The second day we got here, we headed into China. We had a really fun time, and for fear of forgetting some highlights…..I am writing them down. So amongst some of the festivities, here are some of the favorites:

1. Hitting the fabric mart where they had blocks and blocks of fabric stores—SO FUN until my mom got lost for over an hour with the baby! She wasn’t worried, but with her UNability to get around without knowing the language, I didn’t have high hopes. We finally found her, and she said I “was taking too long and she just wanted to shop”.

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2. My mom and I went to an authentic Korean BBQ for lunch — Could have been so fun if the meat wasn’t fatty — but very interesting and cultural. My favorite part was the two really nice ladies who were obsessed with Scout, and held and played with my baby the entire time.
3. Walking through a very authentic chinese mall. It was in a city where they don’t have tourists, so we really saw what China was like. We had a tour guide/friend (Taylor Shupe) who spoke the language, and on top of translating like a saint, he made us try nasty desserts the chinese people love with shaved ice, fruit and condensed milk poured over the top. I actually may have liked it in the US, but when I was forced to try it in the middle of a “not so clean looking place”, I just couldn’t wrap my mind around it.
4. We stayed in this amazing hotel for 37 US Dollars. It was literally a five star hotel that was opened just three months ago in Don Guan. –But make sure to say Don tonally higher than Guan, or you will be saying something completely different. Tristen was trying to ask someone on the KLR (train) which way to Don Guan. They looked at her with a blank stare after she had said it at least 10 times. Then I said it with my interpretation of the tones (which my mom says sound like a sick chicken) and the person immediately started shaking their head in agreement and repeated it over and over to Tristen with the tones. She then pointed us in the right direction.

Great times!