I boarded the plane out of S. Korea on 17 April, and headed with a bunch of military wives for a getaway in Beijing, China... and we had a great time. I figured I would dedicate this first post to them! I took a bunch of photos of the beautiful ladies (some, that I had the pleasure of meeting for the first time, and others, that I got to know better) and narrowed it down to a few that I thought turned out pretty well. So, it's more of a portrait-photo session with these amazing women. Most of these ladies, were famous in China... and by that I mean... EVERYWHERE we went, all eyes (and there are crazy amounts of people in China) were on them!
Now, in this photo, you can't tell because of the black and white, but to the Chinese, we look so unique. Whether it be our light colored hair, light colored eyes... or that we had curly hair, or perhaps that we had dark hair with light colored eyes. Even just the shape of our features and bodies is something SO different to them, that they couldn't resist staring at us. Many of us had photos taken of us, and were bombarded with Chinese who wanted their photos taken with us. There was no escaping... you know, in Europe, you can "try" and fit in, and most of the time, succeed, until they ask you a question, and you have no idea how to answer... but in China.. there's NO "fitting" in... only standing out! So the rest of the photos, will be in color, so you can see just how much we don't "fit" in!
These next couple of photos, were taken at the "Temple of Heaven" and the colors just popped everywhere, so we had to have a photo session...
Even I had my photo taken!
BEAUTIFUL!!! :) You are just so beautiful, Karen!
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