Crazy wind last night

Crazy wind last night. We have street signs down in our area.  Sadly we have had so much cloud cover lately that the solar battery on my weather station has dried up. We have rain and showers forecast every day but one for the next 10 days.   yuck.

Last night Columbus only received 0.40 inches of rain. phhhht  why even bother.
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Remember yesterday when I was trying to figure out how to get Brandon Moss into my fantasy teams line-up?  I decided to take a chance and sit Braun down thinking the Brewers would get rained out.  Well, the Brewers DID get rained out and Moss went 3-for-4 with a homer, a triple, two walks, two runs and five RBI's.

At the moment my team is 16-2.

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DJ and I are dreaming of a big vacation to Europe in a few years, a Rick Steves tour.  I really hated the idea of a "tour" but after looking at HIS tours we changed our minds as they are small groups on a huge bus.

ANYWAY - our hero is on a personal tour in Egypt and he is blogging about his adventure.  Rick, in his younger days was one of those dudes that traveled Europe in a van hippy-like and now as a grown-up he is sharing his adventures.

Here is a video he made of shopping in Cairo.

http://youtu.be/DYa0hj8ep8I


Best lines from hungry merchants.

“You’re breaking my heart.”
“How many camels for your woman?”
“Just look. No problem.”
“Can I sell you something you do not need?”
“No charge for looking.”
“Special price… 90 percent discount.”
“Come upstairs where we make things.”
“You are back! How can I take your money?”

I don't think I want to go to Egypt.

What we are finding interesting is that his tour tells you exactly how to travel on his trips as it is not for everyone.  All you get to bring is basically a back pack of stuff for 3 weeks.  Small local hotels normally in the middle of the cities you are visiting.  They say there is a good amount of walking.  Most tours keep you on the peripheral of the city but his tours you are in the heart so at night you can get out and see the REAL city, not the tourist city.

Enough of that though.

I need to get to work and apply to some art fairs today.

Cheers   
Rod