Trip to NYC Part 4: Staton Island: Scholar Garden

For out FINAL stop, we went to Staton Island, to a Chinese scholar garden. It was absolutely a must see! Upon entering the garden, there was a bamboo tunnel. It was so cool I had to tape it:









                                                This is the outside of the scholar garden. It had fish in a pond, that the Japanese call "Koi" but the Chinese call "knowing fish" they fallowed us all around the garden, hoping for food. See them down there? Aren't they cute?

In the inside. there was a whole other side of the pond, and a room like so - where the scholars would meet and gather around to discuss. Or where the scholar of the garden would go to be in quiet to work. The design is beautiful no? We went inside, but the outside is by far the only pretty part of it. Otl. Then there was this amazing mosaic outside, it was made of so many things I could not imagine a mosaic could have: the white parts are made of a rice bowl, the green and dark brown (black) parts are made of beer bottles, and the redish brick colored parts are actually made from bricks. It's a beautiful mosaic of a crane in a garden. Some angry lady smashed part of it. Shame on her. for ruining such pretty art!

After this garden, all we did, was go home... I slept. And then got a call from Sam Pettinati... that was strange. Oh well :) We got back around 6:30. I was so tired, I fell asleep doing homework!