Our reason for the trip to Seattle was to see the Pompeii exhibit at the Pacific Science Center. Even though I'm been to Pompeii, Italy, twice, I never tire of seeing and learning more of its history. For Allison it was a new experience and we both were impressed with the elegant and professional way the museum was set up. We saw beautiful jewelry, marble statues, Gladiator's helmets and shin guards and colorful mosaic and frescos. At the end we watched a movie reenactment of the day the volcano erupted and lastly, a room filled with cement body casts of some who died that day.
Our next stop was to see the "Chihuly Garden and Glass" permanent exhibit right next to the Space Needle. IT IS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE which you'll see in the pictures.
One room has a ceiling that is constructed of three dimensional glass. Shown here is only a very small portion of the images and the photos don't give you the depth of the glass. Allison said that it was "a sensory overload" and I agree.
The small photo on the upper left is actually a large room that is filled with a "glass garden".
The boat is glass and it's filled with huge different sized balls of glass. The glass is mounted on shiny black bases so the reflection adds even more to the beauty.
Here, Allison and I are standing in front of a glass "live garden" outdoors. The glass is enhanced with flowers that echo the colors of the glass so some areas featured purple, some black, some pink and yellow and orange. We believe that we saw the garden at its finest because there were flowers blooming everywhere in the garden. We saw azaleas, tulips, dogwood, rhododendron and many flowers that we're unfamiliar with.
It was a great day but............... there's still more!
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