Awake: 6:25am Temp 61 sleep 6+14 cloudy overnight @ San Felipe, TX.
Before breakfast, Kathy & I walk the campground again for (1) hr of exercise.
About 10:45am, the (4) of us ride to the town of Katy again; this time to see a miniature version of China’s Forbidden City of Beijing & the life size version of the Terra-Cotta Army plus thousands of intricate detailed miniatures of the palaces & their occupants and more of the Terra-Cotta soldiers.
The young girl tour guide did a great job of taking our group of 50 around to the various areas; explaining how life was during the Qin Dynasty period in the Forbidden City & the country side. We asked her who was behind this project. She explained that a real-estate tycoon from Hong Kong moved his family to Houston yrs ago---enrolled his kids in school & then found out: these people in Houston know very little about China & our history. So he purchased 40 acres of land west of the city & had this miniature attraction built. It was a good review for Kathy & me as we had some wonderful tours of Beijing with our Chinese friends for 10 days during the late 1990’s. However, it was a first for us regarding the Terra–Cotta soldiers since we have not been to that area of China yet.
6:00 Dinner: Kathy’s homemade crab cakes, mixed salad & Artisan bread. Grace brings broccoli with melted cheese.
A late call from Nick; he’s leaving for Russian @ 6:00am Saturday & wanted to chat with us before leaving the country. “This visit will be different” he says. “The last time I was a colleague, this time I am the boss.” Nick also mentioned that he & Eriko are casually beginning to look @ bigger condos.
The late movie: “Take the Money & Run” with Woody Allen, Janet Margolin, Marcel Hillaire, Jacquelyn Hyde: narrator, etc. This is Woody’s 1st film as director/writer/star. It is full of funny ideas, story telling documentary-style…..of a compulsive thief. Nonstop parade of jokes; some work, some don’t. 1969. If you’re a Woody Allen fan, you’ll enjoy this one. If your not (like Kathy) you might enjoy it anyway, as she did..
High temp=67 Lights out: 12:47am
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