Gilbert - A Visit to a Museum (part 1)

  

Still catching up on everything I've done.

On March 19 we visited a museum.

 

There was an exhibition on Pompeï and Herculaneum, the two Roman cities destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

It was called "Dying in Beauty" as the cities were destroyed at the height of their glory.

The first thing we saw was a bit creepy.

You might think this is just the cast of a victim, but there are still bones inside as well.

Most of the exhibition were statues and other art that was found though.

This was part of a fountain that was depicting a hydra.

Isn't it cool?!

There were lots of statues.

And this was a mask for the theater. Looked heavy.

There was jewelry.

I loved this snake bracelet.

This Egyptian inspired statue was part of a table leg.

Oil lamps

There was even bread!

Because it was sealed in by the ash it couldn't burn up and fall apart I was told.

Next: more ancient art.

Gilbert - Catching Up

 

In February we also went out for dinner with family.

I was innocent of this brutal stabbing.

The restaurant had old paintings with piggies painted into them.

And I had French Fries!

Sullivan and I tried a game called Fossilis.

You have to dig up dinosaur bones. It was a fun game.

We also played Shrimp, a fun game were you have to collect shrimps.

With a friend we played Creature Comforts.

And an Escape Tale with a hero named Gilbert!

Next: a museum

Gilbert - Catching Up: Ice, books, and more

 

We really enjoyed seeing all the ice sculptures.

I really liked this snail.

And this sea turtle was just gorgeous.

I think this is an Indonesian Wajang puppet.

I think I can guess who sponsored the ice sculptures.

After visiting the ice sculpture festival we went into town.

Fitst stop:

The Broerenkerk.

It's a church that was restored and turned into a bookstore with a lunch room. We had hot chocolate with a piece of Schwarzwälder kirsch cheese cake. Yum!

Next we had a look around the bookstore.

They did a great job restoring it. 

And they had so many books!

I saw a lot of books I never heard of. We did find a book for Sullivan among the horror section.

Next we visited a Dominican cloister church.

I think thr windows were a newer addition. They looked a bit cartoonish in my opinion.

It was getting time for dinner.

But first I posed with the famous (within this part of the Netherlands) Peperbus tower in the background.

We decided to try Monster Sushi & Grill.

They had lots of yummy food.

The perfect way to end a fun filled day.

Next: more catching up

Gilbert - Catching Up: Lots of Ice

 

I have a lot of catching up to do!

I must say I wonder how Sullivan managed to post so often and how he kept up with all his adventures. I haven't had that many as he had in his hay days and I feel I'm always running behind.

Anyway:

In February we went on a trip to Zwolle.

First we visited my owner's mother (we  had an accident with a bottle of soda, got lost on the way in the pouring rain, and arrived 30 minutes later than planned. And no: I didn't take pictures of our mishaps).

After visiting my owner's mother we walked to our next destination. Luckily it had stopped raining.

We passed Dinoland!

It had a T-Rex!

It also was closed...

We didn't get lost, so we arrived at the IJsselhallen, a big venue where we met up with Aurian! There was an ice sculpture festival at the IJsselhallen that we wanted to see.

It was cold to keep all the ice from melting, luckily I had my hat.

This statue was to celebrate the year of the rabbit I think.

The ice sculptures were really beautiful and impressive.

Day of the Dead portraits.

I spotted Totoro on an ice beam above us.

A pharaoh. 

Not sure who it was though.

He also had a cat.

Oh, I recognize this: It's The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

Hippos!

All the statues and carvings were beautiful, whimsical, and fun!

Next: more ice, books, churchy things, and food

Gilbert - A Birthday Trip: Day 5

 

On Wednesday we had to go back home. 

We took the bus to the harbor.

Can you spot the ferry?

There was a statue of a town crier at the harbor.

On the boat we had a sandwich and hot chocolat.

Next we took the bus back to Groningen.

It was an awesome birthday trip!