Thanks to Kharla and to my Martini

@DianneN (254926)

United States

January 30, 2021 5:43pm CST

I am flying right now thanks to the martini hubs made me!

So I stumbled into the kitchen, climbed on a stepladder very carefully, (our cabinets go all the way up to the ceiling), and took down very carefully my tea cup to show you. Hubs bought it for me in Chinatown in Shanghai immediately after we had tea in a Chinese tea house. We sampled many different teas, all unique to me. My tea cup has a porcelain strainer built inside, if I choose to use tea leaves. Or, I can use a teabag. The top keeps it hot until I am ready for my next sip. I sometimes use it for coffee.

I cherish this. It brings back some wonderful travel memories. The reason I am mentioning this is that my younger son just called and asked us to compile a list of places we want to travel to once it is safe to travel again. I just texted him every country in the world we have been to and haven’t been to. The ones that overlap are the ones we intend to

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

31 Jan 21

A nice tea cup. Glad you have the memories.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks, Carol. It’s all about the memories.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

31 Jan 21

@DianneN I know.

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@Deepizzaguy (122269)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

30 Jan 21

The tea mug looks nice.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks, George.

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@Deepizzaguy (122269)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

31 Jan 21

@DianneN You are welcome.

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@Tina30219 (82978)

• Onaway, Michigan

31 Jan 21

Very pretty. I know you and your son and hubby and sons girlfriend will have fun wherever you decide to go

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks!

I’d be happy just hanging out at home with them.

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@Tina30219 (82978)

• Onaway, Michigan

31 Jan 21

@DianneN Right some yummy food and drinks and each other’s company

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

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@rebelann (117259)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Jan 21

I love your teacup, it's beautiful. So, have you been to iceland and flown by helicopter over the inactive volcanoes?

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@rebelann (117259)

• El Paso, Texas

31 Jan 21

My friend was in the Navy and worked as a photo journalist and got to take shots of the inactive crater there from a helicopter @DianneN I'd have been terrified but she did it.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

We have looked into volcanoes and walked on cooled lava @rebelann Helicopters frighten me. You have a brave friend with an exciting job.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks!

No, we haven’t been to Iceland, yet.

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@jstory07 (148764)

• Roseburg, Oregon

31 Jan 21

You are going to have a good time when it is safe to travel again.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

We can’t wait! We chose 3 places that we all agree on.

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@paigea (36143)

• Canada

31 Jan 21

Very pretty. I hope you get to do those travels.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks and I hope so, too. We each made a list of 10 and narrowed it down to 3 places. It won’t be for ages I suppose, but the planning can’t hurt.

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@paigea (36143)

• Canada

31 Jan 21

@DianneN planning is fun.

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@kobesbuddy (78833)

• East Tawas, Michigan

31 Jan 21

@DianneN My son-in-law #1 flew all over the world, when he worked as an airplane mechanic on commercial flights. Kallita Air does business all over the globe.

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@kaylachan (84834)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

31 Jan 21

That does look quite nice. I'm glad you like it so much.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks. I rarely drink tea, but it’s nice when I do.

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@Aquitaine24 (12000)

• San Jose, California

30 Jan 21

Nice cup. I like martinis too.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

30 Jan 21

Thanks! I am happy you like martinis, too. Hopefully, we can have one together some day!!!!!

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@FourWalls (86812)

• United States

31 Jan 21

The artwork is beautiful. I’ll bet you do enjoy having tea in that!

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

I’m not a huge tea drinker, but I do love to use it. The top keeps the tea nice and hot.

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@noni1959 (13058)

• United States

31 Jan 21

I love the tea cup. It's so unique having a built in strainer.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

And the strainer is removable! Thanks!

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@JudyEv (382357)

• Rockingham, Australia

31 Jan 21

I saw Kharla's post about her lovely cups with lids. I like yours too.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thank you!

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@kobesbuddy (78833)

• East Tawas, Michigan

31 Jan 21

What a beautiful tea cup, you will always cherish:) My friend's daughter and her family lives in China, I'm not sure where though:)

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks! I do love it. My brother used to have factories all over China, but produces his pet products here now. He got tired of flying back and forth.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

@kobesbuddy It’s an awesome country. I hope you get to see it.

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@kobesbuddy (78833)

• East Tawas, Michigan

31 Jan 21

@DianneN China is a country that interests me, the culture is so amazing! I'd love to go there some day:)

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@Rashnag (30597)

• Surat, India

31 Jan 21

Beautiful tea cup. Thanks for sharing dear

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks! I love it. It comes with wonderful memories.

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@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

31 Jan 21

Seeing that teacup reminds me of childhood. My grandfather used to drink tea using a cup like that. The cup is white with a white bearded old man wearing a stick. But unfortunately it's gone now.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

I’m glad it brought back good memories for you. I’m also sorry it’s gone. I will think of your grandfather next time I use it.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

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@Babale (1874)

• Semarang, Indonesia

31 Jan 21

@DianneN Just kidding

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@prinzcy (32299)

• Malaysia

31 Jan 21

That's a very beautiful cup.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks! I adore it!

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@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

31 Jan 21

Your tea mug is very pretty. I have some nice tea cups, still in their boxes, as I only drink coffee.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

I’m a coffee drinker, too, and sometimes drink coffee out of my teacups. Some are too tiny, but I have a huge tea cup that I use.

Thanks!

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@LadyDuck (502653)

• Italy

1 Feb 21

As most of the time I drink espresso coffee I use the coffee cups. Only in the morning with my breakfast I have what we call "American coffee", in a mug.

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@wolfgirl569 (135910)

• Marion, Ohio

31 Jan 21

That is very pretty.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks!

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

31 Jan 21

It's very pretty. I bought some kids I can add to most any cup when I remember but they don't match any. I'm glad you didn't fall and that you were very careful while getting it.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thanks! I keep it in a glass cabinet on the highest shelf in my kitchen with all the other teacups and little teapots, since I don’t drink tea too often.

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@thelme55 (79323)

• Germany

31 Jan 21

Wow! That is a beautiful Chinese tea mug. It reminds me that I have a beautiful Japanese or Chinese tea set that I have not used. I have not seen them for ages. I think they are still in my living room cupboards, if not, then they are in my home in the Philippines. I have to check them.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Thank you! I have a Japanese tea set in the same cabinet. I have so many tea sets and am a coffee drinker. I do enjoy tea once in a while. I hope you locate yours. I’m going to ship some to Florida. I don’t even have a tea kettle there.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

Looking forward to your post. I should post mine, too. @thelme55 I will ship lots of things to Florida. I will leave our kettle here, because it matches this kitchen and will have to buy one in Florida. So many problems!

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@thelme55 (79323)

• Germany

31 Jan 21

@DianneN We are tea drinkers but we mostly use a mug for drinking tea. Hubby doesn´t drink coffee but I do every now and then. I will look for the tea set tomorrow and I post it here. Some of the things we have not used here in Germany were sent to our home in the Philippines. You can bring a tea kettle there when you go t Florida.

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@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

31 Jan 21

my next trip to Auckland New Zealand!

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

NZ is a good choice!

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

31 Jan 21

@DocAndersen What’s that?

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@DocAndersen (54399)

• United States

31 Jan 21

@DianneN i want to go to Hobbiton!

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