On my last night there, I convinced George to go on the huge ferris wheel. I kind of collect them. London, Chicago, and now Singapore!! It was a great way to enjoy sunset while going higher and higher and getting a bird’s eye view of this amazing city. Enjoy!
There’s that amazing Art/Science museum in green below with the (als green) double helix bridge.
It is the year of the dragon which indicates good luck, justice, prosperity, and strength! Let’s hope that is how this year tends. Go, dragon!!
So, I’m starting the new year by taking up this blog again after months (!!!). My inner procrastinator is showing – LOL. But also, I’ve been working on my book and continuing to adjust to being a retired person. So it does seem appropriate to finish my posts on Singapore during this asian holiday time. And, truth be told, I have another trip coming up, so I have to finish this one before there will be another one – LOL!
So, this post is all about going to the Art and Science Museum with George. You really can’t capture the magic and mind blowing-ness of this experience with photos (could not load videos, alas). But I’m so glad that we did this, George!
It is a very interactive museum and it made me feel as though I was high even though I was most certainly over jet lag by then. WOO! So, with those caveats, here are some images for you.
OK, yes, I was a little *over* stimulated even before we went in:
The first magic room (interactive and in motion, but for some reason videos won’t load, UGH!!):
Another fun room – Interactive with all ages!
Yet another interactive yum yum room:
A colorful, cool ladder-ish thingie (not for geezers, but George partook):
It felt like walking through an ever changing colored infinity. Kind of disorienting and really cool! Again, the fact that I can’t upload videos (yet?), it is hard to get the full effect. If you’ve been to those Van Gogh live shows, it is that kind of technology.
So very worth the price of admission!!
A couple of pithy, pertinent quotes:
Cool exhibit about the architect of the incredible building, Moshe Safdie:
Well, I took a break for Thanksgiving and am finally getting back to finishing up this blog about my amazing around (half) the world trip. Next up are some shots (mostly meals – note hawkers (AKA food courts) – and walks) of my wonderful visit with nephew George. And after this, our mind blowing visit to a museum…
Yummy Indian food!
Laundry day:
And the food was amazing, too!
“We’re all on this spaceship together!”
I debated about how to share info about my upcoming adventures and landed on a blog. I probably shared a link to this site with you via email. You can ignore it all (I can’t believe she is teasing me again about how she is retired!!) or not. But I realized that it is relatively easy to drop photos into a blog with comments, so here we are
Itinerary:
10/24 – fly out of RDU to LAX, then to Sydney, AU (yes, I have my visa)
10/26 – arrive Sydney! (Reeely long flight!)
11/2 – fly to Singapore – stay for two nights at Sultan Hotel
11/9 – fly from Singapore (via Tokyo) to Honolulu, then to Maui after a couple of days.
11/10 – arrive HI
11/17 – Fly to LAX
11/18 – Arrive RDU
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!
love to all,
Sarah
P.S. There is tons more to write, but I have to go buy a suitcase and figure out what to bring to the various climates I’ll visit…stay tuned!
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