EUMIND ONSTAGE ARCHITECTURE SCRIPT

Host:

“Give me the long, straight road before me,

A clear, cold day with nipping air,

Tall, bare trees to run on beside me,

A heart that is light and free from care.

Then let me go! – I care not whither

My feet may lead, for my spirit shall be

Free as the brook that flows to the river,

Free as the river that flows to the sea.”

Wanderlust as I site thy name,

What fun is in this game,

You shall know as you see,

These travellers guess thee,

For thy spirits that they chase

And guess the correct place.

Wanderlust is a game that challenges you as a traveller, for the soul in

you that lives to travel, that breathes in different air at different times,
that sleeps under the same sky but different grass, that eats different
food and flavours to taste the world, to feel the world, to live in the
world, to call yourselves children of the world and the world your
mother.

Travelling the world teaches you what textbooks don’t, it enlightens you
in a ways monks cant, what is life when you don’t travel what is soul
when it can’t see the same sky from different lands, to let the explorer
inside you bloom under the different waters and different soil, explore
to uncover the beauty that lies within every arch, every pillar where
stands the magnificent ceiling, the doors, doors that lead to most
mesmerising architecture ever seen.

So here we have four travellers with us play the game of wanderlust,

and let us explore with them as they unveil to us the exquisite
architecture that lies in every corner of the world.

Here I would like to welcome on the show our special guests, Ms.
Kalpita, Ms. Aarvi, Mast. Aaron and Ms. Tvishaa.

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THEY’VE TUNNED IN THE SHOW]

Host: thank you so much for joining us today, we are soo excited to have
you with us.

Kalpita: Thank you for having us, we are equally excited

Host: so first things first let us introduce ourselves, Hi! I’m Hetvi I am a
travel blogger and the creator and host of this game show, so let’s start.

Aarvi: hello! I’m Aarvi, I love traveling and my love and fondness for
exploring different places has led me to become a travel blogger that I
am today.

Aaron: Hey! I’m Aaron, I work for an international social trust and help
people explore the world. I have been a keen traveller since my
childhood days.

Tvishaa: Hi! I’m Tvishaa, I am psychology student, and a content

creator. I love adventures and more than that I love sharing them with
people.

Kalpita : hello! I’m Kalpita, I am a historian and I love diving into the sea
of history I love architecture as much as I love food.

Host: so let’s see how many of you can put up with my craziness.
The rules follow like this,

Pick a number,

And it picks you’re fate,

Drops you to a destination you love or hate,

Guess the place in a second not more than ten,

With nothing more than a single clue,

Share your knowledge and test your wits,

To open the victorious gate,

It leads you as it does,

To prove the passion of traveller

And your mark in wanderlust.

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Host: so without any hesitation let’s begin, bibidi babidi boo, and pick a
number. So here goes your clue.

Aarvi: I want to test my knowledge with number 3 on the board.

Host: all right, so here we go….

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BOARD AND SIMULTANOUSLY READ OUT BY HOST]

A Renowned Catalan architect, Antoni Gaudi, jumped on this design

project in 1883, and actively worked on it until his death in 1926. This
cathedral remains unfinished, but its completion would make it the
tallest cathedral in the world. Guess the place and your time starts…..
now.

Aarvi: according to my knowledge, Antoni Gaudi was working on the

Sagrada Familia before his death and it is also an unfinished cathedral,
so my answer is Sagrada Familia.
Host: luck stands in your favour, just like your knowledge and the right
answer.

Aarvi: To share some information, the cathedral has been given a unique
design by Antoni Gaudi, it is influenced by Gothic and Art Nouveau, it’s
typical features are geometric motifs and strong colours. The Church
will have three grand façades: the Nativity façade to the East, the
Passion façade to the West, and the Glory façade to the South (yet to be
completed). The Nativity Façade was built before work was interrupted
in 1935 and bears the most direct Gaudí influence. The Passion façade is
especially striking for its spare, gaunt, tormented characters, including
emaciated figures of Christ being scourged at the pillar; and Christ on
the Cross. These controversial designs are the work of Josep Maria
Subirachs. The Glory façade, on which construction began in 2002, will
be the largest and most monumental of the three.

Host: that was some amazing piece of knowledge you shared with us so
moving on to the next one.

Aaron : I want to go with number 16, and see what awaits me in there.

Host: The palace was first built by Louis XIII as a hunting lodge of brick
and stone but it was enlarged into a royal palace by Louis XIV. It has
The Hall of Mirrors that features 357 mirrors, aligned with windows to
create a sense of symmetry. Guess the Palace.

Aaron: the palace Louis XIII built was the palace of Versailles, and it has
the hall of mirrors with 357 mirrors as well.

Host: well, well, it wasn’t just a guess but you passed the test, so share
your knowledge with the rest.

