The highlight of today was CERN. Although we were not able to coordinate timing with my dad's friend, we were able to get on the official tour and it was very interesting. I was surprised to learn that the majority of data crunching, due to the need for grid computing, actually happens away from the CERN campus (presumably so that scientists can still be involved with out moving and to keep the data centers evenly distributed globally). If I understand correctly, all the affliated scientists are expected to spend 2 weeks a year onsite, doing shift work monitoring the equipment, but the rest happens all over the place. Oh, I was also surprised to learn that the telltale dome does not actually include any science, but rather is a cool planetarium type exhibit for guests.
After CERN, the rest of the day was a whole lot of getting hopelessly lost in a city full of one way streets, different levels, bridges, etc. On the way home from dinner in Old Town, I heard on the radio what might actually be the worst song ever produced. Here is a link if you want to take a listen. It is NOT "radio clean" by US standards.
What the F*@K
Other than this, most of the music here is either way over played American stuff or pretty good French stuff. Like in the US, they pretty much play the same 10 songs or so over and over and over again. Here are our two new favorites.
Prince Charmant (the part they play on the radio starts at 1:25)
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