Day Two of a really great visit

It has been a wonderful day here in Lansing, KS. We decided to take our esteemed visitors to see some of the cultural sights in the greater Kansas City area. It has been years since we visited the Nelson-Atkins museum. This visit was worth it.

We began with lunch at the museum restaurant and then went on tour. There are wonderful exhibitions of Chinese, Japanese, and Southeast Asian art and sculpture. Our guests were impressed and were able to give our guide some information about the art and the geography.

After viewing the splendid exhibits we decided it would be fun to go to the Country Club Plaza and view the art and architechture there. It was very warm so a stop for a cool iced decaf mocha at Starbucks fortified us for the coming trek. We saw some outstanding fountains and sculptures as well as the usual architecture.



Maryann and Amina were posing for Hoc Sieu. I couldn't resist the opportunity.

We stopped by a few of the many shops on the Plaza. We managed to resist most of the opportunities to purchase. Amina did find a very nice summer top.

We then had dinner at P. F. Chang's. A great Chinese Bistro. Hoc Sieu and I almost had to arm wrestle about who was going to buy dinner. My arm suffered the worst of it. I'll recover.

We did finish our day back home by having a drink on our patio. Even though it was very hot today. The temperature did cool off by the time we got home. All in all it was another great day. I am absolutely amazed at how people can make a very personal connection when they have such diverse backgrounds. We are more alike then we are different.

Serve well!