Lhasa Day Three
Well, my camera broke yesterday. Luckily, we had a spare, pocket camera.. until that broke too. I don't know what is going on. Perhaps the altitude? Neither was dropped or anything.. worked and then didn't.Anyhow, I did get a lot of great pictures…
Lhasa Day 2
We made the rounds today. Visited Potala Palace, highest and largest palace in the world in the morning, then the Bokhur Market, filled with pilgrims circling the city and the Jokhur Temple.. the holiest of holy spots for Tibetan Buddhism. In…
Made it to Lhasa
We are in Lhasa, chilling now at the Himalaya Hotel. Lo and behold, they have internet access pathetically, the first thing I did was check if the Steelers won and read up n the game. It is an illness.We basically just pulled in from the airport…
Lhasa, Here we come
B and I go to Lhasa, Tibet tomorrow morning for four days. We will be bcak late Monday night. Kids are staying at different friends. Our last great travel adventure for now. Details to follow, eventually.
This is for Stamper Lumber
No words. But DK, this is for you.
In the Kitchen
Hou ayi shows Jacob how to roll out cookies.I am going to really miss her and not just her fantastic food. She is a great person in addition to being a great cook and wonderful employee. She made us this huge needlepoint as a going-away present.…
Great article about China
I generally really like James Fallows' work a lot. He is very sensible, writes cleanly and clearly -- and we share most of the same opinions. This is very convenient. Latest point in hand is this story about how and why China has such a hard…
We Are the Champions…
We had our bi annual mixed gender 3 v 3 hockey tournament on Sunday night and Team Grace, featuring yours truly won the whole thing in stirring fashion. I am leaving my hockey career in a blaze of glory, including a two-goal game and overall…
Starting to wrap things up
We’re still taking it one day at a time but we can count how many weekends we have left on one hand now and it all feels a bit surreal.It’s weird because obviously when we came here we knew it wasn’t permanent and we don’t want it to…
Friends
We came a long way to become dear friends with a guy from flint, but it was worth it. We have had Sunday brunch/lunch with the Kronick Family almost every day for to years, following Sunday School. Just great family friends. Samuel has been…