I have a wishlist of museums I hope to visit. I got the chance a couple of months to mark some big ones off the list by visiting Paris(where else?) and was so overwhelmed at times with joy and excitement it actually brought tears to my eyes. Traveling is a big deal to me. In this world of -been there-done that -posted it on social media-it can seem like there's nothing left out there that is new for anyone. This is not true of course and that perception can be somewhat disheartening. And in reality less than 20% of the world's population ever gets on a plane(another disheartening fact). It is a privilege to travel and I don't think I am ever going to stop feeling that way. The more I do it the more I want to do it. Genuinely the more I want everyone to do it. It does on the whole seem to make us better people. Yes, there are exceptions to this rule but I have yet to take any trip that I didn't get something out of it. Learned something, experienced something. Big or small. Short or long. Everywhere has something to offer. I've written a few times about Kansas City here and here and this is one more post to encourage you to visit sometime because there was nothing that was more of a delightful surprise than visiting the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum.

I knew there was an art museum in KC, I just had no idea how lovely it truly is until I got there. It's also fairly sizable and I enjoyed my time here a great deal. It opened in 1933 and has somewhere around 30,000 pieces of art in it's collection. Some of the exhibits are set up as though you are entering temples and cloisters and that adds to the atmosphere. I was there when a big, dramatic storm was rolling in over the city as well. Being in a museum when it's raining is one of my favorite ways to spend a day(or night).