Gretchen's Blog

I sign up with the hotel for a shorter tour today, to see the Grand Palace and Emerald Buddha. What a beautiful temple. I get a different tour guide today, she seems quite nice.

We sit in the temple of the Emerald Buddha quite a while, relaxing and enjoying the meditative qualities around us. The Buddha is made of jade but is emerald in color. I get reprimanded by one of the security guards for sitting with my feet facing the Buddha. My guide tells me your feet must never face the Buddha as that is disrespectful.




My knowledge about Buddha is limited; I think I am going to have to do some research.

This tour guide stops at a purse store; Die Tasche is the name of the store, how funny. This time I succumb to buying a couple of purses but feel bad because I spent more than I would like.

Later in the evening, I hit the streets, eating fruit from a Vendor’s cart and stopping in the local grocery store. I’m a little nervous about pick pocketing but not about getting hurt, there are too many people and most are just like you and I.