Xing Yue Business Hotel Wenzhou

... 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 ...

... of China. My mom says they just can’t control the population as well in the country, like they can in the city. We’ve found it to be really nice, not to be stared at or out of the ordinary. People generally have 2 kids, so 4 is still a lot, but people here don’t seem to bat an eye, or be too surprised by it. They’re so used to seeing people from overseas, that ...

... 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.

... 3). The whole country was off from Oct 1-8. We planned to stay in Qingtian until the holiday was over, to avoid all the crowds traveling at the same time. There was supposed to be 200 million people traveling over that week. We figured avoiding that would be a good idea!

My grandparents’ hometown, Qingtian, is known for being a mountainous area with carvable rock. Here’s an ...

On Sept. 4 China has "Teacher's Day" where students bring in cards and stuff to their teachers. My big question is why we have to work on Teacher's Day but meh, it's cute. There was a little party after work for the English teachers and they gave the four of us at our school some presents and cards and we played games.

I got lucky and I get to stay in my own classroom, which is nice, considering my schedule is really ...

... 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.

... park with a rollercoaster and ferris wheel.

We crammed in a lot of sights today and I even managed to win Natalie a small stuffed monkey by knocking down some tin cans with a tennis ball at a carnival game.

So far it is the best we've seen that Wenzhou has to offer.

... out to be the most annoying person on the plane, really excited that he could speak mandarin and trying to impress everyone. At one point one of the girls we were travelling with, Michelle, came over to us and complained about how annoying he was and had to get away because he was currently near her seat talking to some people. When she went back to her seat he went over and started talking to her and asked if she ...

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