For this week’s blog post, me, Kevin, Aliou, and Sergio decided to go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art located around 85th Street. It was going to be a 20 minute ride so we decided to go out of our comfort zone and go to a museum. If I didn’t have a particular reason to go to a museum (aka this assignment) then I typically wouldn’t go. On the train ride, there was a lady with a Chihuahua puppy. The first thing that comes to me when I hear Chihuahua was an annoying dog that constantly barks. However, this puppy was rather obedient and well behaved. Once we got out of the train, I realized that we were around Central Park. I haven’t been in Central Park since the Summer and the weather was beautiful that I wish I could take a stroll the park.

We decided to go to the Met because we thought that admission was free to college students. We were wrong. When explaining to the lady at the kiosk, she explained that only Columbia Students get free admission. With a group talk, I decided to donate a dollar and Aliou donated a dime. Desperate times call for ridiculous donations when the sign clearly states “suggested donation”.

The exhibit we viewed was a statue from Ancient Greece. It was cool how the statue was one of the first known marble statues in a life-scale. I found it unique how the statue was missing a part of it’s face, showing that there may be multiple interpretations of who it could be. After walking around for a while, we decided to leave because frankly, we don’t like museums.