Gigantic Buddha
We started today with an amazing breakfast! Buffet style again, but this time there were lots of dumplings-and they were to die for! Each filled with bean paste or a filling much like an egg roll. Which reminds me…we haven’t seen one single egg roll yet-or chow mien. or chicken balls. OR sweet and sour […]
Day 2…
This morning we leave the comfort of our amazing Shanghai hotel and head for Suzhou. But before we go, Billy arranged for us to have a taichi lesson. (Picture me wringing my hands-evil laugh-we can definitely bribe the men into doing this). We have our breakfast-I’m already looking forward to my noodles every morning! Yay […]
The Bund and whatnot
Okay. We met our group this morning, relatively normal-More on that later….. We had our first Chinese breakfast this morning. These people GET ME. Noodles for EVERY MEAL!! There were western breakfast options-eggs, bacon, toast, etc. But also, Chinese options. Rice, noodles, miso soup….I have realized that the Chinese just eat 3 meals a day. […]
A slow plane to China…
First night of our China vacay!….in Halifax. Oh well. Fortune cookies and pizza! So we were delayed leaving Halifax by almost a full 24 hours. I’ve never seen fog like that! It could have put a damper on our trip, but we had planned for the worst-so we had actually booked our ticket to China […]
Getting ready….
I feel like I am packing to go to outer space. And here’s what I’ve learned about packing over the years. My husband is useless. I mean he’s amazing….but he’s useless at packing. So I’ve been planning for this trip for 6 months. I have everything meticulously planned out…every liquid is in a baggy, we […]