Thursday, March 29, 2012

Museum of Glass

Today we went to the Museum of Glass. It was really cool. There was some really cool exhibits. We went to a place called "The Hot Shop", which is where the team of trained glass-blowers  made blown-glass sculptures. There was a presentation, and we didn't get to stay for the whole thing, but we were there for most of it. It was really cool. They dipped a metal pole into melted glass that was around 500 degrees farenheit! Then the team rolled it around in mid-air to shape it. Next, they had someone roll it, and someone blow into the tube. It was really, really cool. I got 3 little glass ladybugs in the glass-shop. Some of those glass pieces in there were from $450 to $3,000! That's crazy! I don't know where we are going tomorow, though. Here are a few links to some intresting things about the Museum of Glass: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrEnKRnBUO4    
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zerGNqDRI08&feature=related
P.S. We are 3 hrs. behind the time at home. So when it's midnight there, I'm still awake! on the day we flew in, I didn't go to bed till midnight HERE!












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