Wow! We got to sleep in. After walking around, lost, for about two miles, we finally found our breakfast destination, The Philly Diner, which ended up being only about a block from our dorm! Nice job, Dave!
The bus brought us to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. For those of you who are fans of Rocky Balboa, this is the place where he trained and ran up the stairs in the movie. Some people only go to the museum just to see his statue out front. Others say his statue is not art. You decide!
The entrance of the museum is decorated with these beautiful flower arrangements that give off a wonderful aroma. At first glance, I thought they were artificial flowers because they were so perfect. At a closer look, I realized they were real.
Our tour guide took us to the American collection of art. One of the portraits that sticks out in my mind is that of a weeping woman sitting next to her baby who died of small pox. One walked away with a feeling of sorrow and grief for the mourning mother.
I can’t believe you had to walk two miles. Those flowers did look fake. That statue looks really big i can’t imagine how big it would look if i was standing next to it. That was fun talking to you on the web cam except that we all started crying. We finally got your second post card about Valley Forge. Miss Ya!
Luv,
Breezy
Staci,
The picture of the woman weeping over the dead child hit a sad note for me, too. It was so sad looking at her face, and it’s very easy to tell in the painting that the child had died.
Thanks for putting in the picture of Rocky Balboa. For those of us who “grew up” with Rocky (I, II, III, IV, and V, I believe!), that’s a piece of art, too!!! (I’m not really a great Rocky fan, although I have seen all the movies.
Donna
Staci,
No matter how you see it, with six pack abs Rocky looks like a piece of art to me. The artwork was absolutely remarkable!