Caught my eye as well Dan... On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Rick and Alan. > > What interested me was the McDonald's logo. Wherever I travel, I am > unable to escape their evil influence. OTOH, I always advise > travelers to look for the McDonald's when they first arrive in a > strange city. Without fail, it is located in the middle of the major > attractions, and it is a reliable source for clean, warm and free > toilet facilities, as well as large doses of decent, if not excellent, > coffee. In Paris, my wife and I had lunch at a famous left bank cafe. > They featured 20 varieties of ham and cheese sandwiches and 2 ounce > servings of coffee. When we asked about the rest rooms, we discovered > there was only one, in the basement, with only a porcelain ring on the > floor. We quickly fled to McDonald's, with its very comfortable > bathrooms and 20 ounce cups of hot black coffee. > > Shortly after arriving in Beijing, we took a stroll around the > neighborhood while waiting for our room to be ready. We walked to the > main Beijing train station, which was an overwhelming experience. O, > the humanity! <G> We were the only westerners in sight. We then > crossed the main road to a large shopping center. In contrast to > Tokyo (or even Kyoto) there was no written or spoken English anywhere. > The only Latin letters in sight were on one sign outside a restaurant: > KFC." Nothing else in English, just the three letters. Nearby was > another restaurant bearing the "roof" log of Pizza Hut, but not even > the name of the franchise was in English. It was a most informative > and educational 90 minutes indeed. > > In any event, that is why the golden arches caught my eye on this vehicle. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 12:26 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: >> Imagine trying to pedal that thing uphill with 4 large passengers! >> >> Alan C >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Daniel J. Matyola >> Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2015 10:42 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: PESO: Rapid Transit >> >> >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18048442&size=lg >> Pedicabs outside the Summer Palace in Beijing >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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