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I absolutely adore Chihuly!!! The boat full of spheres was at an exhibit in Baltimore some years back. I wish I could create something as spectacular!
Oh google maps. I hear ya.
I heart Chihuly! At first, I didn't realize how large that display was - until I saw people in the background of your photos. Wow! That is just stunning.
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Yes, just a little... Just as well we were out for a lot of today.
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I absolutely adore Chihuly!!!
Oh me too!
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The boat full of spheres was at an exhibit in Baltimore some years back. I wish I could create something as spectacular!
So do I. I just stared at all the exhibits, trying to work out a) how they were created, and b) just marvelling at how long they must've taken to create.
I heart Chihuly! At first, I didn't realize how large that display was - until I saw people in the background of your photos. Wow! That is just stunning.
The black squirrels are really freaky looking, they look like big rats! Sorry you had such a difficult time with the google maps! It's so frustrating when you're going around in circles to get to a destination! I loved the Chihuly Museum in Seattle! Thanks for sharing all your lovely pictures.
What a frustrating drive! It's such a pain when roads are closed and GPS is still telling you to use them. Then you're pretty much on your own!
The Chihuly piece is just incredible!
The black squirrels are really freaky looking as they look like big rats!
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Sorry you were having such a difficult time the google maps! That can be so frustrating when you're going around in circles to get to a destination! I have been to the Chihuly museum in Seattle and found it to be so beautiful. Thanks for sharing those lovely pictures.
Someone on the boards went to the Chihuly museum, as I remember seeing the photos from there, so as soon as I found out about this exhibit, I was desperate to see it.
What a frustrating drive! It's such a pain when roads are closed and GPS is still telling you to use them. Then you're pretty much on your own!
I can't complain too much, as it seemed to be a one day thing - and we thought it was something like "reclaim the roads", which is fine if you know where you're going in the city, but perhaps ensuring visitors knew would've been a good idea...
Sunday 18 September – part seven: from Egypt to dinosaurs… and in between!
We headed upstairs to explore the rest of the Royal Ontario Museum. There wasn’t much on the top floor, so we headed down the stairs, and were fascinated to find this in the wall:
We entered the next section to be greeted by this:
These are coffins!
We found this to be very in depth about particular cultures, and fascinating I’m sure if you have a particular interest in any of them or are studying them, but for those just passing through, it was a bit too intense, if that makes sense?
Instead, we made our way into the old part of the museum, and wow, the theming changed totally as we entered the Egyptian section.
After our terrifying encounter with the mummy we decided to head out and passed through ancient Rome on the way…
Then we were into the mammals section downstairs…
We found the Grand Staircase (I think that’s what it’s called ) and its collection of totem poles…
… but more spectacular was to come! This is the mosaic ceiling in the rotunda, which is the ceremonial entrance hall facing Queen’s Park. It was added in 1933 and was designed to reflect the breadth of the museum’s collections, as its patterns and symbols represent cultures around the world. It’s made from thousands of sheets of imported Venetian glass, cut into more than a million tiny coloured squares and it took eight months to get it installed.
After seeing this guy…
… we figured we’d better go and find the dinosaur exhibition. It wasn’t that easy to find, but we made it in the end…
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The museum is very interesting. I'm not sure about the mummy, though.
The town my daughter went to college in has a larger population of black squirrels. She'd see them on the way to class every day. She said that they were crazier than the brown squirrels we have here.
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Just as well we were out for a lot of today.
Then you're pretty much on your own! 
we decided to head out and passed through ancient Rome on the way… 
) and its collection of totem poles… 
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