Aaron: I had been to The Palace of Versailles few years ago, the style of
architecture in there is the French baroque, the prominent features of
this kind of style is elaborate ornate decoration, ceiling frescoes and
dramatic use of light. A court of 3,000 residents, including the king and
queen, members of the royal family, government ministers, aristocrats,
diplomats, civil servants and the like, required a suitably grand
building, and no expense was spared. Indeed, the new complex became
the apogee of palace architecture. Surrounded by 800 hectares of
immaculate gardens, with beautiful vistas, fountains and statues, the
palace contained several symmetrical suites of apartments for the public
and private use of the king and queen, as well as numerous other
architectural highlights.

These included The Hall of Mirrors (1678-90) - the central gallery of the
Palace - which comprised 17 mirror-clad arches reflecting the 17
windows. A total of 357 mirrors were used in its decoration. The
ornamentations - the canvases along the ceiling that celebrate the
apotheosis of the king, the polychrome marbles, the gilt bronzes -were
organized by Le Brun, and in this undertaking he can be said to have
reached the peak of the expressive possibilities of French Baroque art.

Host : well, that was something worth remembering, quick quick so here
come the next one, so chose a number and test your wit.

Kalpita: I want to test number 13.

Host: The Cathedral was not the first structure to be erected on the site.
It is believed the ground was previously home to a Roman temple. The
foundation stone of the cathedral was laid in August 1248 by
Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden. The eastern arm was completed
under the direction of Master Gerhard and consecrated in 1322.

Kalpita: If I am not wrong the answer has to be the cologne cathedral.

Host: I the direction is right and so is your answer.

Kalpita: The cathedral has a Gothic style architecture, with its typical
features being, pointed arches, gargoyles and clustered columns. It is the
largest Gothic church in northern Europe and features immense twin
towers that stand 515 feet (157 metres) tall. The cathedral was
designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. While the enormous
Western facade is the largest in the world, the Cologne Cathedral has the
world’s third largest church interior.

The design of Cologne Cathedral closely resembles that of Amiens

Cathedral in terms of groundplan, style and the width to height
proportion of the central nave. The plan is in the shape of a Latin Cross,
as is usual with Gothic cathedrals. It has two aisles on either side, which
help to support one of the highest Gothic vaults in the world, being
nearly as tall as that of the Beauvais Cathedral. Externally the outward
thrust of the vault is taken up by French-style flying buttresses. The
eastern end has a single ambulatory, the second aisle leads into
a chevet of seven radiating chapels.

Internally, the Medieval choir is more varied and less mechanical in its
details than the nineteenth century building. It presents a French style
arrangement of a very tall arcade, a delicate narrow triforium gallery lit
by windows and with detailed tracery merging with that of the
windows above. The clerestory windows are tall and retain some old
figurative glass in the lower sections. The whole is united by the tall
shafts which sweep unbroken from floor to their capitals at the spring of
the vault. The vault is of plain quadripartite arrangement.

The choir retains a great many of its original fittings, including the
carved stalls. A 12.5 foot stone statue of Saint Christopher looks down
towards the place where the earlier entrance to the cathedral was, before
its completion in the late nineteenth century.

The nave is enhanced by many nineteenth century stained-glass

windows including a set of five on the south side called the
"Bayernfenster" which were a gift from Ludwig I of Bavaria, a set highly
representative of the painterly German style of that era.

Host: thank you Kalpita, that was brilliant, so moving on to the last and
final round.

Tvishaa: I want to choose number 5

Host: great, then let’s see what’s in there, located in Germany, The
Castle is a 19th-century romantic eclecticism palace on a rugged hill
above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest
Bavaria, The palace was commissioned by King Ludwig II of Bavaria as
a retreat and in honour of Richard Wagner. 

Tvishaa: I should be right but I am not so sure, it should be

Neuschwanstein castle.

Host: and there you go with the correct answer even after saying that.

Tvishaa: The castle is a Romanesque revival architecture, with its major

features being Round towers with cone- shaped roofs, low arches over
arcades and doorways and columns and pilasters with spirals and leaf
designs. Let’s start with the most prominent aspect of the castle, which is
the highest tower of the castle – it stands at 213 feet. While the medieval
castle looks grand and scenic from outside, it looks equally enchanting
from inside. Neuschwanstein Castle interior is well equipped with state
of the art facility and latest technology from the 19th century. Talk about
the advanced interiors of the castle and you have advanced air heating
system and toilets on every floor with automatic flush. The water source
of the castle is believed to be the spring located 200 meters above the
castle in the mountains. All the fascinating towers, turrets, frescoes, and
throne hall, make Neuschwanstein a fascinating piece of beauty. The
castle was completed until 1892 but Ludwig died mysteriously in 1886
and couldn’t see the castle’s final towers completed. Only after the death
of the king, the castle was open to the public.

Host: thank you so much for joining us today, to conclude I would just
say a few lines,

“The world’s an inn; and I her guest.

I eat; I drink; I take my rest.

My hostess, nature, does deny me

Nothing, wherewith she can supply me;

Where, having stayed a while, I pay

Her lavish bills, and go my way.”