CRISTINA BEAN & THE MET: THE ROMANIC CLOISTERS

The Beans arriving to the Metropolitan Museum

When Jordi Bean chose The USA to go at Christmas holiday, The Grandma asked for every member of the family about their preferences in this journey.  

Cristina Bean confessed she wanted to visit the Metropolitan Museum in New York City and today, her dream has come true. The Grandma is also very happy with this visit because she was very interested, as a good Andorran woman, in the MET Romanic cloisters. She also wanted to see some Salvador Dalí's works which are exposed in this magnificent museum.

More information: The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York

The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, colloquially the Met, is the largest art museum in the United States. With 7.06 million visitors in 2016, it was the second most visited art museum in the world, and the fifth most visited museum of any kind. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among seventeen curatorial departments. The main building, on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is by area one of the world's largest art galleries. A much smaller second location, The Cloisters at Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan, contains an extensive collection of art, architecture, and artifacts from Medieval Europe. 

Cristina Bean in front of The Temple of Dendur

On March 18, 2016, the museum opened the Met Breuer museum at Madison Avenue in the Upper East Side; it extends the museum's modern and contemporary art program.

The permanent collection consists of works of art from classical antiquity and ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European masters, and an extensive collection of American and modern art. 

The Met maintains extensive holdings of African, Asian, Oceanian, Byzantine, and Islamic art. The museum is home to encyclopedic collections of musical instruments, costumes and accessories, as well as antique weapons and armor from around the world. Several notable interiors, ranging from first-century Rome through modern American design, are installed in its galleries.

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 for the purposes of opening a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. It opened on February 20, 1872, and was originally located at 681 Fifth Avenue.

A great day in New York would be to wake up, get a cup of coffee and head up to Central Park for a nice walk. 

Then I'd go down to the East Village and stroll around. 

After that, maybe I'd go check out a museum or catch an indie film at the Angelika. 

Emmanuelle Chriqui

PREPARING THE JOURNEY TO THE USA

Paqui & Yasmina Bean's packing list

Today, The Beans have talked about the Imperative and how to convert Infinitives to Nouns. They have also studied which is the correct order of the adjectives in English.

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The Grandma continues with her huge cold and although she's trying to keep her voice alive, sometimes it has been difficult to explain some new things. These kind of things are very usual where you are 92 but she has explained an interesting story about the game of  the goose.

More information: Order of Adjectives

Jordi Bean chose to travel to the USA and all the family will go with him. This is the reason because they have been working with the vocabulary of travels.

Moreover, the family has been writing their letters to Santa Claus. Xmas is coming to town and they are ready to welcome him with all the honours.

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Finally, the family have played with Who is Who and Scattergories and they have discussed if king is a job, a profession or nothing.

Roll of the dice, family!

Santa Claus has the right idea: visit people only once a year. 

Victor Borge