So yesterday our entire program took a little trip to the University's museum, and let's just say that it was ....interestinggg. The museum had some really cool old hand written medieval books and some awesome old scientific instruments used by the University's professors in the 16th and 17th centuries. But then we ventured into the medical section (Università di Bologna has a highly respected and well established Medical School) of the museum and I have never seen so many vagina's in my whole life. Of course the vaginas were made of wax, but there was an entire room dedicated to l'arte of delivering children in the "olden days", as well as wax sculptures of like 50 fetuses in the womb in different positions. I have kind of an issue with wax figures because they're WAY too much like dolls, so naturally I was uncomfortable for almost the entirety of the medical section, even though I found it extremely interesting. Going to the museum, however, made me realize how long of a history this University has, and how many great minds have walked the halls I'm about to walk on a daily basis (Machiavelli and Dante, nbd). I'm excited to become part to it's 923 year long history of higher education. This was one of the best decisions I think I've ever made. :) A dopo.
A build your own vagina kit? Not really sure what's going on here...
And of course, in true italian fashion, a room containing wax figures of fetuses, vaginas and very scary looking medical tools has beautiful hand painted frescoes and a perfectly ornate ceiling to accompany it.
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