The morning after I made it to Jack’s house, I awoke to the smell of bacon. I love bacon. I’m a meat kinda girl, and bacon is possibly one of my favorites…my brother knows this, so he spoiled me with bacon the entire trip. First thing we did each day was take Oscar for a walk.
Oscar loves his walks, and it was a great time for us to catch up and talk…we do a lot of talking in my family so we need amble time to do so. It also gave us a chance to see a little of Historic Urbana.
After a quick lunch with Scientist Lady on Friday, we set out to see the campus at University of Illinois. The campus was really beautiful, although deserted with school being out.
Next we hit the art museum which is connected to the University Art building. I’m ashamed. I have to say that going in I was expecting a kind of small museum, that probably didn’t have a lot of cool exhibits. But what I found was this:
A Rembrandt! Not only a Rembrandt but they had Louis Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Winslow Homer, and many more fabulous artists. I was tickled pink, like a kid in a candy store.
When I took a quick trip to the ladies room in the Art building, I found a treasure trove of wise sayings, here's just one example, there will be more in the photo gallery:
Wise…so very wise…
After a hard day in the museum we came back the house and crashed for a bit. As a matter of fact, we did this just about every day. I don’t know why we were so tuckered out, but it was great to just relax and be. Oscar agrees…
So after some fun and fondue, we decided to show the Parentals how to play Wii.
They did great! And they beat the pants off of me in Frisbee golf!
Saturday we hit the local Farmer’s Market, to pick up a few things dinner. After that we took a quick stop for some cool drinks, then that afternoon we went and saw Robin Hood.
On Sunday we started the day off with brunch at a local restaurant called Radio Maria. They had fantastic Spanish cuisine, and I had Migas….delicious delicious Migas. It was basically eggs with potato and zucchini, with a side of salsa and sour cream, all to be wrapped in corn tortillas. Of course, it was so excellent, that I forgot to take pictures of it…oops!
After a good brunch to start out the day, we headed out into the prairie. On the outskirts of Urbana there is this excellent Prairie Sculpture Park. It’s a great place to play, fly a kite, and enjoy the sculpture and wide open spaces. Which is what we did. And this was without a doubt my favorite place to take pictures.
It was a great trip and I was sad to leave. I had never experienced such wide open spaces and that big sky. It was different, but I like my mountains too. Thanks Illinois, it was fun...I'll miss you.
