one of the best i ever had:

he took a bunch of us to the "public library". it was not a regular library, it wasn't just for books (though there were a few). it was more like a museum, or a park, it was a repository for knowledge on subjects, mostly cultural things. it was laid out like a park, some rooms were big and vaulted, with cubbyholes in the walls, tagged by subject. sometimes, you'd walk through a tunnel into an open air area, with more stuff. it had a room about music, and i found a hank williams section and you could look at all of his cds, articles about him, photos, letters, and important objects.

i couldn't believe i didn't know about this place, as it was about the most fascinating and wonerful place i'd ever been. people dressed up to go there on fancy tours, but you didn't have to dress up. i was sure you could go in there for hours and days and still never see the end of all the stuff.

at the end of our tour, we all sat in a little greenhouse and were served a wonderful meal as someone came and showed us a few cool facts we might have missed. he put tiny little studded pins into his collar, and told us how old they were and where they were from. they cost 20 thousand dollars each.

i decided to take my sister there for her birthday.

on the way home, we took a little fancy carriage thing.