The children enjoyed eating at McDonald's several times while we were in Thailand - notice the culturally and politically correct stance of our friend Ronald :) Sawatdeekha!
We also enjoyed riding in the famous tuk-tuk taxis of Thailand. We occasionally feared for our lives, since not only do people drive on the opposite side of the road, but they completely disregard everything we were all taught in American driver's education. This driver happened to also be visually impaired, but we lived to tell about it!

A Mouthful of French Fries . . . . .
The most interesting thing we have eaten here in China so far has been jellyfish, but we topped that while we were on vacation. Albert ordered this lovely seafood dish that sounded so delicious on the menu we could barely read. When it came to the table, there were pieces of things in it that we eventually, after closely observing the tentacles and suction cups, identified as squid. Brooks and Albert closed in for the bites that they were determined to swallow. As they chewed, the girls all began to sing the song from "Mary Poppins" (A Spoonful of Sugar) but changing the words - "Just a mouthful of french fries makes the tentacles go down, the tentacles go down, the tentacles go down!" As if we weren't already a spectacle as the token Americans everywhere we go, now we were a song and comedy routine. What a memory that was!