Claire' and Jon emphasize the beauty that surrounds us in this podcast, lest we forget with our frequent deep reading of CG. I especially enjoyed the primer Claire gave on what to look for: the specific collection and how it's curated. I am scheduled to visit the local museum in Whitby, Britain in May and will use just such criteria.
Thank you Tom. I am shamefully ignorant of the geography of Britain. I hope to discover more on foot in June when my husband and I hike in the North Yorkshire Moors with a visit to the city of York. If you have suggestions for "must sees" in York or "off the beaten path", I would appreciate your input.
I liked the idea of something different on Friday. Note that this episode did not make it to the private podcast feed.
I last visited the Orangerie in 2017 or 2018 and unfortunately there was a Japanese “influencer” posing in front of the murals. I first visited the Orangerie, before it was heavily renovated, in 1977 as a high school student. I had not remembered that visit but was overwhelmed by deja vu. I visited the Pergamon Museum during that same trip as part of our Berlin, East Germany tour for the day. I saw it again in the 2000s.
...and a request for an in-depth (maybe not podcast?) on the imminent Indian election. Feels like it could have decadal impacts, and there is something odd going on at the electoral commission... Thanks!
I have heard that Switzerland is becoming an increasingly popular destination in Europe for Japanese and Korean tourists for the very reason of avoiding Paris syndrome. Switzerland as a reality is now perceived by some in Japan and Korea as a representation of Europe as it should be and NOT how it is in much of Europe outside of Switzerland(I.E. Switzerland is the closest European society to an East Asian society like Japan). Certain tourist attractions in Switzerland like Jungfraulund(the highest point in Europe accessible by means other than mountain climbing i.e. you can take a train or tram up it) has something like 75% of its patrons visiting from either Korea, Japan, or Taiwan.
Liked it! 100% agree on the Louvre, which I refused to inflict on my children. Went to observe the queues snaking into the Pyramide Mitterand, then headed off to something more interesting. I think "sustainable pace" in most European capitals is a ratio of around 4hrs of dérive (including café stops) for every 1hr in a museum.
Provincial musuems have a scale advantage - I thoroughly recommend https://whitbymuseum.org.uk/ which is too small to be exhausting and too hard-up to afford to engage in multimedia tomfoolery to distract from the quality of its exhibits.
Maybe the whole purpose of the metropolitan mega-museum has withered with the empires that built them. Like waxworks - a terrific attraction in the 19th century, but remind me why I'd bother now?
I LOVED this episode! You both gave me so many new museums to explore! Thank you for sharing your finds and impressions.
Claire' and Jon emphasize the beauty that surrounds us in this podcast, lest we forget with our frequent deep reading of CG. I especially enjoyed the primer Claire gave on what to look for: the specific collection and how it's curated. I am scheduled to visit the local museum in Whitby, Britain in May and will use just such criteria.
If you are coming to the Yorkshire coast and want any more suggestions, shout!
Thank you Tom. I am shamefully ignorant of the geography of Britain. I hope to discover more on foot in June when my husband and I hike in the North Yorkshire Moors with a visit to the city of York. If you have suggestions for "must sees" in York or "off the beaten path", I would appreciate your input.
You'll be in my wapentake then (as they used to say round here).
I'll send a message...
Tom,
Thanks so much for sending me those options. Yea, fish and chips!
Here on east coast USA they just don't do fish and chips like you do there (too much fat perhaps? Old cooking oil?)
The shocking secret (in the North of England at least) is... beef dripping.
It's not oil they fry in, it's beef fat (some times a mix of both).
Have had great fish and chips on Cape Cod too but as you say, not the same thing really. The chips as much as the fish.
(and very happy to help!)
I liked the idea of something different on Friday. Note that this episode did not make it to the private podcast feed.
I last visited the Orangerie in 2017 or 2018 and unfortunately there was a Japanese “influencer” posing in front of the murals. I first visited the Orangerie, before it was heavily renovated, in 1977 as a high school student. I had not remembered that visit but was overwhelmed by deja vu. I visited the Pergamon Museum during that same trip as part of our Berlin, East Germany tour for the day. I saw it again in the 2000s.
...and a request for an in-depth (maybe not podcast?) on the imminent Indian election. Feels like it could have decadal impacts, and there is something odd going on at the electoral commission... Thanks!
Yes, definitely. Thanks for the suggestion.
I have heard that Switzerland is becoming an increasingly popular destination in Europe for Japanese and Korean tourists for the very reason of avoiding Paris syndrome. Switzerland as a reality is now perceived by some in Japan and Korea as a representation of Europe as it should be and NOT how it is in much of Europe outside of Switzerland(I.E. Switzerland is the closest European society to an East Asian society like Japan). Certain tourist attractions in Switzerland like Jungfraulund(the highest point in Europe accessible by means other than mountain climbing i.e. you can take a train or tram up it) has something like 75% of its patrons visiting from either Korea, Japan, or Taiwan.
Liked it! 100% agree on the Louvre, which I refused to inflict on my children. Went to observe the queues snaking into the Pyramide Mitterand, then headed off to something more interesting. I think "sustainable pace" in most European capitals is a ratio of around 4hrs of dérive (including café stops) for every 1hr in a museum.
Provincial musuems have a scale advantage - I thoroughly recommend https://whitbymuseum.org.uk/ which is too small to be exhausting and too hard-up to afford to engage in multimedia tomfoolery to distract from the quality of its exhibits.
Maybe the whole purpose of the metropolitan mega-museum has withered with the empires that built them. Like waxworks - a terrific attraction in the 19th century, but remind me why I'd bother now?