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Armenia: Handmade carpets are big in
Armenia. These are displayed in the big open market
in Yerevan.
Armenia: Baking lavash. These days
lavash is available in American supermarkets. It's the
very thin wrap bread baked in large sheets folded up
and sold in square packages. Here's how it's baked in
Armenia: The very thin dough is stretched out over a
type of cushioned pad, and then slapped against the
side of a pit-oven that has a fire and ashes on the
bottom. It's very hot! The bread is baked in moments,
and there's nothing better than tasting it straight
out of the oven.
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Ghana, West Africa: Adventures come
in all sorts. We thoroughly enjoyed being part of a
British "pantomime" which is a humorous stage
play incorporating and mixing up pieces of old fairy
tales, nursery rhymes and so on, and then adding local
color. Audience participation is a must. In case you
didn't recognize the animal above, it's Daisy the Cow,
and I'm the front end and my husband is the back end.
We had to dance and sway while the audience sang, "Daisy,
Daisy, give me your answer do. I'm half crazy . . .
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Palestine: This is a view from our
living room window of our apartment in Ramallah. The
white stuff on the roof tops? Snow!
Holland, or rather The Netherlands:
When visiting my family in the small town of my birth,
I love walking around town on a Saturday morning. The
open market has wonderful stuff for sale: flowers, all
sorts of interesting cheeses, and excellent bakery goods.
The ambience is cheery with old fashioned songs being
played by the street organ. It's not just for tourists:
We all love it.
Ghana, West Africa: My favorite coconut
palm beach, empty most of the time except Saturday and
Sunday afternoons. We spent many hours here just lounging
around reading and drinking tropical drinks. Sometimes
we bestirred ourselves and played in the surf or went
on long walks. At night we'd eat grilled lobster and
shrimp, and had the beach to ourselves.
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