly-ducky-fly/feed/ 0 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/the-fantastic-staircase/ http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/the-fantastic-staircase/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:51:12 +0000 admin http://benjibuls.com/?p=157 I saw this through the windows in one part of the Louvre, but couldn’t find a way in. Saw one person in there at one point but no entrances. Amazing staircase with wild boars.

]]> http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/the-fantastic-staircase/feed/ 0 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/the-grand-halls/ http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/the-grand-halls/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:46:57 +0000 admin http://benjibuls.com/?p=154 There are some truely great pieces in the halls. But also a lot of samey french paintings. Not necessarily the tour de force I was expecting in this bit.

]]> http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/the-grand-halls/feed/ 0 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/great-spaces/ http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/great-spaces/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:42:54 +0000 admin http://benjibuls.com/?p=150 What was truly impressive in the Louvre was the shear size of some of the exhibition spaces and the great, not flat use of lighting.

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]]> http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/nice-swan-nice-swan/feed/ 0 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/a-sultan-at-musee-du-louvre/ http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/a-sultan-at-musee-du-louvre/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:13:50 +0000 admin http://benjibuls.com/?p=134 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/a-sultan-at-musee-du-louvre/feed/ 0 http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/lion-chewing-the-fat/ http://benjibuls.com/2008/10/05/lion-chewing-the-fat/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 12:12:51 +0000 admin http://benjibuls.com/?p=131 Rule 1: If you piss off a lion, don’t be naked and facing away from it or this will happen.

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