Before leaving we made some cherry trifle at home and had a shower, though it was utterly pointless as we quickly started to sweat again in the boiling hot, even around 6 pm, when we left. First we visited the Dream Cars museum in our district, where you can see lots of oldtimers with nice dolls and posters, you know, to create the feeling. It was the second time for me but for my sister the first, and she became quite excited, and took lots of photos. On one of them you can see my boyfriend and me in front of the Statue of Liberty and the Twin Towers.
Next we took the Museum bus, line 3, and headed to the Hopp Ferenc Eastern Asian Art Museum, which was a kind of disappointment. There were only three rooms, where you could see some Korean photos, cups and chests, all in a hurry and in a crowd.
Then we walked along Andrássy Avenue to the Museum of Fine Arts. We were admitted in a matter of a few minutes, and stood in line in front of the Helmut Newton photo exhibition. In the meantime I was interviewed by a Hungarian TV channel (actually the girl looked like some college student on internship), but I couldn't find the material on the Net. It was quite an exciting exhibition including portraits (e.g. Monica Bellucci, Sigourney Weaver, Andy Warhol, Liz Taylor), fashion and nude photos (unfortunately for my sister, who finds it hard to look at items of this nature). I didn't know his work before but it's just the kind of thing I like, so I strongly recommend that you visit it (closing date is July 14).After a brief rest on Heroes Square we took another bus to Oktogon and had a cheeseburger and fries each. Finally we went to the Natural History Museum, where we saw lots of incredibly big and beautiful minerals. One of them was called goethit, though I'm not sure if it has anything to do with Goethe.
We got home at about 1am, ate another portion of trifle and went to bed in good spirits.
It's interesting that you found the Hopp Ferenc Eastern Asian Art Museum disappointing. Last year I visited it, saw the Korean exhibition, and I thought it was really exciting and informative. It might be because I teach Korean students, so I know this and that about their culture, and am always delighted with any new information.
ReplyDeleteActually I was more eager to see some Indian stuff and thought that the museum would be bigger. Plus the heat and the crowd really spoilt the thing. I don't like to be hurried when in a museum.
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