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-title: "Week 5, Sunday:"
+title: "Week 5, Sunday: Da Vinci at Maag Lichthalle"
 date: 2024-09-01T21:55:00+02:00
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-{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}}
+{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/mldbeast-nora.png" alt="Credit: MLD Beast, Nora en Pure, Youtube" >}}
+
+One of the nice things about getting home at 02:30 after lunging around at an open air festival for
+10 hours straight, is that one gets kind of tired. I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow
+and woke up this morning at 11:30 after a great night's rest. It does however mean that the morning
+turns into the afternoon very quickly.
+
+After lunch, I reconfigured [[IP-Max](https://ip-max/)]'s ASR9001 from L2 mode to L3 mode, and
+hand-configured 12 static ARP entries, 12 static IPv4 routes and 12 static MPLS entries, in order to
+do my second set of loadtests. I let them run (for a few hours), as I prepared myself for the
+afternoon session. Tomorrow, JP and Nicole move onwards to Austria, so today Marina has arranged a
+visit to a local exhibition of _Da Vinci_'s life and work, as well as a tapas dinner in a place in
+Albisrieden.
+
+At 14:30 we make our way to Zurich,'s Hardbr&uuml;cke train station, and the _Maaghalle_ is only a
+few minutes walk from here. While there's also from time to time concerts and theater shows here,
+there is also one large room which is fitted with projectors and objects to make a somewhat
+different, and in my opinion really slick, type of art: light shows.
+
+First, we walk through a hallway with sketches, stories and background information on Leonardo da
+Vinci. We learn all about his inventions, from crazy (at least: at the time!) to practical gears and
+even the first panzer tank design. We look at some of his paintings, at his anatomical works, and
+I'm continuously delighted by his brilliance. What a guy!
+
+Then, we round the corner and there's a door that leads to a twenty by fourty by ten meter open
+space, which has no windows. In this space there is a large cube, a few places to sit, including
+bean bags, and a stairway to a balcony that sits three or so meters above ground. In this room, a
+spectacle unfolds: there is a thirty minute video recording that chronicles Da Vinci's life and all
+the things he's accomplished. The nice thing is: the whole room is lit, the walls, the floor, the
+cube, are all meticulously projected on by a set of twenty or so huge overhead projectors. I try my
+very best to find projection errors, but there are _absolutely_ no seams, no overlaps, no ripples,
+nothing! At some point, I do find a vertical line, but it turns out to be a seam in the wall,
+nothing to do with the projection. I tip my hat to the mechanical and video engineering here, I
+don't think I've seen anything quite as well done before.
+
+I watch the video one and a half times, to make sure I get the whole spiel. It's delicious, and the
+sound is also projected very nicely (although, after Nora en Pure yesterday, somewhat underwhelming
+sound pressure wise). I also take a look inside the cube, where Da Vinci's _Virtruvian Man_ hangs
+life sized, and Quinn joins me. The room is full of mirrors which are meticulously arranged to
+create an infinity of Quinns and Pims.
+
+After the [[Maag Lichthalle](https://www.lichthallemaag.ch/lhm/de.html)], we make our way over to
+[[Iberia Tapas](https://iberiatapas.com/speisekarte/)], which has a nice assortment of wines and
+bites. We order a _first round_ with the usual, _pan con tomate_, _tortilla de patata_, a little bit
+of _jamon_ because why not?, some _croquetas_, a few _bacalao con clcachofas_ (artechokes), and
+_piementos de padron_ for el patron (me). For the wine, I get to choose an _Aalto_, which is really
+good. Lots of olive oil with bread is consumed, and overall we have a brilliant time. After the
+first round, we order a little bit more, _gambas al ajillo_, a nice beef _puntas de solomillo con
+chimichurri_ for that little south-american flavor, some oxtail _canelon de rabo de toro_ and a
+cevice of _tiradito de lubina_. After that, the stuffing of faces was complete.
+
+On the way back we saw lots of FCZ folks, but we are unsure if they were celebrating or licking
+their wounds - they were neither pissy nor drunk nor roudy nor happy. What gives? We stopped at
+Zurich main station for a little bit of ice cream for those who wanted (Quinn, Marina and JP), and
+made our way home by 21:00 or so. It had started to rain a little bit, but Quinn and I decided to
+weather it (hrhr) and walk home. It was really nice seeing the lightning at >10 seconds away, so we
+figured we'd for now be safe. At home, we sat outside in the yard while it started to lightly rain:
+light rain, but big droplets. It was refreshing!
