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jberryhill

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37. Next year, I hope

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 06:13 PM

Jan 2012

We had to scrap Lombardy the last time around, but it was on the list before that part of the trip went down the tubes.

The ceiling is, as I understand it, flat in the bride's room of the Ducal digs in Mantua, though.

Mantua, New Jersey, though, is not so bad. It's an easy commute to Philly.

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DU, darlings! The Friday Afternoon Challenge is (literally) upon us: Look Up Again! [View all] CTyankee Jan 2012 OP

#1 jberryhill Jan 2012 #1

brilliant, jberryhill! CTyankee Jan 2012 #2

Are you kidding? jberryhill Jan 2012 #5

it most certainly is rotund. You can kinda tell by the curviness of the thing, ya know? CTyankee Jan 2012 #11

I've never even gotten out of the car in Ohio jberryhill Jan 2012 #17

Um...not sure what you are telling me...how did you get to Angelfire? CTyankee Jan 2012 #22

Because I've been to Mantua, New Jersey jberryhill Jan 2012 #23

So if you've been to Mantua you know about this, don't you, kiddo? CTyankee Jan 2012 #29

Next year, I hope jberryhill Jan 2012 #37

Love the camera degli sposi. Too bad your trip didn't include it! CTyankee Jan 2012 #40

Lol jberryhill Jan 2012 #50

uh, huh...some adventure. Geez, losing your passport in Torino is just so quaint....ACK... CTyankee Jan 2012 #51

3. is by Marc Chagall - I'll guess the Met at Lincoln Center, but not sure. Warren Stupidity Jan 2012 #3

#3 is Chagall suffragette Jan 2012 #4

You are correct... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #7

Adore Chagall suffragette Jan 2012 #15

I do too...I've actually seen this one in person...nt joeybee12 Jan 2012 #26

The Opera Garnier is one hell of a place! It is SO gorgeous. CTyankee Jan 2012 #31

The French have taste... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #34

I noticed in the Musee d'Orsay that there were families there and the kids weren't whining CTyankee Jan 2012 #36

Overall, in Europe they respect those things much more... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #38

And how great to see kids sitting on floors around their teachers, LISTENING w rapt attention, eh? elleng Jan 2012 #39

wasn't that GREAT, elleng? CTyankee Jan 2012 #41

Not a surprise about Boston, imo. elleng Jan 2012 #42

Yeah, hubby coming home from rehab tomorrow. Hoping for the best (but not sure of outcomes)... CTyankee Jan 2012 #45

HOPING WITH YOU! elleng Jan 2012 #53

thanks, ellen! life goes on...as you know so well... CTyankee Jan 2012 #54

Yes, indeed. It is the Opera Garnier in Paris. CTyankee Jan 2012 #9

No, I haven't seen it suffragette Jan 2012 #13

Stunning. ceile Jan 2012 #6

Not sure about number 1 gratuitous Jan 2012 #8

My neck is killing me!...n/t monmouth Jan 2012 #10

oh, I'm sorry... CTyankee Jan 2012 #12

I agree...can you flip them around so we can look down? Lochloosa Jan 2012 #19

no can do. There is no "around" to flip from... CTyankee Jan 2012 #21

Here.... jberryhill Jan 2012 #25

No, the ceiling in #1 is not the Sistine Chapel... CTyankee Jan 2012 #28

Oh, I know that jberryhill Jan 2012 #30

Ah, another DU Friday Afternoon Challenge in the works! Floors we love! CTyankee Jan 2012 #32

Yeah.... jberryhill Jan 2012 #33

well, as a kid, you are closer to the floor than the ceiling... CTyankee Jan 2012 #35

I'd LOVE to know what #6 is... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #14

you will be SO surprised when you find out! CTyankee Jan 2012 #16

My surprise or lack of it might have to wait... joeybee12 Jan 2012 #18

It's a pretty famous place. I'm sure it will be guessed. CTyankee Jan 2012 #20

A lot of strange stuff there... catnhatnh Jan 2012 #24

I don't know that much about Arabic or Moorish influence, but it could be...there would be a CTyankee Jan 2012 #27

A clue too far...that would be the Globe Theatre. Iterate Jan 2012 #47

Yes! It is called the Heavens and of course you can see the letter G in the ceiling! CTyankee Jan 2012 #48

No, I've not seen it yet, Iterate Jan 2012 #63

Shakespeare's Globe on Screen- Next best thing to being there. This year, 4 Plays Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #76

Thanks, bookmarked with a reminder. Iterate Jan 2012 #80

The third ceiling is from the Sistine Chapel. ananda Jan 2012 #43

No, it is at the Opera Garnier by Marc Chagall in Paris, and previously identified. CTyankee Jan 2012 #44

Hey, we don't have the name of the artist of #1! Come on folks! CTyankee Jan 2012 #46

#1 horseshoecrab Jan 2012 #52

OK, here it is... CTyankee Jan 2012 #55

OK, we have no name for #1 and nothing for #2, #4 and #5... CTyankee Jan 2012 #49

my goodness, #s 2, 4 and 5 aren't done!!! How about a major hint? CTyankee Jan 2012 #56

#5 horseshoecrab Jan 2012 #62

Thank you. The Chagall still looks modern. K&R (nt) T S Justly Jan 2012 #57

It's the most modern of the whole lot of them! CTyankee Jan 2012 #58

OK, here's a HUGE clue for #2. the photo has a HUGE clue right in the photo! It almost gives it CTyankee Jan 2012 #59

and it's in London :) Solly Mack Jan 2012 #60

It's the "table 6" room jberryhill Jan 2012 #61

Isn't it grand? Nice place... CTyankee Jan 2012 #64

Or the Hotêl d'Fromage et les Ouefs. jberryhill Jan 2012 #66

Yeah, and the ceiling by that Peter Paul guy wasn't so shabby either! CTyankee Jan 2012 #67

FUN! burrowowl Jan 2012 #65

glad you liked it! Did you guess any of them? CTyankee Jan 2012 #68

#2: Reubens, the Banqueting House ceiling, Palace of Whitehall, London nt pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #69

Hi there, you finally made it to my Challenge this week! CTyankee Jan 2012 #70

I ran across the image in researching past Challenges pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #72

#4 is a great example of the Mannerist School. Everything floating around in space... CTyankee Jan 2012 #73

I couldn't have identified any of them to be honest but I scanned them with my phone leeroysphitz Jan 2012 #71

I know that is a real possibility. I just ask people not to google in that fashion and then pretend CTyankee Jan 2012 #74

it's an app called Goggles, made by Google. It recognizes landmarks leeroysphitz Jan 2012 #75

what is it used for? CTyankee Jan 2012 #77

Well, so far I've used it primarily for cheating on the Friday Challenge. n/t leeroysphitz Jan 2012 #78

Important, since all the world flocks to my Friday Afternoon Challenges! CTyankee Jan 2012 #79

It's for Android phones it does Image recognition. It does landmarks and logos astonishingly well. leeroysphitz Jan 2012 #81

so if I see an image and I don't know where it is from, I can use this app? CTyankee Jan 2012 #82

The notion of instant, effortless access to vast amounts of information is appealing. leeroysphitz Jan 2012 #83