Fu'An Exhibition Hotel

... re lots of night people and many statues to look at, although we climbed on a couple! Photos attached!

Taining is a very busy place, lots of taxis, cars, people on bikes and motor bikes,and also big buildings! The food is yummy, we've been having dumplins, meat dishes and even a big Bar-B-Que!!

Well i hope you like the extra photos i have put up and look forward to speaking more soon

B-Bear

... arts academy! Its great here, very hard work but fun! the people are really friendly!

I have attached some photos to show what I have been upto

1) this is the view over one of the training areas

2) this is some of the art work on the walls in the Sanda training hall

3) more artwork, all of this was done by Master Yen who is still working at the academy, he is very good a caligraphy! This is the style ...

... really scary and I'm just so relieved that she is better. Oh, and in case you were wondering, 2 days of IV (including the antibiotic) plus the doctor’s appointment cost about 13 USD.

Despite Elise’s illness, we very much enjoyed staying in Qingtian for 9 days. That was the longest we stayed in one place for the whole trip. Add to that: our generous relatives who helped with celebrating the holiday, treated us to ...

... give a hefty fine if you have a second child. So rich people can still have more than one kid, but in general, most families only have one child.

In Qingtian, because so many people are overseas, we’ve seen a lot of families here with 2 children. My (second) cousins here have 2 children in some of their families, and when we ask them about it, they say they had the second baby ...

... know in advance. The kids loved setting those off. They also spent a little time fishing and skipping stones. We thought that was neat, that they got to spend a little time where their great grandparents probably did the same thing.

Here is an excerpt from Jacob’s writing:

…we got to go to our relative’s house. It was very big, bigger than ours with 5 floors, but was much more rundown. It was ...

... the view out the front door of the remodeled section of the house. Back then, this huge paved road was their garden and they had a view over the river.

My mom has such nice memories of this place. It is really neat to be here, to meet relatives we wouldn't otherwise get to meet, and hearing family stories. It is a real highlight of the trip for me.

We took the train from Hangzhou to Qingtian today. Here's the train station waiting room. The train ride was 7 hours. There were students in the aisles standing room only who paid a ½ fare (for students). We thought that was a pretty long time to stand the whole way. Good thing we booked ahead! They were going home for the long holiday: the 60th Anniversary of Communism (Oct 1) and the Moon Festival ...

... so are my students. I got grade 8's and the majority of them are incredibly rambunctious, messy, and loud. Every time I come into my classroom after lunch, the room is in shambles. I can't lock my door so it's invaded when I'm not there. They write all over what I have written on the board if they haven't erased it. Someone evidently tried to set fire to my blackboard seeing as there were two lit matches on the tray and two nice ...

... that looked like it was from Happy Feet. Two steps later I realized it was missing an arm, so I ran back and took the first thing that wasn`t broken and was relatively clean which happened to be a monkey (w0ot!)

There was a many following us around the park and trying to get his kid to say `hello` to us. The kid was not amused.

... portable snack shop or eatery. For those who have never been any where in Asia this simply means a three wheeled bike that has been modified into some type of 'portable eatery'. Some can be found grouped together on the same corner most days and/or nights and others travel around the place from hour to hour to find where the hungriest crowds are. Those ...