Art Trip!

My daughter's Art Classes for college had a field trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  It was a gorgeous day, you couldn't ask for better weather.  We saw amazing art and had a wonderful time.   I was so impressed by the amount of famous painters art that they had on display.  There were so many Picasso, Monet, Van Gogh, and so many more.  It was a real treat.

We did, however, have a few bumps in the road.  Shortly after arriving we started to browse the first gallery.  A guard told me I had to take my bag to the coat closet and leave it.  I was pretty upset because according to the web site I could take a back pack.  All bags are "checked" at the door by security and that was my understanding from the web site.  I didn't realize I would have been better off to have brought my actual purse or I would have done so.  I shoved my most important items in my daughter's purse, which is a small backpack.  With my medical conditions and allergies I have a lot of "crap" I have to carry with me.  Her bag was approved by two people but another guard after that gave us a big fit and sure enough we had to go give up her purse.  We had to carry our items in little tiny plastic red bags and leave everything else behind.  I was pretty livid at this point. As we walked around and saw countless women with HUGE pocketbooks with traditional 2 straps allowed to walk around the angrier we got.

It took a while to brush this off, but finally we did.  We tried to cover as much of that museum as we could but it's large and there is so much to look at.  Honestly, to see it all you cannot linger long on any item or read all of the information about the paintings.  We got to see so much amazing art and I would love to go again and explore further.  We also took a trip over to The Pereleman Building to look at some sculpture art.  That was awesome as well.

At lunch, we sat next to a delightful french speaking couple.  It made my day.  They chatted all during their lunch and seemed so sweet.  After that we browsed the gift shop, they had some wonderful deals on, luckily.

Overall, it was a wonderful day and above are some of my favorites.