Lucas Werkmeister

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alright, so far my plan for today is just to walk around Paris and see what I come across ^^ probably meeting one or more people later too :)

8/11/2022, 11:28:11 AM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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huh, I don't remember a Ludwig/Louis the Great

8/11/2022, 12:01:16 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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dewiki suggests that's Louis XIV (the Sun King, 1638-1715), which would fit with 1673

8/11/2022, 12:01:21 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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he... won [battles] on 60 days, something with those four rivers (extended borders?), subjugated three provinces, and granted city rights to 40 municipalities? idk it's been a while since I learned Latin

8/11/2022, 12:09:04 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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@LucasOhrwurm followers know why I took this photo 😎

8/11/2022, 12:11:48 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

...Turing Machine, the play?

8/11/2022, 12:15:01 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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this looks like the back of a nice church, maybe I can look inside

8/11/2022, 12:31:50 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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it is the Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles and they are not open at the moment. ok

8/11/2022, 12:33:42 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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big roof at Les Halles

8/11/2022, 12:43:37 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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ooh, and another church behind it

8/11/2022, 12:48:06 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Église Saint-Eustache

8/11/2022, 12:51:11 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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huh, they have the organ console on the ground floor

8/11/2022, 12:58:41 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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(the organ pipes are up there as usual)

8/11/2022, 12:58:55 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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an inscription (which I'm not supposed to photograph) reads:
Immaculatae virgini Mariae / De qua natus est Jesus / Gloria laus et amor in secula
(worldwide glory, praise and love unto the immaculate virgin Mary from whom Jesus was born)

except –

8/11/2022, 1:07:54 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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I first read "DE QUA NATUS EST JESUS"
as "DE OVA NATUS EST JESUS"
Jesus was born from eggs 😆

8/11/2022, 1:07:55 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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(technically accurate except for the plural but I don't think egg cells had been discovered yet when they put up this inscription 😜)

8/11/2022, 1:07:56 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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I think I'm allowed to photograph this though, pretty

8/11/2022, 1:11:41 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Tour Saint-Jacques

8/11/2022, 1:31:43 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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costs 12€ to go up so I'll just admire it from outside

8/11/2022, 1:35:04 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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idk who that is but have a close-up (of sorts)

8/11/2022, 1:38:31 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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the Seine

8/11/2022, 1:46:28 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

@LucasWerkmeistr

security/construction perimeter around Notre Dame is wide enough that I wouldn't have missed much if I hadn't passed by here tbh

(I suppose that's not exactly a bad thing though)

8/11/2022, 2:02:51 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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pretty sure I uploaded some photos from very similar angles to Commons several years ago, so maybe I'll upload this later for comparison?

8/11/2022, 2:05:04 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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ok you can see a bit more of the portals from further back (2x zoom)

8/11/2022, 2:09:52 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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I can't figure out the full translation (something give oneself the crown, something equally divide twice six hours) so I'll just wilfully misinterpret this as the bi sex machine on the Conciergerie

8/11/2022, 2:24:39 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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I once took a tour of Paris that started and ended here but I don't exactly remember when or with whom ^^

8/11/2022, 2:43:26 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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👾

8/11/2022, 2:47:26 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Église Saint-Sulpice

8/11/2022, 3:07:59 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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with a nice fountain on the other side

8/11/2022, 3:10:47 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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inside Saint-Sulpice

8/11/2022, 3:18:47 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Église Saint-François-Xavier

8/11/2022, 3:51:26 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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actually I liked this photo better ^^

8/11/2022, 3:51:44 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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absolutely nobody inside apart from one person sleeping on a bench. spooky

8/11/2022, 4:04:13 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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apparently Napoleon is buried in this monstrosity?! rather than being thrown unceremoniously into the Seine in the middle of the night or something like that

8/11/2022, 4:23:22 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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(after seeing "Napoleon's tomb" on the map I wanted to troll a bit like "France is on its *fifth* republic and still hasn't torn down or repurposed this thing smdh" but apparently he's not the only one buried there so ugh fine I guess. still surprised he gets to rest here though)

8/11/2022, 4:23:23 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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Douglas Adams had a nice description of a Golgafrinchan bathtub that I've always loved but can't quite remember, something like:

An intestinal jumble of piping had been delicately picked out in gold leaf, rather than being discreetly buried at midnight in an unmarked grave.

8/11/2022, 4:33:14 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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anyway – look, I made it to the Eiffel tower! which was my destination (though only in a very loose way)

8/11/2022, 4:48:51 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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also took a goofy selfie (hey at least I didn't do any obnoxious Pisa-style stunts)

8/11/2022, 4:48:57 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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beeeg

8/11/2022, 5:02:00 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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don't want to wait for half an hour to buy tickets so I'll just stay down here. still nice

8/11/2022, 5:06:41 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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ducks

8/11/2022, 5:10:11 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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forgot to tweet this last photo taken as I was leaving

8/11/2022, 9:51:03 PM

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Lucas Werkmeister

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going up and down the alps, several thousand meters difference in altitude overall: no blisters

walking around paris: blisters

(to be fair, I was wearing socks and good shoes in the alps)

8/11/2022, 11:08:20 PM

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