published fortnightly on wednesdays.
about this blog
Dave Barr is the comic alter ego of a nondescript human person from Aotearoa New Zealand who confusingly is also called Dave Barr. He has not seen all that much of the world, and has no right to be writing a travel blog. Or any kind of blog whatsoever. Recognising his shortcomings, he has pretty much just resorted to talking rubbish on any particular topic. He really should stop calling this a travel blog.
recap
In Episode 35 Dave went to Versaille!
paris to rome
On a Friday I rose in Paris, got on a plane, and flew to Rome. Mindful of the proverb “When in Rome”, I contemplated eating Italian food, drinking too much wine, having an orgy, feeding some Christians to some lions, watching some blood sport, crossing the Rubicon and imposing imperial rule, getting repeatedly attacked by Germans and relocating my governance functions to Istanbul after having a profound impact on western society and altering the course of world history. As that isn’t how I like to spend a Friday, I ate pizza and drunk aperol spritzes instead.
Giving me nothing to write about.
Luckily, the true hero of this blog came to the rescue. Remember this guy?
His name is Kumbuka, and we visited him in the London Zoo. Kumbuka, recognising my lack of material escaped his enclosure.
So I have still have nothing to write about in respect of my travels, but now you can read about gorillas instead.
gorillas
Gorillas are really cool for many reasons. Here are some:
- Gorillas’ taxonomic name is gorilla gorilla, second only in coolness to the boa constrictor, whose taxonomic name is boa constrictor. Avoids the need to learn latin or greek.
- Gorillas are so much like humans that, in about 500BC, an explorer from Carthage mistook gorillas in Sierra Leone for hairy aggressive humans. True story. Kind of.
- Gorillas are human’s second closest relatives (behind chimpanzees).
- Gorillas have really tiny balls, but they’re cool with that.
next episode
Next week you can read about the Vatican. Whether in this blog or just generally on the internet.
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