General Studies Lounge - ARCHIVE 2006-2011

On Saturday, October 27th, Allen Settle and Jessica Collins went back in time to the Middle Ages. We spent the day in the Cloisters, a magnificent museum right in Manhattan which uniquely reproduces the architecture and design of the Romanesque, Gothic, and High Gothic. We saw the beautiful unicorn tapestries (Jessica was saddened - "the poor unicorn!") and relished in the ornate treasures of the Treasury (located in the basement of the Cloisters). We saw medieval playing cards, tapestries, furniture, sarcophagi, and hundreds of relics and artifacts. Furthermore, we were able to pretend, for a few hours, that we were living 600 hundred or more years ago - the rain that poured throughout the day only added to the experience. We met fellow pilgrims, including a woman from Zurich who took these pictures. We plan on returning soon. Hopefully some more GS students will want to accompany us in our time travelling?

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