la Foire

Still finishing up pics from last weekend in Nantes...I was in for a special treat when we stumbled upon the big spring carnival for the city! Rides! Fried dough! Carnies! What more can you ask for?

The French fair is not too fair off from its American counterpart. There is cotton candy ("barbe à papa"), roller coasters ("les montagnes russes"), gargantuan stuffed animals you can win by throwing darts at balloons, and even the phenomenon of the shady, vaguely alcohol-looking carnival worker operating rides is present. Good times all around.

I went on two rides; one a roller coaster which unfortunately gave me some bruised ribs, and the other this gigantic claw thing (pictured--if you squint, you can see my legs extended out on the left-hand side of the photo) which swung back and forth like the "Viking ship" ride which is one of my personal favorites.

Link of the Day: indulge your inner biology geek and check out this awesome bit of computer animated video depicting the inner workings of the cell. Very well done.