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Apr 25

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China

Now this is a little embarrassing, but before I knew I was coming to China and started paying attention to things, I had no idea that the Great Wall of China was actually more than one wall, in more than one spot, and built in more than one period. I imagined just one great Wall, winding its way across the northern reaches of China, uniform in its architectural glory.

But no, this is not the case. Read more

Apr 23

The view from my hotel room this morning. Granted, the windows aren't sparkly clean....but just the same, this is pretty bad.

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Apr 23

Piles of old barrels and bands outside the cooperage.

Speyside Cooperage

The Speyside Cooperage is on most of the “must see” lists for the Speyside region. Since the cooperage was walking distance from our hotel and we arrived a bit early, we were able to walk over and tour the distillery the afternoon we arrived. Read more

Apr 23

We saw quite a few of these garden decorations/planters made of old casks and thought they were pretty awesome.

Craigellachie and Speyside

The final third of our trip is a visit to Speyside, an area of Scotland that is known for its whisky distilleries. Some of the best-known single malt makers are located in the Speyside region, including the Macallan, the Glenfiddich, and the Balvenie distilleries. Read more

Apr 22

Pretty yellow flowers that we saw everywhere.

The best and the worst

Although I was the primary photographer on our trip, I did occasionally hand the camera over to Eugene so that there would be a shot or two of me included in our photo albums.

Somehow Eugene managed to take the WORST EVER picture of me. And I mean worst ever. Read more

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