Fishin' in the stream of consciousness (all-purpose, no topic chat thread)

She seems to like Dolly Parton, but not as much as the kulning video I turned on

 

Sometimes I want to tell the people in charge of this country that Mr Rogers would be disappointed in them, and it makes me sad because I know they wouldn't care.

 

I'm in Athens! the phone service here is terrible lmao

the view from our hotel/apartment! tomorrow we visit the Acropolis!

 

the Acropolis!!

Spoiler: many pictures

 

yeah the information plaques were all SO deservedly salty about that. "Despite centuries of war, erosion, and repurposing of buildings, including the time the Parthenon got used as a powder magazine and blown up, the greatest damage occurred when THIS MOTHERFUCKER decided he had dibs on anything not nailed down"

and then on the flipside there are so many models and replicas of the original statues and architecture also based on the work of one man, Jacques Carrey. He made drawings of the pediments and friezes before they were blown up that have been used to restore and recreate the damaged and destroyed panels. that was one of my favorite parts of the museum, alongside all the tablets which were basically public financial accountability reports detailing the expenses of the Parthenon's construction.

 

Trying okonomiyaki for the first time. It's sweeter than I expected. I'm so used to calamari.

 

Learned about another animal I'd never heard of, the pudu! The world's smallest deer at about 13-17 inches high and about 33 inches long. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudu

 

Man, south america is so full of underappreciated mammals!! Every time I remember a patagonian cavy i'm just. what a lovely critter