Museum Hopper

i went up to boston and did the freedom trail with my friend from college. she had just moved up to boston and hadn't done the trail "officially" yet. we started at the beginning, of course, but did not do the whole trail. we ended near the north end. we stopped right before paul revere's house , but we did get to see later. i really enjoyed the trail. they have added a red brick line to follow throughout the city for the trail. it's like following the red brick line! at the start of the trail, they do give you the option (i don't know if it costs money) to follow a guided tour. we didn't go into the buildings, but merely followed the line. it was cool to see franklin and sam adam's grave as well as the state building. at times, it was a little crowded, but overall, i really enjoyed the tour! times visited: 1 time spent on trail: 2 hrs overall: A-

i went to the rubin museum of art on a sunday afternoon by myself. i decided to go after reading this article in the nytimes . i had also started seeing ads on the sides of buses for the new exhibit, the dragon's gift: the sacred art of the bhutan . as i remember my one complaint with the museum last time was that we went in through it in the reverse order. this time, as soon as i entered, the volunteer asked me what i wanted to see. i said the special exhibit and he directed me to start on the top floor and turn to my left as i got off the elevator. he also suggested to remember to check out the basement. the museum is actually undergoing an expansion as well. the dragon's gift was spectacular. the exhibit was laid out very well grouping the art by deity. they also gave you just enough explanation to understand the artwork with very little background knowledge. it was well spaced and they had a really nice variety of old (7th century) and new-er (as in "only...