Artistic idle time for Stella

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As the other three delighted to another performance by those chinese acrobats we saw yesterday, Stella dug into a book purchased along our walk. She and I shared in our disinterest in watching some guy balance on a teeter-totter while kicking bowls into a stack on his head. Now, if they could show a guy juggling a business, four kids and a personal life and do it with style–THAT I'd pay money to see. 

Awe inspiring even in re-creation

(Lucky Grammy got to see the real ones.)

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Just so you know: every picture you're seeing on this blog was taken with the camera in my iPhone. This one way taken under very low light and came out great. These characters are an exact duplicate of the ones Grammy saw on her trip to China. Stunning, even in a scaled reproduction. John says there are many more such figures still being excavated now on the same site. 

Greetings from Wal-Mar…. er, China

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Doesn't everyone look like they're having FUN? It's about 3:30PM and we are all running on fumes. A few more countries and we can eat. It's not that the experience isn't fun and entertaining. It's more a matter of our input buffers have overloaded and stuff is bouncing off our brains. 

Greetings from Germany

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Ah, what's not to like about Germany? Kate said it looks fake. I assured her it is. But, I told her Germany isn't much different; very neat, clean and orderly. That anal-retentive nature, I told her, is how they almost ruled the world. 

Always a party in Italy

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Look deep into this picture on the middle right. See those two kids watching this street performer? John and Stella are positioned with hopes of getting called upon to participate. (Sorry, no such luck.) Even so, it was amazing to watch this guy perform.