Going to Philly I

Hi guys. Guess where I went 10 days ago… if you said Philadelphia you cheated by looking at the title. >:-( .  Well, I did go and it was awesome.I went with my parents and their children. First, I went to the Rodin Museum. It had lots of sculptures. To name a few: Mask of a Man with a Broken Nose, Minerva, and The Thinker. After that I ate a little because we had to go to other places and I was hungry. I also went to the Rocky Steps. I took a video of Eric pretending to be Rocky. He also got a shirt with Rocky on it. We went to the Philadelphia Museum of Art too. That day there was a Korean exhibition. My favorite part was the one about the clothes. There was a short turquoise kimono-like dress with little pictures. I stayed looking at the dress so long that I got lost, but my parents found me or else I wouldn’t have written this. There was a show of Korean dances and music too. Afterward I went to the Barnes Museum where I saw beautiful paintings by Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso, and there were 181 paintings by Renoir! He was my favorite.

Mask of a Man with a broken Nose

The Thinkers
Marco,(bottom left corner) Mom,( behind Marco)
Eric,( directly beneath The Thinker) Dad,(leaning against bottom
part of The Thinker), and Thomas( bottom right corner)

Where I Wish to Be

Coney Island

Hi guys. Again I am sick to my wits. Well, today I wish I could go to Coney Island. 

I wish I could ride the roller coaster and have the wind blow through my hair. You can see how I imagine it below. Also, I would have gone on the flying chairs (best attraction ever!) I would like to be on the "surfing board" that has been cut off on the bottom right corner. After that, I would have gone to the Russian neighborhood that is next to "Coney Island" and eaten the delicious food there. For example: chocolates and meatballs. Bye!

                                                                     Having Fun in Coney Island

                                                       

Home Sick ( literally)

Hi guys. Hope you are okay because I'm not. Today I'm stuck in my house nose stuffed and I'm coughing up a lung. When I woke up it was about 8:45. I got out of my bed and went downstairs. I ate my breakfast and then my grandma, Mamiloqui, came through the front door. After that I watched "Mirror Mirror", but it kept pausing so I went to the kitchen to talk with my grandma. While we spoke, we ate a type of cream with crackers, that was delicious. When it was 12:00 I watched a Brazilian soap opera with my grandma, and in the middle of it my other grandma and my grandpa came to bring chicken soup. Mm-mm good. Well that is pretty much it.

P.S: Guiliana get well soon!!! ;-)

Sooo Sick

A Day at the Rubin Museum

Yesterday I celebrated the Himalayan New Year at the Rubin Museum.
I got to do lots of activites. First, I made a mini prayer flag. I had to place a piece of paper over a stencil and gently rub it with a crayon. I did that about five times. When I was done I taped the pieces of paper onto a string and wore as you can see on the image below. After that, I helped make a mandala, which is a design that symbolizes the universe. Also, there were monks that made a mandala out of colored sand. After four hours they finished. That is when they blew the sand away to symbolize the non-permanence of the universe. Finally, we made butter sculptures or tormas that were actually made out of clay. I made a horse-eater which is a mix of an ant-eater and a horse. This is all for "A Day at the Rubin Museum."

Maria Paula and I making butter sculptures

Monk making mandala

                                         

Welcome! ;)

Hi and welcome to my first blog ever.
This blog is going to be about places, travels, and trips.
If I don't go some place I might write about what I did in my house.
I might add a few things as I go along.
I hope you enjoy it. ;-)