a walk to the met museum

 i walked with christine and her family from our neighborhood all the way up to the met museum today. they were keeping track of how many "steps" they were doing, and i think this walk was 10,000. it's nice to walk with others who love to walk so far. we stopped in central park for them to eat their delicious treats from carlo's bakery on 42nd street and 8th avenue.

 at the museum we toured the egyptian wing. this beautiful necklace is made of carnelian barrel-shaped seweret beads. it was found on the mummy of one of the wives of thutmose iii.

the temple of dendur was the destination, and also a view of a real mummy. her nephew was studying the egyptians in his school at home in michigan, and i think they all enjoyed seeing the tomb drawings, sarcophagi, amulets, etc . . there's so much to take in. i never tire of the egyptian wing.