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23 July 2014 – We had …what?….about 48 hours on the ground in China before we turned around and went right back to Beijing to jump on yet another plane….this time we're bound for the USA!  While I LOVE flying I just can't believe we're going to get on another super long flight.  Guess what…

19 July 2014 – Here's to our glorious last morning in the Pilanesberg area.  We're heading back to Debbie and Croydon's house today and early tomorrow morning we're flying back to Beijing.  Has it seriously been two weeks already?  Wow!  I'm so sad that we have to leave… This is one of the other kinds…

18 July 2014 – One glorious sunrise: Croydon's dad also enjoying the morning: Walking to breakfast: Yummy breakfast!!! The beautiful sunshine: The kids enjoying breakfast: On the road….we're heading to Pilanesberg National Park: We're here!   Once we entered through the gate= Time to Keep Your Eyes Wide Open!  There could be animals…anywhere.  And everywhere.…

17 July 2014- Today we're packing up from our friend's house and heading toward Pilanesberg.  You'll just have to wait and see what's in Pilanesberg!!!! Here's Debbie's lovely welcoming garden (she's a big time gardener): On the way out we stopped at a post office to mail post cards and a meat shop to pick…

16 July 2014- We're heading back to Jo-burg today but we still have a few hours in Cape Town to check out another site.   Several people recommended that we go check out the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens….well….why the heck not???  Let's go! Before we go here's one last look at Table Mountain- as seen…

15 July 2014- Yep…it's been SEVERAL months since we took our trip to South Africa trip but I am DETERMINED to finish posting photos from this trip.   ******************************************** Today we're heading out to Robben Island – the island is home to the famous prison where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for nearly two decades.  …

16 November 2014 – Good morning!  We got to sleep in this morning- wow!  What a luxury!   We discovered at the breakfast bar that you can order foods, such as won ton soup.  Yummy!!!! The pandas we saw yesterday were the real reason we came to Chengdu.  However, we do know there are other…

15 November 2014 – We hopped on a plane late Friday night – out of the new Tianjin airport terminal. ***Wow!  It's nice, big, and has everything I could ever want… like Starbucks. Yes, I'm laughing out loud at myself. Whoever thought that Starbucks would be The Thing that elicits gasps of joy when I…

8 September 2014-  Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! We've learned that mooncakes are part of the tradition that goes along with this Chinese holiday.   We've tried purchasing and eating mooncakes in the past.  Some were good…some were edible …but many were just down right awful (sorry, I just don't find cakes filled with fish paste to…

16 August – Mark and Annika had been discussing building a forge.  He thought it would have to wait until we moved to a more permanent location. Until he realized he could build a small one in our back yard- right here, right now! With the assistance of our Chinese friends and our driver we…