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Two nekos do Urupe 4: Alors Paris

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Honestly, we went to Paris first. We just wanted to confuse you. Paris  might possiblly be the capital city of Urupe because it has a very big tower (= bog tower). Other cities have big towers as well, but not as iconic as Paris has. It is the Eiffel tower, a huge early industrial age tower.  We wondered if it is still  can be considered to be the same tower or that it now has all its constituent parts replaced so that it is actually not the same tower that Eiffel had built, but a totally new tower. Would that not be like a living being, a creature that recreates itself?

Eiffel tower. It has a kind of grace somehow, that is why the french people kept it. Or just because nobody knew how to remove it.
Eiffel tower. It has a kind of grace somehow, that is why the French people kept it. Or just because nobody knew how to remove it. It must  produce  a heap of metal
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This is a fun thing, You spin around and around until your face turns green and you puke your innards out. But not really.. it actually did not move that fast so instead of growing green you grow hungry. We have a bit of a problem with wheels like this because they are for us associated with Vienna ever since we saw the Third Man and the speech about cuckoo clocks.
Me(on the left, delivering the famous cuckoo clock speech:)
“In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance.
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce?
. . . The cuckoo clock!”
Kris: “Did you know there was a Marx Cuckoo Clock Corporation, run by the Marx brothers?”
Me: “Really? The Marx brothers? Are they still in business?”
Kris: “Don’t think so.. you know the Marx brothers. By the time they actually start to make a profit they squander it on something.”
Me: :”I can’t really imagine the Marx Brothers making Cuckoo Clocks. Maybe it was an import company.”
Kris: “It should have read Marx Cuckoo Clock Corporation, Import.”
Me: “Something like that. ..You know what?”
Kris: “Sure?”
Me: “It is time for you to get off.”
Kris: “Oh.”
Me: “Yeah…time for you to leave the car.”
Kris: “Why?”
Me: “Because we are at ground level and you block the exit.”
Kris: “Oh right.. sorry.”
Me: “What else did you think.. wait you thought I was going to have you jump out?”
Kris: “You were quoting from the Third Man after all…”
Me: “Ah yes that is right..”
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L’arce de triomphe. Napoleon copies over ancient Roman symbolism. What battle did he win again? Nevermind.

 

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Just loved this tram going underneath that monument.
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Le Moulin Rouge. Can can dancers, cabaret, snobby people, sensuality for the upper class. We were not properly dressed so we were not allowed in. Next time we will get us a huge dress or two.. At least that is what seems to be required.
On the other hand.. we could always watch the movie..

Two nekos do Urupe 2: that darn capital city.

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Luxembourg?
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Dinner in Luxembourg.. which settled the big question for us: which was the capital city?

So….what is actual the capital city of Urupe?  Figuring out that was not easy. Some of the inhabitants told there was no such thing as the capital city of Urupe, but you and I know that they are just confused because they are Urope people. For that is what Urupe people are…confused about themselves. Like the United States of America has gotz it states and the capital city, which is Washington, so Urupe people has their states.. like German land and that place with French speaking people.. eh.. Walloon? France? Anyway.. And you gotz those Spanish people down south and those Pizza creators  somewhat to the south east.. Anyway.. since we figured the rest of the world might like to know what the place is actually their capital city we listed some candidates here.. Our pick was Luxembourg.. we settled that over dinner: it was capital.

Paris. The Moulin Rouge was bon ton we heard so we tried to get in, but we were not dressed seemingly according to the person at the entrance.
Munich
Munich. A city in the south of German land near the border with Austria. They got all kinds of fun parties going on. Southern Urupe people seem to like to party outdoors more than people up north. Must be the weather. It was October so there was a big party going on that consisted of lining up long wooden tables, have people sit at them and hand them a big mug full of beer. .
Berlin
Berlin. The tower in the picture used to be a radio tower when there were still commies in German land. Communism went out of fashion during the previous century..so now people find other excuses to resist the blessings of modern capitalism(and be lazy layabouts someone remarked)  . Which is okay for them… but is it okay for you and me?
Lundun.. It actually reads London everywhere.. but people seem to say.. Lundun. Like it some kind of ancient roman place.. which it actually was. even older..Anyway. Someone said whe had to make sure to find Big Ben. We did not find him so we took this picture of these lovely trees lining the street and this tower in the back.
Lundun. It actually reads London everywhere.. but people seem to say Lundun. Like it some kind of ancient roman place.. which it actually was. even older! Anyway. Someone said we had to make sure to find Big Ben. We did not find him so we took this picture of these lovely trees lining the street and this tower in the background. Don’t you love that little red car?! It is a mini.
English people call the subway an underground, which is an apt name until it gets above ground, then it is still called an underground, but above ground.. shows how confused people in Urupe are.
Venice.. that is a place in the north of Italy. It was a place full of water, bridges and old buildings. A plaza was called a piazza. Normally it is very hot and suffocation were were told, but we had this strange foggy weather which made the place a bit mysterious.. especially because it was devoid of people.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is known for canals which the Dutch people call grachten. Dutch people are very confused about their identity as they live in the Netherlands, which they call Holland at times and they refer to themselves as being Dutch. Up north live Dutch people who call themselves Frisians. Amsterdam is also famous for the red light district and other pastimes like smoking grass and bicycle nicking. The last thing means those canals have to be cleaned at times as most stolen bicycles end up in them.