{"id":334,"date":"2017-12-22T22:08:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T06:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/?p=334"},"modified":"2017-12-23T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T04:24:37","slug":"holiday-wrap-up-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Wrap-up 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pretty good year &#8212; as far as I remember.\u00a0 We were both under general anesthesia for part of the time;\u00a0 Alex at least got a new hip out of the deal.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0f3647;\" href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lobby2017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-337\" style=\"margin-top: 0.857143rem; margin-right: 1.71429rem; margin-bottom: 0.857143rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lobby2017-1024x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lobby2017-1024x167.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lobby2017-300x49.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lobby2017-768x126.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Lobby2017-624x102.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, we spent a portion of our summer first in Berlin, and then along the Rhine, bicycling part of the way.\u00a0 Accounts of that trip are available below, or by following the arrows at bottom left.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wrangler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-335\" src=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wrangler-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wrangler-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wrangler-768x970.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wrangler-811x1024.jpg 811w, https:\/\/mwenda.com\/teletype\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/wrangler-624x788.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a> To get in practice for traveling, I had flown to Lubbock for the 50th year reunion of my high school class.\u00a0 The old building, like many of us, has gotten bigger; the difference is, it&#8217;s looking a lot better than it did back in the &#8217;60s.<\/p>\n<p>Some <a href=\"http:\/\/mwenda.com\/creatures\/\">kayaking<\/a> occurred also.<\/p>\n<p>Fortified, we are again looking forward to new adventures.\u00a0 We have signed up for the Backroads\u00a0 bicycle trip to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.backroads.com\/trips\/BVII\/vietnam-cambodia-biking-tour\"> Vietnam and Cambodia<\/a> in February, and then plan to spend a few days in Hong Kong afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Season&#8217;s greetings to all, and a wish for a great new year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a pretty good year &#8212; as far as I remember.\u00a0 We were both under general anesthesia for part of the time;\u00a0 Alex at least got a new hip out of the deal. 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