Message from rfontana

[Anonymous]

I was and still am giddy about being at the Great Wall. I reached out and touched it the first chance I got, and I couldn't get over the fact that I was actually there, in China, touching one of the wonders of the ancient world. I realized that the part of the Wall I was touching had probably been rebuilt fairly recently for us tourists, so I made a point of walking into the restricted area and touching the more crumbly bits of the Wall too. I did take home a small piece, mea culpa. It now resides on a shelf next to a rock from an old British Roman road, a small stone from Dachau, and several others I've collected over the years.
edited by rfontana on 7/30/2012