Happy Valentines Day!
It's 10:30 pm here. 2 posts in one day brought to you by jet lag. After we toured earlier today we took a nap. At least we meant for it to be a nap. We went to sleep about 3:00. I woke up at 7:30 pm and started trying to wake Gabe and Jason up. We finally got up at 8:30. I'm pretty sure we have totally screwed ourselves, this is the opposite of what you're supposed to do to get used to the time change.
There have been fireworks going off all day and night. This is the last week of Spring Festival. The kids get a month off of school here. Many people in China travel to their home during the Spring Festival so Beijing is actually not as busy as it could be.
Sarah & Nanny-so the eating at someone's house-part of the tour. I think everyone should be impressed at how well I've done with my social awkwardness....
We decided to venture out on our own. Our hotel is very centrally located so not too scary. Crossing the street is a little scary. As our guide put it, the cross walk signs are "only a suggestion" and pedestrians do not have the right of way here.
This beautiful church is right next to our hotel.
This was the " walking street" just down from our hotel. We said it reminds us of The Osborne Lights at Hollywood Studios. Now with more communism.
This. Is. Snack Street. Also known as the night market. It's everything we hoped it would be. This was actually so very cool. Lots of people around, they are obviously adventurous, not afraid to try different foods!
Edited to add-we just looked, didn't eat anything...
Eel Anyone?
Whole duck on a stick?
Super cute but I have no idea what they are?
The brown things are worms. Worms on a stick. To eat.
Everyone wrote on this column at the mall. 
Plastic Surgery Oral anyone?
6 comments:
Wow! So loved the pictures. They sure eat a lot different than we do! Gabe, I dare you to eat a cricket!!!! If you like it I can fix them for you back home! LOLOL
Michelle, inquiring minds want to know, are the public facilities as you thought? And is it really BYOTP? Love ya, Nanny
By the way, Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Penelope Day from Nanny and PaPa
What are you drinking over there? I'm guessing they don't have Polar Pops?
Love following your adventure! Can't wait to see that baby girl in your arms!
Love following your adventure! Can't wait to see that baby girl in your arms!
Harrison says--
-Don't try one of those bugs Gabe!!
-I guess it takes more more than one day to get there?
-You went to China, not Mexico.
-Go there and then come back to here!
-How many days did it take to get to Mexico?
-Don't eat one of those funny looking corn dogs Gabe!
-I think it takes longer to get to China than it does to go to Florida.
-Can you bring me back some nun chucks (sp?)
-When you come back I'm going to give Penelope a truck like she has in China. Wait....is she in China or Mexico?
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