Today we headed to a park in more north of the city that had a labyrinth in it. All the credit goes to Erin for finding this place (she had a recommendation from one of her professors). It was only 2 euro to get in, and consisted of a beautiful palace, fountains, paths surrounded by trees, plants, bushes, flowers, statues and of course the labyrinth! So myself, Liz, Rachel, Erin and Matt went on an adventure to complete the labyrinth and take a walk through the grounds of the park.
It was the perfect day! Sunny, only a couple clouds, and not too "cold" out (it was about 10C today). We walked around the grounds following paths until we found the labyrinth. We actually started from the wrong side of the labyrinth, but it all worked out the same. Apparently they only allow 750 people in a day maximum to keep the quality of the park and labyrinth in tact. Fortunately it's not a very touristy place and there were very few people there, it was so nice and relaxing to go to a place that is hounded by tourists! The labyrinth was made of really tall green bushes that had a dirt trail. You began at one end and had to find the middle which had a statue of Eros, the god of love, in the middle. Then you had to work back to find your way out again. Apparently a labyrinth is different from a maze, says Erin, because a Labyrinth is for a spiritual quest and finding yourself, where a maze is something you get yourself lost in. Myself, Matt and Erin actually did the Labyrinth twice, because we wanted to do it from the original entrance, since the first time we did it we actually entered from the back part. Matt took a video of using doing the labyrinth the second time and it took us 14 minutes to complete. Erin also gave us a good piece of advice if you should ever find yourself lost in a labyrinth/maze.... hold out your left hand to the wall and follow it only turning left, even if you get to a dead end just follow the wall around back and continue walking, this will eventually lead you out of the maze!
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