Close Afield

Yelena loves museums. At least when they aren't crowded, like the Field Museum today. She was awake until we left the Pompeii exhibit and was quite chatty and smiley all the way through. We even got a pass to bring in her stroller, since strollers typically aren't allowed in special exhibits. There were a bunch of school children, but none of the groups were in the exhibit when we were, so it was quite spacious. Hugo pointed out that Yelena is closer to high school age than we are. Yikes. I can feel my wrinkles crinkle.

The exhibit featured quite a few resin and plaster casts of bodies killed in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. When we met a friend, Todd, who works at the museum for coffee we mentioned that the cast party was a bit grisly. Todd concurred, and said that gift shop sales are way down since people are too depressed after the exhibit to buy stuff.