So this is part one of what we bought... After photography, shopping is my all time favourite activity when travelling. Andrew and I both love finding treasures, particularly for the home (well, mainly me, as he is a bit of a minimalist...). Once we move into our new place I'll try and put some better photos up of the carpets, so you can see them in context. Enjoy! Next: part two of what we bought, including lots of amazing textiles from Central Asia. l-r: ceramic vase from beijing, china; red vase from beijing, china; glazed vase from luxor, egypt leather notebooks from beijing, china top: felt necklace bottom: felt slippers both from bishkek, kyrgyzstan recycled coke + sprite bottle glasses x7 (should be 8, but one broke) antique bronze dish from samarkand, uzbekistan antique wooden boxes from beijing, china dish from beirut, lebanon chinese calendar wall hanging from xian, china l-r: woven vessel from palawan, philippines; woven vessel from luxor, egypt. top: ancient nabataean oil lamp from jordan bottom l-r: scarab from luxor, egypt; ring, pendant, nabataean coin, roman coin and another roman coin from jordan (yes, they are all the real ancient deal) retro educational posters from beijing, china case + chinese newspaper pencils from singapore (a gift from andrew as you can see) wind-up robot from beijing, china (and it's cool, battered box) semi-precious stone necklace from istanbul, turkey amethyst ring from istanbul, turkey stone necklaces from petra, jordan 50 year old tribal kurdish carpet from cappdocia, turkey 30 year old kilim from fethiye, turkey felt shyrdak from kochkor, kyrgyzstan