El Chico

On Tuesday my Mom dragged me and my sistersto a museum. It was only a 5-10 minute walk from our new apartment and upon arriving Maddie realized she had lost her coat. Maddie and I headed back to see if we could find where she might have lost it. We went a third of the way back and decided it was gone. The museum had a big park with swings and pyramid merry go rounds and lots ofgardens andfountains.We decided to check out the park section of the museum after the part inside, but unfortunately the museum was closed during the one hour we were there. Mom and Maddie decided they would further investigate Maddie's missing coat and backtracked all the way to the apartment. Elena and I stayed to explore the park, only a minute later a man,with a few little boys trailing behind, came up to me and asked if I would like to play soccer. I said yes, and even though it took a while, I convincedElena to play as well. He told us how he came there often to play with the little kids. As it turned out he worked at the U.S. Embassy, what a coincidence! We played for awhile until Maddie and Mom finally returned empty handed. The museum had now opened and we went to that next. The museum as it turned out was just an old house which had been owned by a Spanish conquistador then when the last owner had no kids, donated it and its grounds to the city. A guide led us through the house which was filled with ornate furniture from around the world. Many parts of the housewere closed either permanently or for touch-ups.The museum which mom had planned to take the whole day ended in ten minutes. We went to check out the grounds and messed around on the merry-go-round and theteeter-toters before headingback to the apartment.Mom will undoubtedly return when more of the house/museum is opened.