Fabulous Things About China
The food!
The people, who have been so incredibly nice everywhere we've gone, even when we were the only western faces and clearly an oddity!
You can almost always find someone who speaks enough English to get by (can you say that in America? That you could find someone who speaks a second language with passing fluency? Yes, but not to the extent over here!)
The nannies in the SWIs. I can only speak of Chuzhou, but it's so clear that they adore these kids, and how bittersweet it must be to see them head off to their new families.
This is the "grandma" who was especially close to Chenchen. She is pictured and mentioned all over the book about Chenchen that Director Dou gave us when we visited the SWI.
The prices ... what can I say? It really is fun to shop!
Shamian Island -- it's gorgeous here!
The Great Wall.... WOW
Director Dou at Chuzhou! A wonderfully compassionate man with really great taste in Chinese food and wine!
(Picture is Director Dou and the fabulous food and wine!)
And the number one fabulous thing about China???? It's the birthplace of Princess Isabella Chenchen!!!!
The people, who have been so incredibly nice everywhere we've gone, even when we were the only western faces and clearly an oddity!
You can almost always find someone who speaks enough English to get by (can you say that in America? That you could find someone who speaks a second language with passing fluency? Yes, but not to the extent over here!)
The nannies in the SWIs. I can only speak of Chuzhou, but it's so clear that they adore these kids, and how bittersweet it must be to see them head off to their new families.
This is the "grandma" who was especially close to Chenchen. She is pictured and mentioned all over the book about Chenchen that Director Dou gave us when we visited the SWI.The prices ... what can I say? It really is fun to shop!
Shamian Island -- it's gorgeous here!
The Great Wall.... WOW
Director Dou at Chuzhou! A wonderfully compassionate man with really great taste in Chinese food and wine!
(Picture is Director Dou and the fabulous food and wine!)And the number one fabulous thing about China???? It's the birthplace of Princess Isabella Chenchen!!!!
posted by Julie Kenner @ 8:22 AM
4 Comments:
At 10:20 AM,
Anonymous said…
Wow, look at that sweet smile!! Unbelieveable!!! It sounds like it has been a wonderful trip! So glad to see the blogs back!!
And Julie - we will be looking to some recommendations on the food. You are the first person I have heard love it!
At 2:25 PM,
Stephen Carver said…
Congratulations on your fabulous trip and beautiful new daughter! I miss you and love all of you! I can't wait to meet the new addition to the family.
At 8:10 PM,
Cheryl B. said…
Hi Julie, You don't know me but my sister-in-law and her husband should have arrived at the White Swan sometime yesterday. Their Gottcha day was also supposed to be yesterday. We have not heard from them for 2 days since they left Bejing. Their last name is Elliott (Tim and Annette) and they are with Holt International. If you happen to come across them, please tell them to call and let us know they are okay. Congrats on your new beautiful daughter. Best wishes to all of you! Thank you, Cheryl
At 9:54 PM,
Julie Kenner said…
Cheryl -- I hope you caught up with your family and all was well! I saw your comment the night before we left, so I didn't meet anyone new that night or early in the morning. Your family is in my thoughts! Hopefully they've just been plagued by Internet and phone issues!
Julie
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