Saturday, March 29th
There was no official business today, since it was Saturday. The area that we are in is a very large tourist area. Wow! You can say that again. The traffic and number of people in and around our hotel was awful today. Think of Colorado Springs traffic multiplied by one MILLION!
We started the day with the buffet we get each morning in the hotel that we’re staying in. K.T. eats anything in sight, and today had two huge bowls of fried rice and another couple bowls of congee. Alyssa is in high heaven with noodles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Mikaela isn’t digging the munchin too much. She asks for chicken nuggets for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The problem is most of the nuggets here are spicy!!! Even though we’ve found McDonalds, the food (at least to me) just doesn’t seem quite the same.
We went on a tour of another silk factory (this one run by the government). The prices here are extremely hefty. We found a nice shirt for Rich, and it was about $70 US dollars. (Needless to say, we took a picture of it for him – he can imagine what he would have looked like.)
After we got back to the hotel, we took another walk by the lake with the other members of our group. We found some wonderful strawberries with a sugar glaze on them (think candy apple glaze over strawberries). They we fabulous! I saved the last one for Bobo, and it wasn’t a strawberry – it was a crab apple. I think we’ll be having more of them.
The local vendors around the lake sell corn on the cob, the glazed fruit, and cotton candy. Even though the cotton candy is white, Alyssa loves it. She keeps making a beard like she Santa with it.
We stopped at a noodle place with one of the families for lunch. We had this great dessert – kind of like iced milk, but covered in fruit – YUM to say the least. We didn’t venture far from what we knew – jasmine rice and then some noodles.
We came back to the hotel for a while, then decided we needed to go get souvenirs at Hooters for Uncle Ronnie (Rich’s brother). We also had some good old fashioned popcorn chicken, onion rings, and chili cheese fries. One of the other families went with us. It was very rainy today, so needless to say, catching a cab with the rain, the huge crowd, and just China traffic in general was quite an experience.
We really had our sights set on going to Wal-Mart, but found out today that it is like a 45 to 50 minute cab ride. I guess if we get really bored one day.
Tomorrow we’re planning on getting attending a tai chi class at the lake, getting our laundry back (big thrill), and then attending a church service in the afternoon with our tour guide.
K.T. is getting better every day – though he really likes Bobo, he comes running to Mommy now with his arms in the air. He loves to play with his sisters, and keeps them on their toes. He is into everything. If you try to put him on the bed, he is off faster than you can move in some cases. He walks around, has the work “UP” down quite well, and has everyone he comes into contact with wrapped around his little finger within minutes.
Our family is quite the celebrity here. When we’re walking around the lake, we have people stop us and ask to take pictures with us. Today an older gentleman, followed us around the lake for at least 30 minutes, asking us questions about America, about the kids, and telling us a bit of the area’s history. The girls will have a hard time adjusting, since they think everyone follows them around because they are so beautiful.
There was no official business today, since it was Saturday. The area that we are in is a very large tourist area. Wow! You can say that again. The traffic and number of people in and around our hotel was awful today. Think of Colorado Springs traffic multiplied by one MILLION!
We started the day with the buffet we get each morning in the hotel that we’re staying in. K.T. eats anything in sight, and today had two huge bowls of fried rice and another couple bowls of congee. Alyssa is in high heaven with noodles for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Mikaela isn’t digging the munchin too much. She asks for chicken nuggets for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The problem is most of the nuggets here are spicy!!! Even though we’ve found McDonalds, the food (at least to me) just doesn’t seem quite the same.
We went on a tour of another silk factory (this one run by the government). The prices here are extremely hefty. We found a nice shirt for Rich, and it was about $70 US dollars. (Needless to say, we took a picture of it for him – he can imagine what he would have looked like.)
After we got back to the hotel, we took another walk by the lake with the other members of our group. We found some wonderful strawberries with a sugar glaze on them (think candy apple glaze over strawberries). They we fabulous! I saved the last one for Bobo, and it wasn’t a strawberry – it was a crab apple. I think we’ll be having more of them.
The local vendors around the lake sell corn on the cob, the glazed fruit, and cotton candy. Even though the cotton candy is white, Alyssa loves it. She keeps making a beard like she Santa with it.
We stopped at a noodle place with one of the families for lunch. We had this great dessert – kind of like iced milk, but covered in fruit – YUM to say the least. We didn’t venture far from what we knew – jasmine rice and then some noodles.
We came back to the hotel for a while, then decided we needed to go get souvenirs at Hooters for Uncle Ronnie (Rich’s brother). We also had some good old fashioned popcorn chicken, onion rings, and chili cheese fries. One of the other families went with us. It was very rainy today, so needless to say, catching a cab with the rain, the huge crowd, and just China traffic in general was quite an experience.
We really had our sights set on going to Wal-Mart, but found out today that it is like a 45 to 50 minute cab ride. I guess if we get really bored one day.
Tomorrow we’re planning on getting attending a tai chi class at the lake, getting our laundry back (big thrill), and then attending a church service in the afternoon with our tour guide.
K.T. is getting better every day – though he really likes Bobo, he comes running to Mommy now with his arms in the air. He loves to play with his sisters, and keeps them on their toes. He is into everything. If you try to put him on the bed, he is off faster than you can move in some cases. He walks around, has the work “UP” down quite well, and has everyone he comes into contact with wrapped around his little finger within minutes.
Our family is quite the celebrity here. When we’re walking around the lake, we have people stop us and ask to take pictures with us. Today an older gentleman, followed us around the lake for at least 30 minutes, asking us questions about America, about the kids, and telling us a bit of the area’s history. The girls will have a hard time adjusting, since they think everyone follows them around because they are so beautiful.
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