A quick aside to China

Hi, Everyone,

Again, I thought I’d just post some media today. The reason for that is that my next posting is going to deal with yet another glitch that got in the way of our building the Casita. Specifically, it was a certain disease that came out of Wuhan, China. You know the one I mean.

But, I thought it was kind of sad that I only write about China, which is a lovely country, in terms of a plague. So, I thought, instead, I’d post some photos from our trip there in 2017. We had been invited to our friends Sri’s and Yihang’s wedding. (Actually, there were two weddings, one in China for Yihang’s family, and one in India, for Sri’s. We ended up at the China one.)

Anyway, we saw Beijing, toured about a bit, visited the Great Wall, and went to the wedding itself in the lovely city of Puyang.

So, without further ado, here are some of our tourist shots:

First, Tiananmen Square. (Yes, that Tiananmen. We were cautioned against talking too loudly about events there.) Second, the Palace Museum (a.k.a. the Forbidden City). Third, no kidding, this was at one of the restrooms at the Museum. It was, we were informed, a four-star toilet.

Fourth, the bride and groom. Fifth, Martha at the wedding. Sixth, this little boy was determined to come say hello to us. He was adorable, and he knew the English word “Hi.”

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