Random thoughts

We have talked about all the way through China and wanted to share: The girls wear such beautiful dresses even for everyday activities, both young and older. For example a girl mopping a sidewalk wearing a black lace dress. The fabrics are so lightweight we think because of the warmth and humidity. There is lots of very sheer fabric and always flowing parts, ruffles, pearls, embroidery, or sparkles. The shoes are also amazing. If they were not so expensive and we had tons of room we would have all been tempted by the shoes. Very high heels, bangles, sparkles, and all kinds of straps. We felt a little like Goliaths in our sneakers!

Another thing that has been tons of fun is noticing faulty translations. We should have kept writing as we saw them but here are a few we have seen this past few days: Slip carefully
Travelers troop together this way>
Internet assecc
Musical dry fountain!
There are always someone blessing you wherever you are.
T-shirt which read Coco is my good no good moing. (Cami bought this one because she loves cocoa.)
Bancon(bacon)
Saussage (sausage)


Things we loved:
Polite sayings:
Captain of airplane: we cherish the opportunity to serve you.
Everyone always wishes you a pleasant journey and a happy family.
Our guides always say Yah after each sentence...meaning like you understand?
One guide could not say R sound. Every time he wanted to gather our group (daisy group) he would say very loudly DAISY GLOOP! We loved it!
The guides also would say, breakfirst instead of breakfast
Big puffy down comforters

Some foods we will not miss:
Pork organs or tongues
anything slimy we cannot recognize
Brown rubbery egg preserved in soy brine
Any noodles for a while
Airplane food in general
Lip-numbing spicy food
Anything with eyes looking at you
Dumplings with unknown contents
Fishy things
Snakes and little bugs(Lynea only)

Foods we will miss:
Chinese yogurt
Coconut palm juice
Lemon soda
Roasted crunchy salty peanuts

Things we will not miss:
Crazy traffic and streets
Smells of the streets
Chinese breath
70% plus humidity
Airplanes

Things we will miss:
Chinese children and babies
Nice 5 star hotels
Not having to prepare breakfast