When was the last time you visited the ROM ? Was it a school trip or a Freebie Friday? (doesn't exist anymore) Were you there because you needed to be or personal interest?
Admittedly the last time I was there was last summer with Sharon, it was a Friday and we only wandered for half an hour or so… I was wearing new shoes though and a little cranky from the blisters that were forming - dinner was a blissful reprieve. Although in retrospect I have been a surprising number of times (Toronto Couture, Felt, Pearls…) and have always enjoyed the experience.
I went yesterday because I promised Greg an outing that involved more than dinner out at some College Street restaurant. There was nothing I really wanted to see so it was purely for the fun of wandering around (this time with more sensible shoes too) – there were some things that were clearly new and pretty spectacular. On a whim we decided to take part in a somewhat interactive history of Egypt… it was computer assisted (and clearly the target audience was younger than us, but the smaller kids loved it) and took about 40 minutes – the nice thing is it really does give you more information and context than you can glean from the art descriptions.
We did miss the Italian Design exhibit but Deanna said it wasn’t really worth the visit anyway and I was pleasantly surprised by the Lalique Exhibit .
If you get a chance to be tourists in your own city I say take a trip to the ROM, you might just be pleasantly surpeised by what's in your own backyard.
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