| Near the end of April, I had my first
visitor here in Saudi Arabia. Flat Stanley, a little friend of my grandson
Christopher arrived in search of an adventure. Here is Flat Stanley arriving
and getting to know Mr. B and his friends from Egypt, Paz the Donkey and Oscar
the Camel. |
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| While Flat Stanley was
visiting we were able to take a couple of outings to sites within the local
area. Our first outing was with a couple of my friends to the Old City of
Dirayah. This was the home of the royal family of Saudi Arabia - the Al
Saud family - for at least 200 years prior to the establishment of the current
city of Riyadh as the national capital. |
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Our second outing during Flat Stanley's visit was
to the Al Safi Dairy Farm about 100 km outside of Riyadh near the city
of Al Kharj. This dairy is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's
largest consolidated dairy! The herd here includes over 32,000 Holstein cows
--about 15,500 milking cows and around 16,500 calves and heifers. |
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| Finally, Flat Stanley, along with Mr. B had the opportunity to
visit the Blood Bank at the hospital where I work. |
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Of course, part of the fun of visiting
someplace new and different is experiencing the culture.
So Flat Stanley
joined Mr. B in dressing in native style!
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| NOVEMBER 2005 -- Flat Stanley & Mr. B REUNION!
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Flat Stanley and Mr. B enjoyed a time of
reunion at Flat Stanley's home with Christopher in North Carolina |
Flat Stanley introduced Mr. B to Christopher .
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. . . and to some of his other friends,
too!
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