Good morning, Vagabonds. @Florchi, I got to Ft Lauderdale yesterday for the Turkish festival and enjoyed it. Fortunately, a friend drove me to Aventura, where I got the No. 1 Broward bus – that saved me a lot of time as the Miami-Dade County No. 3 bus is a loong route. The No. 1 bus also took a long time – I never realized that Downtown Ft Lauderdale is very far north of Ft Lauderdale Airport. My stop was only a short walk from the festival, but I was disapointed that I didn’t see the flowers that Las Olas Blvd. is famous for.
Aside from the music and the freebies (I got a Koran in English – I will try to read it again, I didn’t understand it when I read it the 1st time) and also the eye to ward off the the evil eye as well as some CDs or DVDs about Turkey – I met a Kirghiz couple who had just come to the US 2 months ago. I knew he was Kirghiz because of the distinctive fur hat he was wearing – I sent the photo to those Vagabonds whose emails I have and I will need help in putting the photos on my Facebook. but the photo of the Kirghiz couple I shouldn’t put on my Facebook for the sake of the Kirghiz’s privacy.
Since they couldn’t speak English and I can’t speak Russian, I made my Turkish sound like Kirghiz and was able to communicate with them.
Then a member of the Mevlana (the whirling dervishes) did a dance which I photographed. I was fortunate to meet a Peruvian family who spoke Quechua (I love all these rarely-spoken languages and feel badly that they are dying) who live near me and drove me home – a good thing because I would’ve been too tired to go home by bus – I was tired anyway.
Arye, it sounds like you had a wonderful time. Sometimes I think you can make an adventure out of almost any situation (kind of like Slim in his younger days).
We took a long drive out to Pahrump today. Had a very enjoyable day together and won $600 in the casino out there. Woo Hoo!
We got another inch of snow overnight. Got down to 16 during the night, and is all the way up to 20 right now. BRRRRRRRRRRR!! Oh well, for the last 2 weeks we had 50’s and 60’s, so we bundle up again. :))
Tanks for the pictures, Arye. Glad you had such a great time at the festival.
Good afternoon Vagabonds..I’ve been tring to change my avitar but it won’t do it for me. I was tring to post the for cast for the week for northern VT, or the possable snow depth for the state..Supper has been called so i’ll try later..ttfn
@Montana LadyThank you for the birthday wishes. I don’t feel any older. We are getting ready to go out to eat in a short while then come home to await the storm hat is supposed to start this evening. They don’t know whether we will have 4 to 8 inches or some snow turning to rain. We will just have to see what develops.
Has anyone else gotten that disgusting ad with the full frontal, nothing left to the imagination photo here on GoComics? It’s labeled “better than Craig’s list” and flickers back & forth between the front & rear photos. I am so upset about it I am about ready to drop GoComics. The only thing keeping me here is you guys.
arye uygur about 11 years ago
Good morning, Vagabonds. @Florchi, I got to Ft Lauderdale yesterday for the Turkish festival and enjoyed it. Fortunately, a friend drove me to Aventura, where I got the No. 1 Broward bus – that saved me a lot of time as the Miami-Dade County No. 3 bus is a loong route. The No. 1 bus also took a long time – I never realized that Downtown Ft Lauderdale is very far north of Ft Lauderdale Airport. My stop was only a short walk from the festival, but I was disapointed that I didn’t see the flowers that Las Olas Blvd. is famous for.
Aside from the music and the freebies (I got a Koran in English – I will try to read it again, I didn’t understand it when I read it the 1st time) and also the eye to ward off the the evil eye as well as some CDs or DVDs about Turkey – I met a Kirghiz couple who had just come to the US 2 months ago. I knew he was Kirghiz because of the distinctive fur hat he was wearing – I sent the photo to those Vagabonds whose emails I have and I will need help in putting the photos on my Facebook. but the photo of the Kirghiz couple I shouldn’t put on my Facebook for the sake of the Kirghiz’s privacy.
Since they couldn’t speak English and I can’t speak Russian, I made my Turkish sound like Kirghiz and was able to communicate with them.
Then a member of the Mevlana (the whirling dervishes) did a dance which I photographed. I was fortunate to meet a Peruvian family who spoke Quechua (I love all these rarely-spoken languages and feel badly that they are dying) who live near me and drove me home – a good thing because I would’ve been too tired to go home by bus – I was tired anyway.
JanLC about 11 years ago
Good morning, Vagabonds.
Arye, it sounds like you had a wonderful time. Sometimes I think you can make an adventure out of almost any situation (kind of like Slim in his younger days).
We took a long drive out to Pahrump today. Had a very enjoyable day together and won $600 in the casino out there. Woo Hoo!
shirttailslim about 11 years ago
Good morning, Vagabonds>>>Always pays to win in the casino, Jan.
davidf42 about 11 years ago
Morning, Village.Anybody else watching the Bible on TV? It’s really a great presentation.
MontanaLady about 11 years ago
Good Morning, Vagabonds,
We got another inch of snow overnight. Got down to 16 during the night, and is all the way up to 20 right now. BRRRRRRRRRRR!! Oh well, for the last 2 weeks we had 50’s and 60’s, so we bundle up again. :))
Tanks for the pictures, Arye. Glad you had such a great time at the festival.
MontanaLady about 11 years ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOODWORKER 318
arye uygur about 11 years ago
@FLORCH: But what happened to the Jaca…(sp?) flowers I liked so much?
SWEETBILL about 11 years ago
GOOD AFTERNOON YA’LL
@Jan, CASINO- way to go GIRL
arye uygur about 11 years ago
@FLORCHI: But I didn’t see any blossoms on the trees while I walked on las Olas Street.
Dkram about 11 years ago
Good afternoon Vagabonds..I’ve been tring to change my avitar but it won’t do it for me. I was tring to post the for cast for the week for northern VT, or the possable snow depth for the state..Supper has been called so i’ll try later..ttfn
woodworker318 about 11 years ago
@Montana LadyThank you for the birthday wishes. I don’t feel any older. We are getting ready to go out to eat in a short while then come home to await the storm hat is supposed to start this evening. They don’t know whether we will have 4 to 8 inches or some snow turning to rain. We will just have to see what develops.
JanLC about 11 years ago
Has anyone else gotten that disgusting ad with the full frontal, nothing left to the imagination photo here on GoComics? It’s labeled “better than Craig’s list” and flickers back & forth between the front & rear photos. I am so upset about it I am about ready to drop GoComics. The only thing keeping me here is you guys.