+
+After JP, Nicole and Marina came home (they took the bus so had to wait 15min at the statino), Quinn
+and I went inside because the light rain with big droplets turned into big rain with big droplets.
+We watched a big batch of news: Dutch, Belgian and Swiss news. They all talked about the German
+elections, but we also got an answer to our FCZ question. it was a tie :)
+
+At around 23:00 we turned in for the night. Tomorrow morning, Marina has her sketch class in
+Oerlikon, Quinn will be off to school, and JP and Nicole will be on their merry way to Austria. That
+means I get to have the house to myself for most of the day -- and I find that quite OK!
+
+## Pictures of the Day
+
+{{< gallery-category >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1048.JPG" caption="Quinn is wearing spikies on his wrist, and we try not to puncture a spleen." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1049.JPG" caption="Leonardo da Vinci's life work exhibit in Maag Lichthalle in Zurich" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1050.JPG" caption="A Da Vinci exhibit is not complete without Mona Lisa (a replica, obviously)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1054.JPG" caption="We enter the light exhibit room, mid-video. We first sit down on ground level a little bit to take in the lights from all sides" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1058.JPG" caption="Marina and I take a licht-halle-selfie while the Da Vinci movie pleys" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1060.JPG" caption="You can see the pixels from the ovehard projectors on my hands - it looks like I'm wearning stockings!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1061.JPG" caption="From the balcony on the first floor, the view into the room is absolutely stunning." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1068.JPG" caption="Another view from the balcony into the room, while it's projecting Da Vinci's astronomy work. It's gorgeous." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1072.JPG" caption="Quinn and I find each other in the infinity cube. Or did we?" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1075.JPG" caption="Quinn: 'Can I pet that dawg?' in southern drawl. Acceptable use of drawl." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1076.JPG" caption="We have an Aalto wine from Ribera del Douro, which is a favorite of mine" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1077.JPG" caption="Our table full of tapas, version 1.0. In total there were three orders." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1079.JPG" caption="This seabass cevice was a really tasty treat." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1080.JPG" caption="After dinner, we all got some liquor to celebrate the day" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1081.JPG" caption="On the way back to the station, I saw this nice bike." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1084.JPG" caption="While walking home, the skies darkened and a lightning storm formed, which was quite the sight!" >}}
+{{< /gallery-category >}}
+
+{{< gallery-modal >}}
+{{< gallery-script >}}

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   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-08-31/nora.png" caption="A screenshot of Nora en Pure playing at Armensee in Switzerland, a beautiful set from 2021." >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1044.JPG" caption="Kygo is spinning on Main Stage, which is a nice cool down from the hot and loud Dance Circus I was in for 90min" >}}
   {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1046.JPG" caption="Kygo has the benefit of an elaborate light show with his set on Main Stage at Zurich Open Air 2024" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1048.JPG" caption="Quinn is wearing spikies on his wrist, and we try not to puncture a spleen." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1049.JPG" caption="Leonardo da Vinci's life work exhibit in Maag Lichthalle in Zurich" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1050.JPG" caption="A Da Vinci exhibit is not complete without Mona Lisa (a replica, obviously)" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1054.JPG" caption="We enter the light exhibit room, mid-video. We first sit down on ground level a little bit to take in the lights from all sides" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1058.JPG" caption="Marina and I take a licht-halle-selfie while the Da Vinci movie pleys" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1060.JPG" caption="You can see the pixels from the ovehard projectors on my hands - it looks like I'm wearning stockings!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1061.JPG" caption="From the balcony on the first floor, the view into the room is absolutely stunning." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1068.JPG" caption="Another view from the balcony into the room, while it's projecting Da Vinci's astronomy work. It's gorgeous." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1072.JPG" caption="Quinn and I find each other in the infinity cube. Or did we?" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1075.JPG" caption="Quinn: 'Can I pet that dawg?' in southern drawl. Acceptable use of drawl." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1076.JPG" caption="We have an Aalto wine from Ribera del Douro, which is a favorite of mine" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1077.JPG" caption="Our table full of tapas, version 1.0. In total there were three orders." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1079.JPG" caption="This seabass cevice was a really tasty treat." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1080.JPG" caption="After dinner, we all got some liquor to celebrate the day" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1081.JPG" caption="On the way back to the station, I saw this nice bike." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-09-01/IMG_1084.JPG" caption="While walking home, the skies darkened and a lightning storm formed, which was quite the sight!" >}}
 {{< /gallery-category >}}
 
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