So I'm working on my summary report and tidying figures and LaTeXing and so on. There's not too much to say about that...In the afternoon I took over data-duty from Maxime and finished some polar-angle-emission scans. It was straightforward, but I didn't analyze the data afterwards; I handed it over to Maxime. I look forward to seeing his results tomorrow morning. That's likely to be the last data I take in the lab this summer. All things pass...
I had a picnic-style lunch outside with Mélanie today, and it was quite pleasant. The temperature was great, and we had some shade under a big tree. We talked (I spoke English, she spoke French, it worked out) and I now have a list of fun places to visit near the Pantheon. I hope to have those adventures this weekend. So lunch was probably the highlight of the day.
Well, the workday, at least. It was another Louvre night! After all these weeks, I still haven't come close to seeing everything. In fact, I've never even been able to deliberately find a room or set of rooms for which I set out searching. I get distracted by a side room, which opens into another room, which leads on into a new set of halls - on the plus side, I can't really go too wrong with anything in the museum. Tonight turned out to be ancient Mesopotamian/Iranian/Middle Eastern artifacts. The statues are very different than the classically-inspired ones to which I've become accustomed, but I liked these a lot too. They're highly stylized and elegant.
Then I found the Dutch and Northern paintings on the upper floor. As a rule, Dutch paintings are rather too dark-colored for my tastes, but I ran across plenty of lovely works. They do generally paint very pretty and realistic flowers, and have a delicate way of depicting foliage that appeals to me. So it was another good Louvre-visit. I guess I might only have one more visit this trip. I'll make the most of it!
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