The exchange rate has been "volatile"; it now takes A$1.62 = 1 EU, or A$1 = 0.62 EU, which is down from two days ago and way down from the start of my trip planning. Not critical but a concern. When I consider the price of food, travel, whatever I simply multiply the EU price by two to get me in the ball-park of the real cost (exchange rate plus Card fees). I checked my Qantas Cash Card and transferred the residual British Pounds into Euros. These were at a good exchange rate when loaded but the $2.3 fee per ATM transaction makes the point moot. There is no free lunch when dealing with the finance industry.
Up early and had a breakfast (Chocolat croissant and coffee) at the Cite' Cafe, then loaded images from my camera and phone onto the computer and added captions. Linking the XL spreadsheet entry, made when I took the photo, to each image from the camera/phone has thrown up an anomaly. I may check with MS 1737 again to verify my records. All previous links have been seamless, so I think the phone camera may be the problem. Convenient but!
Arrived at MNHM at 2.0 pm as arranged and they had the 4 volumes of
Freycinet's “Voyage De Decouvertes Aux Terres Australes” 2nd Edition
(rebound). For completeness I went through this version, as well as the
original back in 2011. No plates, they are in a separate Atlas and contain
mainly maps. Unfortunately the volumes throw no light on the images created by the
artists.
I spent the remainder of my visit going through Bonnemains et al 1998 in
detail. The task is to determine where best to retrace the original journey as
part of a “practice led research” journey, based on what I now know of the
French artists methods and images. Bonnemains et al break up the voyage into (a.) Track chart of the vessels arriving in Australian waters and (b.) Track chart of
them leaving. Plate 10 page 13 in Bonnemains et al 1998. There appears to have been considerable interaction with the land (? landings) along the WA coast on both inbound and
outbound journeys. Shark bay shows up a number of times in the text on Western
Australia and in the Tract charts.
Finished up at 5.0 pm and caught the bus back to the Cite. A lot more students appearing and more facilities are opening. Summer is just about over. I got am email reminder from CIUP that I leave the Maison du Provinces de France on the 5th August (clean my room, return my keys, have an inspection, etc) so my time in Paris is drawing to a close. Still some time for sight-seeing and visiting the Art Galleries.
No comments:
Post a Comment