Wednesday Doug, Trent and I went into Ningbo to go to Metro. Yup we traveled an hour in traffic to go shopping. Fantastic, you wonder why though don't you...they must have stores where they live. And of course we do but not ones like Metro. At Metro you can buy loads of imported things...yes loads. We bought refried beans, tortilla shells, beer (but chinese beer and Australian wine), we bought pasta and spaghetti sauce. Why you ask? Well becuase...even though Chinese food is delicious it does get boring like if you eat hamburgers every night of your life. There are not many resturants in Beliun that have a variety of dishes pretty much you can get spicy Chinese food and non spicy Chinese food. Both great but you can eat only so much Bok Choy before it is growing out of your ears.
Anyway the store was wonderful...there was no one there so Trent, Doug and I could take our time...looking at things and whatever...the taxi that we called wasn't going to get there until seven so we had an hour and 15 minutes...everything going smoothly until we go to check out. Now by the way you have these three white people buying tons of food so you are already being stared at..and then of course Doug and I get in the line where they are training the new girl. For some reason that is always happening to us. Whether we are in Brewer Maine to Colorado Springs...yup took for ever.
Anyway we finally get outside and the humidity is so thick that you can not see across the parking lot. It was amazing. You could have cut it with a knife. Right then and there you knew it was going to rain, funny thing is the gardeners had been watering the lawn all that day. So of course you wash your car it rains same thing happen here, you water the lawn it rains.
It rained for most of the day on Thursday but it still wasn't cool...warm and wet..not always the best combinations when you have first graders running everywhere. When school was finally over after ASA (after school activities) I went running and Doug went to the gym. Now even though it is not hot our the water/sweat runs right off of you. Amazing what a little rain can do here.
Today...Friday it is cool...actually cool...like it could be fall and it smells a little like fall if you use your imagination. I think that's maybe what we miss the most right now the cool air and the changing of the leaves. Because here the leaves are the same...they are still green and hanging onto the trees. Though some have dropped...and turned brown. But you know what is still amazing...it's the flowers that are now just blooming...or the forever red flowers that grace the gate to our apartment building. It feels different...not bad...not good...just different. Maybe that's why it makes everything so special here...everything is so new. Yeah we miss the leaves and the bike rides, but Dad has been good enough to send us pictures...but things here are good.
Everytime we go to the store it is a new adventure and a funny story to tell but fun...today we take a two hour bus ride to Shao Xing where we are going with some co-workers on a free trip. It will be fun...you make it what you want it to be.
That's all for now...and we are off.
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