Hey guys!! I will do a different post about THIS weekend (March 3-4), and an Oscars movie update, but this post will be about LAST weekend (Feb 24-25)! Last Friday, we had tickets to go into Philly and see the Terracotta Warriors exhibit at the Franklin Institute! Fridays are always hard (we're always sooo exhausted on Fridays), but we really wanted to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibit before it left the Franklin Institute (this is the last weekend for the exhibit!). So, we got reserved tickets for 7pm, and we just jumped on a train into the city right after work! We got there a little early, so we walked around enjoying all the beautiful sights of the city, and we also stopped in a VERY fancy bar for a glass of wine before heading over to the Franklin Institute! It was a really lovely way to unwind from the week.
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City Hall! You know I love this building, and I always have to take pictures of it.
City Hall again! So pretty.
The Terracotta Warriors exhibit was AMAZING. It was even cooler than I was expecting. If you don't know what the Terracotta Warriors are, here's a quick summary: They are terracotta sculptures of warriors that were buried surrounding the tomb of China's first emperor (Emperor Qin) to protect his tomb. They were first discovered in the 1970s by a farmer, and excavation began in 1998. Only a small portion has been excavated so far, but estimates are that there are 8000-9000 warrior sculptures, 130 chariots with 520 horse sculptures, and 150 cavalry horse sculptures all buried surrounding the mausoleum of the Emperor to protect him. An estimated 700,000 workers created these life-sized sculptures, and every single sculpture is unique (faces, uniforms, hairstyles, etc). There's a lot more to read about these awesome Terracotta Warriors (how they were made, how they were buried, etc), but I figure that's a good short summary!!
The front of the Franklin Institute!
Ben Franklin in the front hall of the Franklin Institute!
So, that was an AMAZING Friday night!! On Saturday we went for a really nice hike around Valley Forge with Guinness, but it started raining SO hard! We got pretty soaked, but it was still fun. After that we ran a bunch of errands (even though it was still pouring rain!). On Sunday we met up with our friends Michael (the opera singer) and his fiance Jen to go bowling and see a movie! The bowling alley near us has $1 games on Sunday mornings, so that's always fun. After we bowled a few games we went to grab lunch and a few drinks at a place by the movie theater, and then we walked over to the movie theater to see a special showing of The Dark Crystal (yes, the 1982 Jim Henson movie). McGee and I loooove Jim Henson and pretty much everything he's ever done, and Michael loves Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, and Jen had never seen The Dark Crystal before!! It was a really fun time, and it was so cool to see the movie on a big screen.
That was last weekend!! I will do another post later today about this weekend and an update on the Oscar movies (and my hopes/predictions!). I hope you're all having a great weekend!!
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