Adventures Of Tripping Sister!: Big City Adventure San Diego!- Day 2

It was going to be a nice day.....:-). We didn't see as many scooters as motorcycles, but it was a nice day to ride either....:-)

and of course we were starving hungry and decided to try something new.....

The food was marginal and the WiFi was horrible! We decided to revert back to what we knew worked.

Ye Old faithful......:-)

I think this is the San Diego river, but I'm not sure......sorry...:-(

Our poor car looked like it had been in a mud bath. We couldn't seem to find a self service car wash. Everybody wanted $9.00 to do it all for you. Only problem was we had STUFF in the car and it would have been a hassle to take everything out. We ended paying for all of the work with only half of it getting done. But I gotta tell ya that when they got finished, there was nary a bug anywhere! They did an excellant job...:-)

Scootard is looking for the directions to our next adventure......:-)

and here we go! Off to the museum quarter......:-). I love museums...:-)

When we got into the parking lot of the museum quarter it felt like a mixture between Europe and Mexico. Which in turn caused me to coin the phrase "EuroMex".....:-)

the buildings were stunning, but not as stunning as the ones in Europe that had been there for hundreds of years.

We eventually found our way down this corridor, but not until we had run through every other door that we could in the time that we had left. We got a late start for some reason. I blame it on the sucky WiFi and the Corner Bakery that morning....:-(

Before we went in to the first museum, I noticed that the art actually began outside first.....:-).

Here is another shot of the buildings. This one housed the Museum of Torture. We didn't go into that one...haha.

Once inside our first museum, there was this room with all of this iron stuff on the floor. You were free to go in, sit down and make whatever you wanted to build from it. There were 3 guys sitting at the other end making "something" by stacking whatever pieces they chose.

and this beautiful fountain graced the main entry way once you entered....

I loved the fact that they would let you take pictures as long as you didn't use a flash. I also noticed that security didn't seem to be as tight as in Europe, but you did see an officer every now and then come through the room.

Scootard was going to slow for me so I went ahead into the next room.....:-).

But he followed me! and look at what happened! hahaha.

I'm always amazed at how things have been preserved through the years; long after the maker of the object is gone and forgotten.

And a lot of the things that the ancients used in their every day life were not that much different from what we use today. These look like soup tureens that we would use today for serving guest.

Everywhere I look nowadays, I see stuff that I could put in my garden. I mean, just look at those chairs! ha

I'm not exactly sure of what this was used for, but there was an old artist sitting just feet away from it painstakingly trying to draw what was before her.....:-). As a matter of fact, there were artist everywhere sitting on the floors with backpacks and pencils trying to recapture the things that had inspired them......:-)

This was a picture that I didn't spent to much time viewing, but the colors were impressive...:-)

I believe this one was done by the same artist, but I didn't catch the name.

I wanted to give you the history of this next piece before actually showing you the picture.

I don't know what a piece like this would cost today, but it must be pretty pricey since this one is sitting in a museum. I have heard of wedding chest before.

We were about to leave and I remember that when I went into this particular room I saw this painting that was just so striking to me, that I had to go back up into the elevator and take a picture of her. I thought she was just beautiful and the feet were very well done. You don't see many artist that can capture the feet of a person without making them look too boxy or unnatural. Scootard waiting for me while I went to go and snap this one. Unfortunately, the light was a bit dim and I just couldn't get it the way I would have liked.

Here is the information about the artist and the painting.

Because we had gotten a late start, we only had time to go through two museums. So, we headed over to our next destination. We passed this arch way on the way there. I thought the trees liked like a herd a pitch forks! Do pitch forks come in "herds"?? ha

The detail on the buildings were quite impressive, but still not like that of Europe.

I could use me one of those Juliette balcony style thingees at my house....:-)

We finally arrived at the next stop. Now, depending on your personal persuasion, you may or may not enjoy the tour.....

These giant pillar thingees were done by the Myans and were found at a temple site somewhere on the other side of the planet. Like other cultures, the Myans used stone to record their history, but good and bad for posterity.

I thought this was funny.......uh...NO.

look at that head! and the eye sockets. I'm thinking this one had a face only his mother could love..

and look at that foot/hand thingee. What do you call it when your foot looks like your hand?? Ambi-handrafoot??

Uncle Guido?? uh. No. But this dude was huge!

I don't know if you will be able to read about this guy, but I tried to get a decent shot. The window behind me was giving me all kinds of trouble with the light coming through on the lense.

Hey, how about that for a planter? ....:-)

If you have ready any of my other blogs in regard to travel, you will know that I have an interest in Ancient Egyptian culture for some reason. I have no idea why.

Well, if you ever want to "stuff" something, here's how...ha

They even took their animals with them. Although just like now, there was a lot of fraud going on. Some of the coffins were and bandages were stuffed with "nothing" and returned to the families who unsuspectantly thought that their loved ones were wrapped securely inside.

Now, there really is someone in these wrappings. They had the x-rays there to prove it!

Hey, there is a children's room too. You get to do stuff in there!

Scootard was having a blast......:-)

the poor guys was having way too much fun....haha

ok, time to go! The museum was closing and now we are vanquished to the grounds of the museum square.
This is a shot I was able to take from the second floor of the museum on our way to the elevator.

shot number 2

And shot number 3

ok, feet are back on the ground now. Time to head for the gardens.....

I thought this was nice. Don't you? I love shots like this. I wish I was a better photographer though.....

The grounds reminded me of a castle that we visited when we went to Vienna.

this is in my dream garden at my dream house on my dream island.......

ornamental cabbage. I think it is annual though. I'm looking at more perennial flowers than these.

Now, a closer look at that tree seems to be trumpet vine. Except that I thought Trumpet Vine was....well..a vine and not a tree. Anybody know what that is???