Newark Museum

I found a little jewel in Newark, New Jersey, it is called the Newark Museum. I cannot believe that I had never been there before last year. They have the most amazing exhibits. Last year I found their Budist Temple exhibit. There is a true temple there, one that the DaliLama sanctified. It is beautiful. As Jay and I were talking about Christmas gifts for his dad and Rosie I suggested that we take them to the museum and then out to the Portuguese section in Newark. Rosie is from VietNam and is Budist. I thought it would be great to have Rosie share with us some of the things that are inportant to her and her faith. Althought the temple there is in Thailand style it is basically the same as Rosie's. I loved hearing about the many different things we saw in the temple and getting a better understanding of her beliefs. I am not sure how much anyone else enjoyed the visit ( I think I am the only museum person in that group) but I was thrilled. From the museum we headed to the Ironbound District in Newark and to a Portuguese restaurant. Jay's dad's family was from Portugal and we wanted to connect with his heritage too. We had a wonderful meal and I loved the conversation my father in law had with our waiter who was from Portugal. We were given lessons in pronunciation in Portuguese- we all had been mispronouncing the village Jay's grandfather was from. I cannot say how much we laughed through out the meal, I am so glad we did this. I am already planning our next visit, although I think the others will skip the museum part.