Hi!
We didn't end up going on a hike today - it was SUPER humid and there was a good chance of rain - but we still had a really fun day! We rode the Charm City Circulator (a free bus that has several routes that run all day!) to Federal Hill, a super cute area that we hadn't seen before. We walked through the neighborhood on our way to the American Visionary Art Museum. We passed a really cute bookstore on the way and we had to go in!
It's called The Book Escape and it's so adorable! It is full of tons and tons of shelves and rooms of all kinds of used books. It's narrow and goes far back like a lot of buildings and row houses here, and in the very back there was a little patio that connected it to the building next door where there were even more books! I saw a few books I thought I might want to buy, so we decided we'd come back after the museum.
Federal Hill has a really huge hill in it! Who knew? :) Here's a view from the top.
They don't allow any photography inside the buildings at the AVAM so we had to stop to take a really hot and sunny selfie before we went inside! The outside of the museum is covered in mosaic tiles!! So pretty.
Federal Hill has a really huge hill in it! Who knew? :) Here's a view from the top.
They don't allow any photography inside the buildings at the AVAM so we had to stop to take a really hot and sunny selfie before we went inside! The outside of the museum is covered in mosaic tiles!! So pretty.
We loved the museum! We may want to get a membership there. That also gets you discounts on things like mosaic workshops (YES, PLEASE). One of the floors was closed because they're getting a new exhibit but we went in the basement (where there's a "flatulence machine"), on the first and third floors, in the gift shop, in a cool outdoor area, and in another huge building with three floors. There was so much cool art! Paintings, sculptures, lots of mixed media art, moving figurines... They were setting up for a wedding that was later today. What a cool place to get married!
At the very cool and weird gift shop, Alex found a table with a bunch of boxes of old post cards. I had to go through every one and find the oldest and cutest! Some of these are from the 1800s! The "Binkie the Bear" one is a little book. I tried so hard to find one with a picture of something in Baltimore. I'll have to go back and look another time!
At the very cool and weird gift shop, Alex found a table with a bunch of boxes of old post cards. I had to go through every one and find the oldest and cutest! Some of these are from the 1800s! The "Binkie the Bear" one is a little book. I tried so hard to find one with a picture of something in Baltimore. I'll have to go back and look another time!
Tomorrow morning we're going to free yoga at Pierce's Park, which looks really cool! It's in the Inner Harbor so we'll be right by the water again!
Thanks for reading!
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