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June 21st 2011
Published: June 23rd 2011
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6/21, Tuesday—pictures updated! Well, that was a good night’s sleep! Good thing, too—today we hear from a Peking University lecturer, go to the Summer Palace, the Sackler Museum at Peking University, and end the evening at a show of Chinese Acrobats! LIU, Jiang joined us from Peking University to tell us about his research into the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and how they governed through the... Read Full Entry



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This started for us to blog about India in 2008 and has been used several times since. Sue went to China in 2011 and helped the girls move around the Southeast in 2012. We'll keep using it to capture pictures and travels! Then: Ireland and the Isle of Man, summer 2017, bicycling in NYC with Road Scholars in Sept 2018, the Panama Canal, again with Road Scholars, March 2019! Then: Since we survived Covid-19 and Mike’s lymphoma, and Sue retired, we returned to Ireland and the Isle of Man in April/May 2023! For our 50th New Year's Eve together, we went to another Road Scholars program, New ... full info
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stand of bamboostand of bamboo
stand of bamboo
from the Hall of the Orioles
CloisonneeCloisonnee
Cloisonnee
exhibit
Marble BoatMarble Boat
Marble Boat
the emperor's party boat--only the bottom is marble; upper part is wood; of course, it goes no where
Lake BoatsLake Boats
Lake Boats
views from the boat rideviews from the boat ride
views from the boat ride
from the boatfrom the boat
from the boat
Our leaderOur leader
Our leader
still on the boatstill on the boat
still on the boat
the templethe temple
the temple
me! on the boatme! on the boat
me! on the boat
temple and hillsidetemple and hillside
temple and hillside
Longevity Hill
17 arch bridge17 arch bridge
17 arch bridge
our boatour boat
our boat
harvesting pearlsharvesting pearls
harvesting pearls
they had us guesstimate how many pearls in a shell
harvestingharvesting
harvesting
this was our first exposure to the demonstrate then sell formula which worked nicely.
cleaning out the shell membranescleaning out the shell membranes
cleaning out the shell membranes
She was a sales person!She was a sales person!
She was a sales person!
Worth their time to work to improve their English--they get to work out front, not in the back with the oysters
pearls!pearls!
pearls!
20+ pearls
PondPond
Pond
the demonstration pond
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0621196Prl7
pics from the buspics from the bus
pics from the bus
of traffic



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