News from Tory and Nikole
Most profound apologies family! It appears as though google's blogspot is blocked in China and we won't be able to post entries there! It's hard to tell, since the error messages are in Chinese, so if we get it up and running we'll let you know.
But in the meantime, Nikole and I are having a simply fabulous time! We made it to Beijing only to discover our onward flight to Shanghai was cancelled. The airline put us up in a local hotel that lacked charm but had a great restaurant, and we ate our first authentic Chinese food meal (beef and tofu and vegetables accompanied by a scallion pancake of some kind -- tasted better than I make it sound!) We somehow caught our morning flight and even more amazingly negotiated the subway (one train change) and then the surface streets, luggage in tow, to our hostel and the meeting point of our tour. Then we launched ourselves onto the streets of Shanghai and got promptly lost in the maze of markets and food stalls and traffic and contained chaos. It's exhilarating and the weather is great (if a little muggy).
We saw a man making noodles by stretching them between his arms. I thought he looked just like Murray, but Nikole just laughed
Nikole was able to spy quite a number of pet kitties and doggies. They looked happy and healthy, and the dogs bark in Chinese the same way they bark in English, which we thought was pretty cool. We are amazed at all the fruit and vegetables for sale here, a stall or stand on every corner (and many more in the warren of alleys surrounding). The people have been remarkably friendly, helping us with our luggage, with directions, and overall incredibly welcoming. We extend back smiles wherever we go, natch --particularly since whenever we talk, the fluency of the Chinese mystifies us both and leaves Nikole speachless and me trying to answer back in Spanish for some reason
Internet is harder to find than we thought it would be, but we will try to let you know we're safe and sound when we can. Inbetween times, we send our love and are thinking of you all the time!
Vacation is a wonderful thing. Beer at lunch. Just glorious!
Love T
But in the meantime, Nikole and I are having a simply fabulous time! We made it to Beijing only to discover our onward flight to Shanghai was cancelled. The airline put us up in a local hotel that lacked charm but had a great restaurant, and we ate our first authentic Chinese food meal (beef and tofu and vegetables accompanied by a scallion pancake of some kind -- tasted better than I make it sound!) We somehow caught our morning flight and even more amazingly negotiated the subway (one train change) and then the surface streets, luggage in tow, to our hostel and the meeting point of our tour. Then we launched ourselves onto the streets of Shanghai and got promptly lost in the maze of markets and food stalls and traffic and contained chaos. It's exhilarating and the weather is great (if a little muggy).
We saw a man making noodles by stretching them between his arms. I thought he looked just like Murray, but Nikole just laughed
Nikole was able to spy quite a number of pet kitties and doggies. They looked happy and healthy, and the dogs bark in Chinese the same way they bark in English, which we thought was pretty cool. We are amazed at all the fruit and vegetables for sale here, a stall or stand on every corner (and many more in the warren of alleys surrounding). The people have been remarkably friendly, helping us with our luggage, with directions, and overall incredibly welcoming. We extend back smiles wherever we go, natch --particularly since whenever we talk, the fluency of the Chinese mystifies us both and leaves Nikole speachless and me trying to answer back in Spanish for some reason Internet is harder to find than we thought it would be, but we will try to let you know we're safe and sound when we can. Inbetween times, we send our love and are thinking of you all the time!
Vacation is a wonderful thing. Beer at lunch. Just glorious!
Love T
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