Musings of a science professor at a large research university.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Beyond Cats
Broader Impacts. The broader impacts of my winter vacation included an international experience, which on occasion included admiration of non-feline creatures (Fig. 27).
Did you like Selcuk? We stayed in the ANZAC guesthouse there two years ago and loved it. They had a very sweet stray cat that my daughters loved and allegedly also had a hedgehog though we never saw it.
A golya nest! (golya = Hungarian for stork) Awesome. Is that picture taken from Hungary or nearby, by any chance? One of the things I loved to see when I visited rural Hungary was the the golya nests on the top of telephone poles in the middle of the village. Charming.
P.S. Fun fact: Did you know that, in Europe, there is a positive correlation between the stork population and human population: the greater the number of storks in a given area, the greater the number of humans? True fact. And one which obviously goes to prove: storks bring babies.
"I am impressed.. and wonder how much time you spent on this.."
About two minutes --you have to love google. Google image search "storks roman columns" and then do a quick wikipedia on the most likely candidates that weren't Selcuk
Did you like Selcuk? We stayed in the ANZAC guesthouse there two years ago and loved it. They had a very sweet stray cat that my daughters loved and allegedly also had a hedgehog though we never saw it.
ReplyDeleteMark P
Not Selcuk, although it does resemble it in some ways.
ReplyDeleteA golya nest! (golya = Hungarian for stork) Awesome. Is that picture taken from Hungary or nearby, by any chance? One of the things I loved to see when I visited rural Hungary was the the golya nests on the top of telephone poles in the middle of the village. Charming.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Fun fact: Did you know that, in Europe, there is a positive correlation between the stork population and human population: the greater the number of storks in a given area, the greater the number of humans? True fact. And one which obviously goes to prove: storks bring babies.
"Not Selcuk, although it does resemble it in some ways."
ReplyDeleteReally--storks on Roman columns and a town full of cats and rugs...
You stumped me.
Mark P
How about Volubilis in Morocco? I have always wanted to go to Morocco but haven't made it yet. To much cat Stevens at a young age...
ReplyDeleteMark P
I am impressed.. and wonder how much time you spent on this..
ReplyDelete"I am impressed.. and wonder how much time you spent on this.."
ReplyDeleteAbout two minutes --you have to love google. Google image search "storks roman columns" and then do a quick wikipedia on the most likely candidates that weren't Selcuk
Looks like a lovely place--I am jealous
Mark P