Thought I'd share an excerpt from a Christmas letter from some friends from Michigan days. Arland is at the Institute for Social Research. Their daughter Rebecca has finished a post-doc and joined the faculty at the U of M. Shirley wrote:
"Arland, Rebecca and I spent Christmas this year visiting the Shah's Palace in Tehran, Iran. Arland was invited there for a dissertation review. We were in Iran for about a week and were treated royally. We flew down to Yazd where the magi were said to have been from. We also saw Esfahan. Rebecca and I each wore scarves everyday and everywhere. The climate was quite mild so we were quite warm. When people discovered we were from America, it was like we were celebrities. Some wanted their picture taken with us, while others just wanted to talk. We had a wonderful experience there.
"We also spent a week in Nepal. Arland has a project there so we tagged along. Rebecca was my tour guide. This would be her fifth trip, and she knows the language. We loved seeing her communicate with the people. She was like a drop of honey. When we stopped to talk, people would come from down the road to listen or talk to her. It was amazing."
So I guess everyone around the world doesn't hate us after all!
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3 comments:
That's always good news.
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I'm very glad to hear it.
Same thing I heard at the middle east conference I went to last summer. They're also the ones that said that we didn't have enough oil in our country to make a difference worldwide. :)
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