Swinging in Singapore - Wed. April 11 through Sun. April 15

Arrival lunch of Dim Sum at Din Tai Fung, rated Top 10 in world by NY Times. Earthquake greeting wasn't even felt. Dinner at Imperial Treasure for Peking Duck - best in the world also. :) Thursday National Art Center/Esplanade national symphony, art collection at Ritz, walk by Merlion, etc. Thursday Lunch at another world's best Burger King. Dinner @ Shiraz iranian restaurant with owner Amin and new wife Marie. We both belly danced after dinner to earn our keep. Friday morning walk through beautiful Botanical Garden, attended loud Rotary lunch in Grand Hyatt, and Eva & George hosted us at Long Beach sea food extravaganza dinner with Clark Read & Laurin, sisters Kelly & Colleen, and Amin & Marie. Saturday trip to top of Marina Bay Sands casino, Chinese lunch of Dim Sum and Andy Warhol exhibit in a very high end mall/casino. Finally, world's best steak dinner prepared by Chez Eva at home! Sunday at St Regis Eva and Georges surprised us with 50th Anniversary truffle cake. Best Sunday brunch in Singapore lasting three hours. With washing complete we head to airport for midnight "red eye" to Istanbul always remembering a great time with Eva and George's which started in 1981 when she came to live with us for a year. After 10 years including a Canadian education at Carlton & Queens, and business introduction in Toronto and Vancouver, she left to return to Asia where she leads IDC's Asia Pacific business. We are proud of her and her script writer husband Georges.

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