Wow

Wow is all that I can say. I have never been moved to tears with art before today. I have never seen so many beautiful things. For all of you who have never heard of the Barnes Foundation, it is a school that was established in 1922 by Dr Albert C Barnes. He has the largest collection of Renoir in the world I think they said 168 paintings. Renoir is not all, they have Cezanne, Van Gough, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Seraut, Manet, Rousseau, and a new favorite artist of mine Soutine. There were so many moving things that I saw today, but there is no photography allowed so I don't have any pictures of what I saw I did get some postcards with my favorite paintings.

In addition to the art, they have an extensive arboretum. The grounds and the architecture are awesome! I took some pictures below of some of the cool stuff I saw. The first couple of pictures are of a Japanese Dogwood. I have never seen a Dogwood it was spectacular!

I had a blast, the tour guides that did my tours were spectacular and everything was great. I then went to Campos and had an original phillie cheesesteak sandwich, can you say yum, yum. I then thought I would take a dip in the pool, but its not heated and 6:30 is a little late and COLD to be swimming in the unheated rooftop pool. I also just walked around and saw Christ Church and the Quaker meeting house. It is fascinating to see things that have been there since the beginning of our country. Bricks from the 1700's WOW. The trees here are massive everywhere you look there is another Huge tree. There is a cobblestone street by the Christ Church that is original and it is beautiful.

Needless to say I had a great day! Tomorrow I am going to Independence Hall and all that stuff. I also want to ride "The Ducks". So far no really scary people so that is good!

I will talk with you later

Love you All

Becky