Learning Journal #1

In a global view, I really enjoyed this visit! As someone who likes History, I found it very interesting what we saw and learnt (that was plenty). For that reason I'm not able to highlight precise moments.
I discovered a new face of History; through art we can learn more than we think and expect. During that hour, I think (time flew), we had contact with so many different countries, perspectives, cultures, that actually gave the sensation of traveling through the globe, just like we, Portuguese, did in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
For me, the guide was an excellent teacher; I don't think I could say so many things about the people just by looking at a painting on my own! And in a really simple way, making it clear to everyone. Probably, this visit would have been really different if we had gone our own.
Now that I think of it, the whole exhibition was so well organized and placed!... I had that notion at the time, but now, while remembering so many things, it slipped my memory. Because we visited the different rooms following the Portuguese itinerary. To understand the History and how everything happened, the developments and consequences, it was helpful.
Besides the exhibition, I must say, the garden is really very pleasant. It's always good to discover new places, just to spend some time, enjoying the view of the river Tejo.
So, in conclusion, it was a splendid morning. Traveling around the world, through centuries, getting to know beatiful works of art and true pieces of History, testemonies of a time when our country was an exemple for all the others who tried equally to discover a new world!