Italian Diary

2007-03-24 NYC Met Museum and flight to Milan
Early morning to MSP airport was rough. Plan in NYC was fine. Taxi driver to Met was guy from CNN photo of first Twin Tower bombing. He was very informative about the area and told us all about everything on the way. This included passing by the Would Fair area from ‘64.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was absolutely amazing! I started my visit in a mastaba from Saqqara, then a tomb that was unearthed by the Met which included multiple boats, the statue of a woman wearing a "feather" dress while balancing a box on her head w/ a duck in her right hand. Then before I got boggled down in other exhibits, I asked for directions to The Temple of Dendur. Oh! Wow! The raised platform it is on is the same size as its original-but destroyed courtyard. The pool of water in front represents the Nile. I had tears streaming down my face up until I got into the temple itself. No book available on the temple though. Must write to......

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Title: Italian Diary & Itinerary 2007
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