Farm Living 🐶🐔🐣

So I've been pet/farm sitting for a couple days and taking care of farm animals are much different than taking care of regular pets. Every morning at around 6:00am, the dogs need to be let out and fed.

I also have to fed the goats

I also have to feed the ducks and chickens, and collect any eggs that were laid. 

Plus, I there are two ducklings that are kept inside.

Taking care of a small farm like this isn't difficult, but waking up early can be pretty hard. 

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx

Museum Magic: San Diego Museum of Art

Still hooked on San Diego and still slightly jet lagged because of daylight savings and time zone change, I'm going to talk about the San Diego Museum of Art. As I had mentioned in the previous post, the museum is on the smaller side, but that should not dismiss the quality of art it showcases. It is located in Balboa Park, which is a beautiful area with great views and a bunch of other museums. Anyway, the museum had four exhibitions going on while I was there; German Expressionism, Harry Sternberg, Medieval European Portraits, and Art of East Asia (Right now there are more exhibitions open than when I went).

The East Asian gallery had a collection of Islamic, Hindu, and Buddhist art. 

The German Expressionism gallery was next and was probably my second favorite one. (I'm a bit biased when it comes to expressionism)

I think the Harry Sternberg gallery was my favorite one open because of the use of color and eccentric style. 

Lastly, the medieval portraits I found to be somewhat interesting some had symbolism in them, using dogs to depict loyalty and running water or the color blue to show purity in women. I also think that its kinda funny how the painting could be so realistic until you see the face, because no one in the medieval era could paint faces accurately. 

This is like a 4in x 4in portrait that I just found funny to look at

The San Diego Museum of Art also has an outdoor sculpture garden exhibit which was pretty cool because some of them move with the wind and are meant to be seen moving so it was pretty snazzy to see open air art in action. 

So there you have it, a semi-comprehensive look into San Diego's Museum of Art. Tune in next week for something else that I need to think of and then write for the internet. 

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx

Spring Break in San Diego Part 2

So I left San Diego on Wednesday night, partly because I would be able to readjust to East coast time and partly because the friend I was staying with was going on vacation starting Thursday. Picking up where I left off on Sunday, the El Nino that was supposed to hit didn't until Monday, so we went to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park. Balboa Park has a bunch of different museum to go to, but we didn't have time to go to any other ones unfortunately. Here is a picture of the Museum of Man, which would have been cool to see just for the architecture.

The art museum had a nice combination of ancient artifacts and fine art paintings, which was good because the museum was kind of small (I may be bias because I grew up going to the Met and Museum of Natural History in New York). They were having an exhibition on East Asian art when I went, as well as German Expressionism, Medieval portraits, and Harry Sternberg.

The museum was really nice and, as said before, had a nice selection of different types of art. After, we walked around Balboa Park for a while, and then headed home.  

Monday and the better part of Tuesday, unfortunately, were days wasted by the rain storm, and the fact that no one knows how to drive in the rain because of the drought currently happening in California. After everything cleared up, my friend's grandparents took us out to lunch and for a drive in the rumbleseat of their vintage car. They very fittingly took my friend and I, who I met on my German summer study, to one of the two German restaurants in San Diego.

The restaurant was literally called "Sausage & More"

Then on Wednesday, my last day in California, we went on a tour of the San Diego beaches. We started in Del Mar, worked our way through Torrey Pines, and ended in La Jolla. In La Jolla we stopped for lunch at a place called the Crab Catcher and went down into the Sunny Jim Sea Cave underneath the Cave Store (name fits pretty well). Everything is very picturesque. So much so that I have tons of pictures to show you. 

After spending the day at different beaches, my bags were packed and I sadly boarded my plane back home. Here is a pro-tip for flying: never pick a seat in the last row. The seats do not recline the 2 inches that all the other ones do. Somewhat fortunately though, no one was sitting in the middle seat of my row so I was able to stretch out a little. I landed at 5:30 in the morning, more awake than I had expected, and then promptly when I got home, fell asleep. 

Hopefully I will be able to go back to San Diego in December if/when I start my Semester Abroad because the program I've applied to leaves from there. 

Talk to you later,

-Karin xx