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2023/10/22 National Museum Bangkok
π 2023-10-22 01:01 in Museums, Thailand2023
The national museum in Bangkok does have a really good collection of artifacts, spread over many buildings, and it easily worth 3H or so:

















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2023/10/21 Bangkok Mme Tussauds
π 2023-10-21 01:01 in Museums, Thailand2023
I wasn't entirely planning on going there, but it was bundled with the aquarium ticket, so I went to check it out. I learly didn't know the local people, but it was still fun to see the few I did.



















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2023/10/20 Bangkok Royal Palace
π 2023-10-20 01:01 in Museums, Thailand2023
The Bangkok Royal Palace is very impressive, including a mural of almost 200 panels going around the inside walls, and that was exquisite. Just a few panels below, and there are many many more:








The rest of the palace was very pretty too:
















Don't mix up shoes with locals, oops:




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2022/12/31 Revisiting Versailles on NYE
π 2022-12-31 01:01 in Museums, Paris
It had been about 15 years since I last went to Versailles, and I kind of forgot how it was, as well as was surprised at how it now almost sells out now and advance tickets sell out before the day of, thankfully I was able to get tickets the day of onsite, event though the website said they were sold out. Visiting Paris has gotten complicated and a bit ridiculous...

Getting there from the east side of Paris takes a while since it's quite a ways out by mid range train and it just happens that during those days there was another strike, so there were a lot fewer trains, thankfully getting there worked out in the morning (on the way back, after missing a train, getting uber back was expensive, but way faster):


10mn walk from the RER station
10mn walk from the RER station




Visiting the main palace wasn't too terribly busy:







the most famous room
the most famous room







Ironically while the Versailles gardens are way better in the summmer, I actually prefered the palace in the Louvre. The gardens are huge but not as impressive in the winter when most things are dead. A 20mn walk way is the Trianon, other quarters away from the main palace, not as impressive to visit:









And that was it for Versailles. It still took a good 5H to visit between getting tickets, going through the gardens and visting the somewhat skipable Trianon residences. It was fun, but soemeone short on time can appreciate the royal rooms inside the Louvre, just as much, if not even more.

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2022/12/30 11H visit of the Louvre
π 2022-12-30 01:01 in Museums, Paris
It had been 15 years since I last went to the Louvre, apparently not even a full day. This time I planned to do the full 13H you can do on a friday, unfortunately arrived almost 1.5H late and by then the lines were already terrible: 5H line outside for the main tourist entrance, and 2H for the "fast" underground entrance for those with tickets. And advance tickets were sold out days in advance anyways. Getting in was a bit challenging, but I managed as always :)


ridiculous line already
ridiculous line already

all this to go through the security gate which I guess wasn't there before
all this to go through the security gate which I guess wasn't there before

Eventually got in and had aroud 9H to see most everything, still a lot but manageable if you're efficient. This time I started with the underground ruins of the castle that used to be in the place of the museum:


before
before

after
after

really cool that they only found this semi-recently when digging for extra galleries
really cool that they only found this semi-recently when digging for extra galleries



Lots more to see:




Then was time for the main museum, lots of rooms:


the audioguide wsa quite cool, based on a nintendo 3DS with geolocation
the audioguide wsa quite cool, based on a nintendo 3DS with geolocation

quite cool
quite cool

















I never take selfies :)
I never take selfies :)




found my fellow leo :)
found my fellow leo :)











unexpected statue :)
unexpected statue :)






Paintings came next:





the room with Mona Lisa was packed with people trying to take selfies
the room with Mona Lisa was packed with people trying to take selfies

for this
for this

all these people
all these people

More rooms still:





inside joke :)
inside joke :)









The King/Castle section of the Louvre is better than Versailles in my opinion:













And more to see still, by then the day was getting a bit late, got to see almost everything before they started closing around 21:30:





and we eventually got kicked out
and we eventually got kicked out

Nice to finish with a night shot:


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2022/08/03 Bruxelles Musees Royaux D'art et D'histoire
π 2022-08-03 01:01 in Belgium, Museums
I didn't get to visit this museum last time I was in Bruxelles, and it has a lot. It's definitely an "everything museum" and took much longer for a proper visit, than I had planned, but I gave it a good shot:





Very cool section on how rome used to look like:





And much more of course:












By the time I got the basement, I realized how much there was to see, and that it would take a *long* time to really see most of it:






Definitely an interesting musuem, well worth visiting.

2022/08/02 Antwerp Chocolate Nation
π 2022-08-02 01:01 in Belgium, Museums
Chocolate Nation is a good way to start a visit in Antwerp, and it's definitely one of the better Chocolate Museums I've visited, and they were generous with samples :)











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2022/08/02 Antwerp's Plantin Moretus Printing Museum
π 2022-08-02 01:01 in Belgium, Museums
Antwerp has lots of things to see and Museum Plantin Moretus on how printing was invented and used, was definitely not one to miss. I arrived a bit late due to only so much time in one day, but was able to see most of it within the time left:









2022/07/28 Bruxelles City Museum
π 2022-07-28 01:01 in Belgium, Museums
Just on the main plaza, across from city hall is that very good city museum in a beautiful building:











Two cool things were the original statue that was on top of the city hall. Now there is a replica on top:



The other cool part was the section on manneken piss, which has the original for safekeeping




other countries like Japan, made their own, fun!
other countries like Japan, made their own, fun!

Good visit, good museum, worth the time for sure.

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2022/06/22 Mme Tussauds Amsterdam
π 2022-06-22 01:01 in Museums
I had been to Amsterdam a few times, but not had time for their Madame Tussaud yet, so this time around, I fixed it :) Obviously some amount of the statues were Dutch personalities that were unknown to me, but still, it was fun to visit, even if the best Madame Tussaud in the world, still remains in London











The fun part was EDM DJs, an important export of Holland :)





For some reason, they had an F1 driving sim, so I gave it a shot. It doesn't drive like a real formula car, but it was still fun to try


More to see:










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