Still life goes on!

Today’s been a bit of an adventure.  A tourist adventure really.  We currently have house guest from the US staying with us.  He’s a very quiet guest; well he would be considering he’s a paper doll!  You see he’s part of a school project that the son of a friend mine is taking part in.  The paper doll is known as a “flat Stanley” and he is sent out on his travels to stay with people who have agreed to host him.  The idea is that the hosts take him around their city or local area and take photos of him near touristy kinds of attractions, buildings, statues etc.  Then they send the photos along with some souvenirs back to the person who sent him, and send “flat Stanley” onto the next host for a new adventure.  Eventually Stanley will return home and his owner will make a presentation of his travels in > 

It’s been an interesting day.  We’ve covered more ground than we’d of usually covered on a Saturday.  We’ve been to the lake, to the river, we’ve ate hot dogs – and fresh doughnuts, looked at old buildings, museums, a local marina, and even an ancient monument.  Plus we went into tourist places to buy postcards and souvenirs of course!  All of which have been photographed with “Stanley” as part of the picture.  

What’s been the most interesting part of the day is that although we’re all completely shattered now (barring “Stanley” who looks as fresh as he did this morning!) we had a great family day!  We were taking photos of a paper doll for a child we didn’t know, from a city we couldn’t point to on a map without guidance, in a country we’d never been to – and we were having a ball!  OK so taking a photo of someone holding a hot dog out to a paper doll may have attracted some strange looks, but who cares, we had a lovely family day out, and helped someone with their project at the same time!