Field Trip

The other day our teacher realized we had about had enough of his teaching methods... he had barked, yes like a dog, at me one to many times and I was getting irritated. So he suggested we go to a museum for our next class. This picture above it the museum we went to... Museu de Marinha (Maritime Museum)
This part of the museum had old boats used by the royal family... fishing boats as well as some airplanes. Oh yeah, and inside the mesuem was a little box with an explanation that inside was a wrist bone of Vasco da Gama, given to the museum by a 17th generation descendant- also named Vasco something something something da Gama.
Mark and I had a lot of fun, seeing a museum without kids... There were some amazing OLD maps, painting and we learned tons of history about the time of the discoveries. This part of history is HUGE in Portugal. Portugal has an incredible history and a large part of it is from that time period.
We also went to another museum, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (seriously old art). This was a really great museum... my favorites were the pottery, the tiles and the jewelry. They also have a large collection of Portuguese sacred art. There was a stunning painting depicting the angel telling Mary that she was going to have Jesus.
It was a nice break from class room learning...