{"id":150,"date":"2010-12-31T19:54:21","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T18:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=150"},"modified":"2010-12-31T19:54:21","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T18:54:21","slug":"contrasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2010\/12\/31\/contrasts\/","title":{"rendered":"Contrasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our school break began like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2010\/12\/hanging-orchid-small1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-153\" title=\"hanging orchid small\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2010\/12\/hanging-orchid-small1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>This is what the veranda of the school looked like on Friday December 17th<\/p>\n<p>Twenty four hours later this is what we saw<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2010\/12\/Carol-sing-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155 alignright\" title=\"Carol sing small\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2010\/12\/Carol-sing-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2010\/12\/Snowy-road-in-Antwerp-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-154\" title=\"Snowy road in Antwerp small\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2010\/12\/Snowy-road-in-Antwerp-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>We had an unexpectedly long stopover in Brussels due to weather delays and full flights.\u00a0 Jeff and I had planned to spend &#8220;Christmas&#8221; with Carolyn&#8217;s family in Southern California on Sunday afternoon, December 19th.\u00a0 While the rest of the family gathered we spent the day in Antwerp with the Swanson&#8217;s. 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