Say goodbye to the pool and high speed internet
My brother and his wife came home today. Bye bye pool and streaming and three evil kitties. And thanks everyone the good wishes worked. Elder cat made it a week.
And before I get into yesterday's adventure let me say
To spikesgirl58 Hope it's a great one.
Mom, Dad and I went to see the Viking exhibit at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. Sadly it didn't hold a candle to the Pompeii one from last year but that said it was still a good exhibit. I just wish they had more than weapons and jewelry. Yes there was a small bit of boat and some videos on life but it just felt a little like why not have more about the housing situation, food prep or death rituals. Surely I can't be the only one interested in that.
On the flip side where most of the Pompeii stuff were replicas most of the Viking stuff was real, most of it from Denmark, some from Norway and a few pieces from Germany.
What I liked best was the one place at the end where there was a docent with some replica wool clothing and a shield you could touch. But they also had a touch screen bench where you could learn to play Hnefatafl which reminded me a little of chess meets checkers. That was a particularly nice touch
Another favorite part of the exhibit was the religious room a lot about the gods, goddesses and other supernatural females of power like the valkyries and norns, plus things like the midgard serpent (and the eventual invasion of Christianity) I liked the sadly small bit about females performing magic (and why it was bad if a man dabbled in it).
Over all a good exhibit that just needed a little more to make it excellent. What made it less excellent as an adventure is Pittsburgh itself. If you've never driven there it's over 300 bridges many going into tunnels over three rivers hemmed in by mountains. It's a madhouse. This time it was dead stopped. Someone had a BIG mischief on the fort pitt bridge (going into the fort pitt tunnel where I need to go) I could see 5 police cars and at least 3 tow trucks. So I had to make it up as I went, got over on another bridge but had to circle all the way back to the science center (across the river this time) and go that way. If I had just gone that way in the first place (it's harder to get to that bridge)...took an hour to go 15 miles. Ah pittsburgh.
replica boat (and dad)
I particularly like the thor's hammer mold on the bottom
Swords!
Thor's hammer and a dragon head
keys and clasps
wood carving axes
silver pretties
dress brooches
replica of the Jelling stone
ceremonial axe
dragons
replica of the Jelling stone the other side
a woman's magical staff
And before I get into yesterday's adventure let me say
To spikesgirl58 Hope it's a great one.
Mom, Dad and I went to see the Viking exhibit at the Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh. Sadly it didn't hold a candle to the Pompeii one from last year but that said it was still a good exhibit. I just wish they had more than weapons and jewelry. Yes there was a small bit of boat and some videos on life but it just felt a little like why not have more about the housing situation, food prep or death rituals. Surely I can't be the only one interested in that.
On the flip side where most of the Pompeii stuff were replicas most of the Viking stuff was real, most of it from Denmark, some from Norway and a few pieces from Germany.
What I liked best was the one place at the end where there was a docent with some replica wool clothing and a shield you could touch. But they also had a touch screen bench where you could learn to play Hnefatafl which reminded me a little of chess meets checkers. That was a particularly nice touch
Click to viewAnother favorite part of the exhibit was the religious room a lot about the gods, goddesses and other supernatural females of power like the valkyries and norns, plus things like the midgard serpent (and the eventual invasion of Christianity) I liked the sadly small bit about females performing magic (and why it was bad if a man dabbled in it).
Over all a good exhibit that just needed a little more to make it excellent. What made it less excellent as an adventure is Pittsburgh itself. If you've never driven there it's over 300 bridges many going into tunnels over three rivers hemmed in by mountains. It's a madhouse. This time it was dead stopped. Someone had a BIG mischief on the fort pitt bridge (going into the fort pitt tunnel where I need to go) I could see 5 police cars and at least 3 tow trucks. So I had to make it up as I went, got over on another bridge but had to circle all the way back to the science center (across the river this time) and go that way. If I had just gone that way in the first place (it's harder to get to that bridge)...took an hour to go 15 miles. Ah pittsburgh.
replica boat (and dad)
I particularly like the thor's hammer mold on the bottom
Swords!
Thor's hammer and a dragon head
keys and clasps
wood carving axes
silver pretties
dress brooches
replica of the Jelling stone
ceremonial axe
dragons
replica of the Jelling stone the other side
a woman's magical staff