18:30 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt
fjernsyn. De viser University Challenge, ét af de få tv-programmer, der ikke er
egnede til dumme mennesker – ha ha ha!
21:00 Vi fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser en interessant
dokumentarfilm, der handler om ”renæssancen” i kunsthistorien (3. del af 4 –
Venedigs bidrag). Programmets vært er den ekscentriske kunsthistoriker,
Waldemar Januszczak (jeg kan aldrig udtale hans navn), der slæber sine
rekvisitter med i en voldsramte gamle kuffert.
Han har en ironisk sans for humor, som jeg godt kan lide. Han er lidt
overvægtig, og vi ser ham stampe lynhurtigt men tungt og larmende rundt i
Venedig, op og ned ad trapperne osv,
hvilket jeg synes er en fornøjelse at se (og høre).
Det er en fornøjelse at se den overvægtige
Waldemar stampe lynhurtigt og larmende rundt i Venedig!
Han er lidt skeptisk overfor den idé, at renæssancen var en genfødsel i
civilisationens historie. Han viser, at
renæssancens-kunstnere interesserede sig meget for at male nøgne eller næsten
nøgne kvinder, især gudinden Venus, og Maria Magdalene, som de insisterede på,
at hun var prostitueret, selvom Bibelen siger næsten intet om hende! Du godeste! Sikke en redelighed!
Waldemar er lidt skeptisk overfor
renæssancen: ikke en ægte genfødsel !!!
De venetianske malere interesserede sig meget
for gudinden Venus. Du godeste, men hun var ikke så sej, som hun gerne ville have folk til at tro - det ved jeg med sikkerhed!
De interesserede sig også for Mary Magdelena,
som de skildrede som prostitueret – du godeste, intet andet end en produkt af
deres fantasi! Sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!!!
22:00 Vi går ind i sengen og åbner vores nuværende sengetidbøger, men vi
beslutter, at vi er for trætte til at læse videre – du godeste! Vi glider over
i søvnen – zzzzz !!!
03:30 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet.
08:00 Jeg bringer Lois en kop te. Vi ligger inde i sengen og på hendes
vegne tjekker jeg op på hendes emails på min smartphone – hurra! Hun har fået
en email fra Sylvia, hendes kusine i Melbourne. Sylvia har organiseret en hel
uges aktiviteter, startende fra den første dag vi ankommer i byen. Du godeste!
Jeg synes ikke, at Lois og jeg vil noget andet, end at gå i seng efter vores
rejse fra Dubai – vi ankommer kl 05:30 i Melbourne. Hvem ved, om vi vil have
sovet eller ej !!!!!
10:00 Min ven, ”Magyar” Mike, kommer, og vi studerer ungarsk i en time.
Han er meget begejstret over, at hans ældste barnebarn, Stephen, skal tilbringe ét år i Prag,
startende fra september, som en del af hans uddanelse på Lancaster Universitet.
Mike holder meget af Prag og planlægger at besøge Stephen under hans ophold i
Tjekkiet.
11:00 Mike skal af sted. Lois fortsætter med at gøre lidt forskning om
sit familietræ, især familien Cox (sin mors familie). Hun håber, at hun kan
være færdig med denne gren af sin familie om de næste 2 uger.
13:00 Vi spiser frokost og derefter går jeg i seng og tager mig en lang
lur – zzzzz!!!!
15:00 Jeg står op og vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.
16:00 Jeg kigger på internettet og ser nogle charmerende fotos af vores
yngste datter, Sarah, hendes mand, Francis, og deres 2,75-årige tvillinger,
Lily og Jessica, på ferie langs kysten nord for Perth (Australien). De har passeret
Stenbukkkens vendekreds (eksisterer sådan et sted for alvor???) og er i gang
med at kigge rundt omkring in Shark Bay (Haj Bugt) og fodre de lokale delfiner.
Du godeste, Sker det virkelig? Gjorde de virkelig det???!!!!
Stenbukkkens vendekreds (eksisterer sådan et sted for alvor???)
Du godeste, Sker det virkelig? Gjorde de virkelig det???!!!!
