BERLIN, Germany -- Behold, the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti at the Altes Museum.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
parking woes
after finding a parking spot in the center of the old city part of nurenberg we noticed that the parking lot closed at 830pm. but also noting that there was an automated machine to pay the parking fee i assumed that it meant that there was no attendant and one had to pay at the machine........uh uh.
at 1030 when we returned--the parking lot was shut tighter than a drum. gates closed.no entry.
no exit. it was time to read the notice more carefully!
hmmmmm.parking lot CLOSES at 830. mega-fine for opening lot............but, a number to call.
nurembergers are pretty much done with the day at 1030 pm---the streets are verrry quiet.
we call the number and are reprimanded but told that a colleague of the voice is on his way.
20 minutes later a none too pleased young man shows up with a bunch of keys and a big log book to record the details of miscreants and of course a money purse to make change for the fine.
we are all foreigners so it seemed worth a try to claim ignorance,stupidity or some combination.
he is quite impatient with all this and asks if we need an atm to get money for the fine.
no no no we want to get out ; we want to pay the fine.
but this is germany: before we can pay the fine he wants details--name, address ,licence etc.
we give him the information and only then is he willing to accept the fine--so it's over ,right?
uh uh......we haven't paid the parking fee itself. ok we'll pay , we need to get back to wurtzburg.
uh uh ....we can't pay him .we need to pay the money in the proper machine.
ok where is the machine---in another locked area of the parking garage.
reluctantly he takes us to this area and unlocks the door.
no problem we have credit cards---but the machine doesn't take our credit cards and it's out of change.
among the four of us we come up with the exact change.
he is very pleased. everything is in order. every box has been checked.
auf wieder sehen. tschus. bye bye.
at 1030 when we returned--the parking lot was shut tighter than a drum. gates closed.no entry.
no exit. it was time to read the notice more carefully!
hmmmmm.parking lot CLOSES at 830. mega-fine for opening lot............but, a number to call.
nurembergers are pretty much done with the day at 1030 pm---the streets are verrry quiet.
we call the number and are reprimanded but told that a colleague of the voice is on his way.
20 minutes later a none too pleased young man shows up with a bunch of keys and a big log book to record the details of miscreants and of course a money purse to make change for the fine.
we are all foreigners so it seemed worth a try to claim ignorance,stupidity or some combination.
he is quite impatient with all this and asks if we need an atm to get money for the fine.
no no no we want to get out ; we want to pay the fine.
but this is germany: before we can pay the fine he wants details--name, address ,licence etc.
we give him the information and only then is he willing to accept the fine--so it's over ,right?
uh uh......we haven't paid the parking fee itself. ok we'll pay , we need to get back to wurtzburg.
uh uh ....we can't pay him .we need to pay the money in the proper machine.
ok where is the machine---in another locked area of the parking garage.
reluctantly he takes us to this area and unlocks the door.
no problem we have credit cards---but the machine doesn't take our credit cards and it's out of change.
among the four of us we come up with the exact change.
he is very pleased. everything is in order. every box has been checked.
auf wieder sehen. tschus. bye bye.
Monday, July 14, 2008
X-rays discovered in Würzburg
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