Posted in China on Aug 7th, 2009
You can’t help seeing all the news stories about China with its booming economy, increasing modernization and how it will probably be the next decade’s superpower. Still, it didn’t hit home until we arrived in Chengdu – this ain’t no podunk town. Besides the slick new airport, the city boasts tons of upscale shopping malls, [...]
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Posted in health, Italy on May 16th, 2009
Since the beauty of Tuscany’s rolling hills and ancient cities has been written about ad nauseum, we’ll just mention a few of our observations during our travels through Italy this time around. View at Picasa …With sick views…10-May-2009 17:02, OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. u1030SW,S1030SW , 5.0, 5.0mm, ’0.004′ sec, ISO 80 addHSSlideshow(‘group2′); Puffy pants – Fashion [...]
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Posted in London on Apr 24th, 2009
“This is the Piccadilly line to Cockfosters,” announced a women’s voice over the Tube loudspeaker. Being the immature idiots that we are, TD and I giggled every time. We had just landed in London and were taking the Underground from Heathrow airport to our friend Stephanie’s house. A quick tip – don’t take the overpriced [...]
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