I've shared this one before - resident cat at a temple in Hanoi. Visitors to the temple had to step over the cat to enter the building which didn't bother him one bit. I'll bet 100's of people stepped over him that day.

Re: the snow in Newfoundland - they got 30 inches in 2 days, and that with almost 100 m.p.h. winds. People told to stay home. About 70 inches since just before Christmas. They often get the tail end of storms that come up the east coast - and sometimes tail ends can be unpleasant (even with dogs). We got some snow Fri and Sat, with some rain. Landlord hadn't ploughed the lane, I wondered whether more snow overnight would mean I couldn't get out. I put a snow shovel into the car before departure: better safe than sorry, Dad used to say. The undercarriage of the car dragged over the snow a bit as I came through a small drift just outside the door, and I doubt whether there was visible dragging as I came down the lane: will see when I go home (if before dark). See you later. ole joyful

jrb451, The picture of Taxco was taken in 2005, but I was also there in 2002 and in 1982 or 1981. I used to visit friends in Mexico City almost every year. Nicole, I did buy some silver there, but the ring I bought appears to be silver plate instead of sterling, and so it no longer looks silver. I think Guanajuato is a better place to buy silver (there are silver mines there), and it is a nicer and more interesting city. Taxco is not as nice as it was in the 1970s and early 80s. I try not to travel during Semana Santa in Mexico because everything is crowded. Once I took the train from Mexico City to Oaxaca during Semana Santa, and I could only get a Primera ticket and therefore was not guaranteed a seat and had to sit on my suitcase in the aisle. I think this was in 1983 when they still had good passenger trains in Mexico with sleeping compartments. Anyway, I must have made a big of a scene trying to find a place to sit or a way to upgrade my ticket but finally resigned myself to sitting on my suitcase. Then someone came to me from Primera Especial (where seats are assigned) and told me that two couples had upgraded to a large dormitorio, and so there were now seats in Primera Especial. So I got to upgrade my ticket and sit in a seat by the time the train left Mexico City, which was nice. The person I sat next to (who had told me about the opening) was from Oaxaca, and I had a nice conversation with him, but he told me that I spoke Spanish too quickly and asked me to slow down - he may have been Zapotec. I guess I had gotten overly excited. I spent so much time in Mexico City that I also developed a Mexico City accent and used the latest Mexico City slang, which people in Los Angeles thought made me sound like a Mexico City snob. My brother went with me to Taxco in 2005 and took some good videos, which he put on DVD, but he never uploaded them to YouTube.

caflowerluver, I was 19 and husband was 24. We had a 3 day wedding. Friday small ceremony and reception in the city I was born in, Saturday large reception and dance in the town near to where my husband grew up and then another big reception and gift opening on Sunday at his parents house. None of it was my planning but it was very important to his family who loves to party (Ukrainian) My poor born in England mother was a little overwhelmed by it all. 😁 My dad just went with the flow. My husband’s family planned it for the end of August as it wouldn’t interfere with harvest.🙄 My husband and I just told everyone to let us know where and when to be at these places and we’d be there. It‘s worked out wonderfully so far.