During my trip overseas in October, I…
(some picture highlights — click ‘more’ to read and see the rest)
Went from cool and pouring down rain to 110 degree heat to below freezing to back to 110 to just above freezing back to 110.
Stayed in the same hotel as David Beckham and the Real Madrid soccer team
Met a country’s president.
Ate dinner with my hands in a medieval cellar
Ate ..tummy soup” (tripe) in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere as a prevention for an inevitable hangover.
Did shots of the local version of vodka (but twice as strong), flaming shots, and local brandy.
Rode in a motorcade down the wrong way in rush hour traffic.
Flew over a former prince’s palace that is crumbling to the point it is un-repairable
Haggled with local merchants over Persian rugs, art, antiques and a bootleg copy of Season 3 of Nip/Tuck.