Chengdu Trip

Our friends we visited in Chengdu.

Green pea ice cream... yum yum... but my favorite is spicy sityuan ice cream, it leaves your mouth on fire!

Favorite restaurant famous for their pig nose stew!

Be careful when you ask for a haircut in Chengdu!

Blue Ski over Chengdu

I miss the blue ski... smog was so bad in Beijing today, the kids were not allowed out of the classroom.

Yak Meat Pot

Yum yum YAK!

Yak Meat Pie

Yak meat pie, this is the way they eat it in Philly!!

Tibetan Food

Eating Tibetan food in Chengdu tonight. The streets in this area are scattered with Tibetan monks, this pic has one in the background. Incense is burning in the air. A few thousand year old temple is across the street from here.

About Those Elevators

When you come home from a really hard day of work, please hold it a little longer. This sign is really in the elevator at our friends apartment!!

Double Dip Chinese Dinner

Since people have been asking about some of the food, I thought you might like this. The typical lunch is family style, we all eat out of the same bowls/plates with used chop sticks (like double dipping a chip). We ate some chicken, pork, shark, vegetables, tofu, clams, shrimp, crab tonight. Doesn't taste like home.

Satisfactory Restaurant

Not sure why you would choose this name for your restaurant, but I will agree that the noodles at this restaurant are really satisfactory!

Jumping the Great Wall

We made a morning trip to the great wall today. We had a great time. Elle brought her friend Sarah... The Chinese we passed kept commenting "look, they have four kids and one has blond hair". Finally, a coolness in the air was so refreshing. Some places are straight up, so you better do your stair-master before you make this trip. 

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Lines Are for Foreigners!

Here in China there is a saying that "lines are for the foreigners". Why waste space on a road? If the lines are painted for 2 lanes, you can easily fit an extra car or two on the blacktop!!

GS Tennis Academy

Lauren is having a ball at the tennis academy with her new friends.

Salad Dressing

Thought we hit the jackpot with this US salad dressing, but we checked the expiration after we noticed a funny taste. Expiration 2009!!!

Shooting Hoops

Leafe shooting some hoops at the neighbors house.

First Chinese Food

Ate some great spicy green beans, spicy beef, and noodles today at the little great wall restaurant. Yum yum!!

Ride to School

Riding our bikes to school is really fun if we can keep Leafe from taking us out! He doesn't ride a straight path, he darts and swerves over the entire bike path. Week 3 of school.