{"id":2511,"date":"2010-05-12T02:25:42","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T07:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2010-05-12T02:26:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T07:26:07","slug":"around-the-world-in-a-single-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2511","title":{"rendered":"around the world in a single saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The past two Saturdays have seen me spanning the globe, visiting six countries over four continents but still making it home in time for dinner. You&#8217;ve got to appreciate the way modern travel allows such amenities. Or, at least, D.C.&#8217;s cultural attractions.<\/p>\n<p>On the 1st of May, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturaltourismdc.org\/things-do-see\/passport-dc\/around-world-embassy-tour\">Passport D.C.<\/a> offered folks the opportunity to visit a broad swath of embassies. I got a late start and it was over 90 with high humidity, so I stuck with visiting nations close to home. That said, I still managed to make it to four countries:<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFirst I jetted over to South Korea, where I got the chance to see a Jangu performance and to peruse various musical instruments native to the land:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594650138\/\" title=\"Jangu Performance by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1023\/4594650138_a277e00d2b.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Jangu Performance\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594035171\/\" title=\"Korean Instruments by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4053\/4594035171_3f582d36ca.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Korean Instruments\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Then it was across the street to Croatia, from where, I learned, the cravat originated.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594036381\/\" title=\"Cravat Art by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3367\/4594036381_a30591d82a.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Cravat Art\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>They seem to appreciate colorful art, and their beautiful second story featured not only bright paintings, but also this lovely stained glass window:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594036741\/\" title=\"Croatian Stained Glass by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4013\/4594036741_2ee1baa119.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Croatian Stained Glass\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Down the street, I was able to head to Africa to visit Zambia:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594036981\/\" title=\"Zambian Embassy by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1420\/4594036981_90e7a077ab.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Zambian Embassy\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Zambian art seems to draw heavily from their native animals, such as in this carved table and this seed art:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594037275\/\" title=\"Zambian Table by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3365\/4594037275_81b201ffcd.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Zambian Table\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594038057\/\" title=\"Seed Art by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4052\/4594038057_b645380532.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Seed Art\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>By then it was getting late and I was hot, so I decided to head home, but not before stopping in one last country. The Dominican Republic offered a relaxed end to the day with traditional food for sale, an art and handicraft display, and a table set up for dominoes:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594654894\/\" title=\"Dominoes by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1298\/4594654894_8f38786483.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Dominoes\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After the exhibit inside, I came back out for a closer look at the table of crafts set up on the front porch. A very nice older embassy employee was taking snapshots of some kids and came over to speak to me after they left. He explained that the crafts represented different regions of the country:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594039795\/\" title=\"Dominican Handicrafts by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1372\/4594039795_1e6c7ac9ff.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Dominican Handicrafts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594653466\/\" title=\"Dominican Handicrafts by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1437\/4594653466_6035307617.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Dominican Handicrafts\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>He also shared that the Dominican Republic is the world&#8217;s leading producer of cigars. (Being a visitor, I thought it best not to inquire what he thought about worldwide efforts to discourage people from smoking.) Luckily, we next moved on to baseball, which we could both agree was a good topic. Did you know there are currently 86 Dominicans in the major leagues?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and my nice embassy guide? Ambassador Roberto B. Saladin himself:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/4594654570\/\" title=\"Dominican Ambassador by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1101\/4594654570_f274d251a1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Dominican Ambassador\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Stop back later in the week to hear about Rudi&#8217;s and my EU Day adventures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past two Saturdays have seen me spanning the globe, visiting six countries over four continents but still making it home in time for dinner. You&#8217;ve got to appreciate the way modern travel allows such amenities. Or, at least, D.C.&#8217;s cultural attractions. 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