| Spend a day in eastern Orange County at two of the counties premier museums, time in Old Town Orange and enjoy lunch at an historic restaurant. At the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. You will take a docent-guided tour of the library and during your visit to the library, the School House to White House exhibit will be on display. The exhibit focuses on the early education of American Presidents from Herbert Hoover through George W. Bush. At the Bowers Museum, an opportunity to see the historic exhibition: Secrets of the Silk Road: The Mystery Mummies of China. This exhibition of 100 objects drawn from the rich collections of the Xinjiang Museum and the Xinjiang Institute of Archaeology reveals surprising details about the people who lived along the ancient Silk Road. For the first time ever, three of the more than 100 mummies found are being presented in the United States. An impressive array of objects are included in the exhibition to represent the full extent of the Silk Road, where lavish goods, technologies and ideas between East and West were adopted and exchanged. Prior, an optional lunch at PJ's Abbey or lunch on your own in Old Town Orange. The unique and charming PJ’s Abbey was originally a Gothic style Victorian Baptist Church built in 1891 and features the original stained glass windows and polished wood furnishings. Today the Abbey offers a unique dining experience in a quaint setting and a special charm from bygone days. Time at your leisure to explore Old Town Orange, featuring a number of antique shops and known as the “Antique Capital of Southern California." |