Saturday in the Park

Today after classes, a group of us ventured out in the rain to the Independence Park. Several of the museums in Rosario are located in this park and we thought that wandering through exhibits in a museum was a good way to spend a rainy day.

The first museum we visited was the Rosario Museum of Fine Arts. There was a temporary exhibit on the people of Argentina in celebration of the Bicentennial. The scenes in many of the paintings were of the gauchos in the fields with horses and cattle. Many of the landscapes included pueblos situated among rolling hills. There was a contemporary art exhibit on the second floor, and I am afraid that it was much too contemporary for me. Stacks of colored paper placed on pedestals had little effect on me. There was also a display of used plastic two liter bottles and what appeared to be trash. It was not, shall we say, "my cup of tea!"

We strolled rather quickly through the park on our way to the history museum. The park was just beautiful. There was a small lake with picturesque foot bridges, and lots of ducks. If it had not been for the rain, we would have spent much more time with our stroll in the park.

The man at the front desk of the history museum asked where we were from when I purchased our tickets. I told him the United States, and he asked which one. When I responded with Maryland, he said, "ah one of the original thirteen colonies." It was nice to have someone in a history museum who knew something about our history as well!
There were of course more displays about the revolution and Argentina's independence from Spain. There was also an exhibit about the indigenous people of Argentina.

We enjoyed the items in the gaucho section of the museum and finished our visit by looking at some magnificent pieces made of Argentine silver. Then we were out in the rain again, off to the main intersection to hail our taxis back to our apartments. It was a very nice, wet day! A Saturday in the park.