"There's Mr. Lewis"

July 4 - After a fairly easy 12 hour flight we find ourselves in Tai Pei on a five hour layover.  This is an exceptional airport with many of the waiting areas decorated with a theme (i.e. Hello Kitty Waiting Area, a salute to the post office, green area,  relaxation, well you get the hint). Walking around, suddenly I heard a student call out , “There's Mr. Lewis”, low and behold one of our Marshall/Creekside families passing through Tai Pei on their way to Vietnam. It's one thing to see CV families in Vegas, but we are on the other side of the world and in the Southern Hemisphere.  It is kinda nice to have established a minor bit of small town celebrity.  International travel really shows we are intricately connected and our degrees of separation are minimal.  

En route to the airport, red eye to Bali!  One of us not quite awake.  

Tai Pei Airport, the Relaxation Station!  

Tai Pei realness.

Somebody's about to get cut! 

Hello Kitty everywhere!

So, I'm guessing we are going to be terrible Patriots and not really celebrate the 4th of July this year.  No flip flop wearing husky Americans with red, white and blue NASCAR T-shirts in the Tai Pei airport proclaiming "God bless 'Merica".   I guess red necks of that ilk are currently a little pissed at America (Thanks Obama) and are currently hunkered down in their bunkers polishing their shot guns for the upcoming revolution. I’s been a tough few weeks for our more conservative friends in America. 

Only one small travel snafu to date, Di Drew from Australia was supposed to be flying in this AM arriving before us but Jetstar cancelled flights due to a little volcanic eruption somewhere in Sumatra.  So, she will be joining us on Monday instead.   Why we weren't cancelled I feel is a question best left unanswered, regardless Jetstar has resumed flights so I'm guessing all is just fine!