Home at last!!

•      30 hours filled with taxi, 2 planes and a long long car ride finally brought us to our doorstep.  The trees are bare, the temps are cold, the sky is cloudy with bursts of rain or snow  but my house is cozy, comfy and smelling like home!  

     How awesome to see old friends, taste the most amazing food on earth and explore new cities!  One of my favorite restaurants in CC serves huge lamb legs.  I have thought about eating one for the past 2 years.  We walked from our hotel about 1 mile to the restaurant..the whole time I am praying it is still there!  To my joy, it was!  As I held the foot long leg in my hand and gnawed the delicious roasted lamb meat off the bone I kept saying, oh man, this is good...whoa, I love this!  Needless to say, we revisited the Mongolian restaurant on our last full day in country and I ate not 1, but 2 whole legs!! (Who knows the next time I will have the opportunity).

     In one city that has an awesome Russian market I bought a bunny scarf.  My dear friend Joy bought a matching one..so as we strolled the streets shopping, both attired in our long black coats, bunny scarfs and black hats I am sure we were mistaken for Russian women!  So fun!

     At a city by the sea an old lady had a tired looking misplaced camel.  For 5 yuan I was able to sit on it and have my picture taken.  I couldn't resist. So far I can say in my adventures abroad I have ridden on the back of a yak, rode an elephant, lifted by an elephants tusk as a chair and now sat on a camel!

     Many stories filled with trips on trains overnite, meeting old and new friends,eating countless true food, sleeping on rock hard beds, and walking a million miles  made for  3 weeks jam-packed full of adventure!  How blessed Donn and I feel to enjoy life to the max where ever we go!  Until next time and hopefully some more hours of sleep, I hope you all step out of your comfort zone and walk the path HE prepares for you each and every day!  Livin' the life...Dianne