Sunday 9 November 2008

kristallnacht

All day as I wandered around the Imperial Summer Gardens in autumn sunshine I thought about the events of 70 years ago tonight, when all over Germany hundreds of synagogues were torched and destroyed. It was a harbinger of things to come. I watched the news tonight. Plus ca change.

We delight at Obama's victory at the polls.

We are alive and well in Beijing, and are making plans to stay here longer as it is so marvellous!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to Beijing guys!
Glad that you're enjoying it already...have you seen the famous olympic sights yet? I guess that is the end of the train for you...was it a fond farewell or are you happy to see the back of it?

Sandstorms here today and a demonstration against the military coup so a quiet evening in behind closed doors! Kx