… last Sunday at the Da Vinci Machines exhibition. The exhibition is currently being held at the Canterbury Museum until the end of October.

I have to say, for someone who died almost half a century ago, he seemed to be in extremely good spirit. Rather than explaining his inventions, he talked more about his life and what inspired him. There seemed to be quite a bit of rivalry going on between him and Michelangelo.

It amazes me how Leonardo managed to come up with some of the things he did considering his disadvantaged background. His works covered a range of fields including flight, military, mechanics, hydraulics, optics, and art.

Also, do you realise that da Vinci simply means of Vinci? Vinci, a town in the Italian region of Tuscany, is where Leonardo was born. He did not have a surname in the modern sense. I now find it a bit strange when people refers to him as just da Vinci.

If you too would like to meet Leonardo da Vinci, you have one last opportunity this weekend. Check out the Canterbury Museum website for the exact time of the tours. The admission fee for the exhibition is NZD 12 per adult. There is no additional charge to meet Leonardo da Vinci.