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Wow, just wow. 77.7 million people in the USA have a criminal history and are on the FBI’s radar.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-arrest-records-rise-americans-find-consequences-can-last-a-lifetime-1408415402

This is how Lisa and I visit archaeological museums. The magical crystal ball literally turned everything upside down

The latest from the land of the Amisheys. About trust

Amish do not use electricity, and thus they have a ceiling fan that runs on compressed air

In the Amish bookstore (consisting about halfway of biblical and near-biblical literature) an attitude adjuster hangs

Stopped by the supermarket to pick up some road trip snacks. There’s a special parking area for carts, and three little horses are already waiting for their owners.

Today we spent the whole day in an Amish village. These people live by the traditions of the 19th century: no cars, no electricity, traveling in horse-drawn carriages, and growing their own crops. Such a genuine village. Wildly interesting. Discovered an intriguing comparison of an Amish school with an American public school. Big question, whether their school is worse in all aspects.

Funny, it turns out we are spending our vacation in the most dangerous small town in the USA

http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/dangerous-small-cities/

At the bus stop.

With Liza to Philadelphia, we took our huge chessboard (we got used to playing every day). Naturally, we didn’t lug it around the city from the car, but we couldn’t do without chess today 🙂