English translation
Monday,
2/29/2016 at 1630 on Tuesday, 01/03/2016 at 1629
18:30 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show University Challenge, one of the few television programs that are not suitable for stupid people - ha ha ha!
18:30 We have dinner and spend the rest of the evening watching TV. They show University Challenge, one of the few television programs that are not suitable for stupid people - ha ha ha!
21:00 We continue to watch TV. They show an interesting documentary about the
"renaissance" in art history (Part 3 of 4 - Venice's contributions).
The program's host is the eccentric art historian Waldemar Januszczak (I can
never pronounce his name) who drags his props along in a battered old suitcase.
He has an
ironic sense of humor, which I like. He is slightly overweight, and we see him
stamping fast, but heavily and labouredly around Venice, up and down the steps,
etc., which I think is a pleasure to see (and hear).
It is a pleasure to see the overweight Waldemar stamping fast and very
loudly around Venice!
He's a little skeptical of the idea that the Renaissance was a rebirth in the
history of civilization. He shows that the Renaissance artists were very
interested in painting naked or nearly naked women, especially the goddess
Venus, and Mary Magdalene, whom they insisted was a prostitute, though the
Bible says almost nothing about her! My Goodness! Such goings-on!
Waldemar is a little skeptical of the Renaissance: not a true rebirth !!!
The Venetian painters were very interested in the goddess Venus. My
Goodness! But she wasn't as cool as she would like people to believe - that I know for certain !!!!!
22:00 We get into bed and open our current bedtime books, but we decide that we
are too tired to read further - my goodness! We drift into sleep - zzzzz !!!
3:30 I get up
early and take a look at the internet.
08:00 I bring Lois a cup of tea. We stay in bed and on her behalf I check up on her emails on my smartphone - hurrah! She has got an email from Sylvia, her cousin in Melbourne. Sylvia has organized a full week of activities, starting from the first day we arrive in the city. My Goodness! I do not think that Lois and I will want to do anything except go to bed after our trip from Dubai - we arrive in Melbourne at 5:30am. Who knows if we will have slept or not !!!!!
10:00 My friend, "Magyar" Mike, comes, and we study Hungarian for an hour. He is very thrilled that his eldest grandson, Stephen, is to spend a year in Prague, starting from September, as part of his training program at Lancaster University. Mike is very fond of Prague and plans to visit Stephen during his stay in the Czech Republic.
11:00 Mike has to be off. Lois continues to do a little research on her family tree, especially the Cox family (her mother's family). She hopes that she can be finished with this branch of his family in the next 2 weeks.
13:00 We eat lunch and then I go to bed and take a long nap - zzzzz !!!!
15:00 I get up and we relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
08:00 I bring Lois a cup of tea. We stay in bed and on her behalf I check up on her emails on my smartphone - hurrah! She has got an email from Sylvia, her cousin in Melbourne. Sylvia has organized a full week of activities, starting from the first day we arrive in the city. My Goodness! I do not think that Lois and I will want to do anything except go to bed after our trip from Dubai - we arrive in Melbourne at 5:30am. Who knows if we will have slept or not !!!!!
10:00 My friend, "Magyar" Mike, comes, and we study Hungarian for an hour. He is very thrilled that his eldest grandson, Stephen, is to spend a year in Prague, starting from September, as part of his training program at Lancaster University. Mike is very fond of Prague and plans to visit Stephen during his stay in the Czech Republic.
11:00 Mike has to be off. Lois continues to do a little research on her family tree, especially the Cox family (her mother's family). She hopes that she can be finished with this branch of his family in the next 2 weeks.
13:00 We eat lunch and then I go to bed and take a long nap - zzzzz !!!!
15:00 I get up and we relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.
16:00 I look at the Internet and see some charming photos of our youngest
daughter, Sarah, her husband, Francis, and their 2 and three-quarter-year-old
twins, Lily and Jessica, on vacation along the coast north of Perth
(Australia). They have passed the Tropic of Capricorn (does such a place exist
for real ???) and are starting to look around in Shark Bay and feed the local
dolphins. My Goodness! Does this really happen? Did they really do it ??? !!!!
the Tropic of Capricorn (does such a place exist for real ???)
Does this really happen? Did they really do it ??? !!!!
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