Out and About

Here is an overview of some of what has been going on with us recently.

We attended our first Chinese Wedding a few weeks ago! I almost wore a red dress and gave them money in a white envelope before I was saved these catastrophes by a fellow co-worker.

We found a skating rink and manicure/pedicure place (Zac and I were both excited for different reasons). I got Zac a pass for the skating rink so I will bring him a few times - it's just down the road.

I survived midterms. That's 1/4 of the school year done and honestly, it was the worst. I am told it gets easier. So maybe next time only 2-3 mini breakdowns?

I've met some families from Saudi Arabia who live nearby and have kids at Zacs school. The ladies are very nice and we may get the kids together from time to time.

We went to a Thanksgiving Feast a few weekends ago and had pumpkin pie and it was sooo exciting! Most of the people there attend a church called Foreign Fellowship and Zac and I have gone a couple of times now and really like the atmosphere. The church is on the other side of the Yangtze River, as is Aloha's - a really great place that has western food and ROOT BEER FLOATS!

We found the movie theatre! But couldn't watch a movie. English dialogue is only on weekdays. We will try again this week :)

We found a store in the mall that secretly sells English movies for 10 qui! We will live on the edge for some English entertainment, thank you very much!

Zac was in a Chinese Recital at school and it was so amazing to see. He wore traditional clothing and had excellent pronunciation and I have been told he is one of the best students of Mandarin in the class :)

We had ice cream at Dairy Queen yesterday. Yes, that is exciting news.

We found an AMAZING street where I want to spend all my money called Han Street - there are these really cool old style buildings and stores from everywhere - back home, England (Marks and Spencers), Germany, France, wherever.

We had the most delicious pizza last night. Delicious pizza is hard to find here, trust me. Exciting!

It's funny because I feel like family and friends back home expect to see lots of pictures of, you know, being in China, but every time we find some Western food we get excited and I pull out my camera. "Look! Look what we found!" Now that is excitement. Yesterday we had our first Christmas drinks at Starbucks. Super exciting.  We are having a pretty great weekend :)