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Summer Heat and Exotic Curry

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It has been hot and humid. We usually get some breaks in the heat and humidity in the summer. Not this year. The relativity humidity barely edged below 60% in the last month. We don't get dew on the lawns. We got heat instead. I think the heat and humidity is why I got a summer cold. I am mostly resting this weekend. One of the things we do when we travel is get flavorings and spices. We broke into some curry this past week that we obtained in a market in Turkmenistan last year. It was good. It was made in Russia and distributed out of Belarus. They translated into Kazakh and Armenian. I liked the taste and the label.
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I am back from an extended business trip in China, Australia and Italy. It was a lot of miles, cultures and experiences. It was around the world and three hemispheres. It was over 30,000 air miles in 19 days and 9 cities in 6 countries ATL-SEA-PVG-HRB-PVG-MEL-DXB-BLQ-AMS-ATL Highlights include: A Restaurant that reminded me of a Pet Shop. Worlds Fastest train (we clocked 430kph (267 MPH)). Plane ride from Shanghai to Melbourne Australia. Tram in Melbourne. Plane route avoiding airspace in Iraq and Syria, but over Iran -(extra hour at least). Dinner in Harbin. Winter Ice festival in Harbin China -(Cold). Downtown Harbin. Melbourne. Bells Beach Victoria AUS. Kangaroos in the wild on a Golf Course. Adriatic sea in Riccione Italy.