Welcome to Gaoyou, the place where Lian spent her first year of life. After a two-hour train ride to Nanjing and a two-hour van ride to Gaoyou, we decided it was time to get some exercise. We took a walking tour of the town and here are a few things we saw. . .
We ended the day with our most excellent hosts, friends of Lian's teacher at her school in Seattle. They took wonderful care in providing for us - meeting us at the train station, driving us to Gaoyou and providing us with an authentic Chinese dinner experience. Duck eggs, eel, crab with all its internal organs and the shrimp we saw being cleaned earlier were included in our fare.
At the end of the day, this pretty much captures how we all felt - HAPPY!
Welcome to Gaoyou, the place where Lian spent her first year of life. After a two-hour train ride to Nanjing and a two-hour van ride to Gaoyou, we decided it was time to get some exercise. We took a walking tour of the town and here are a few things we saw. . .
Gaoyou is a fishing village located on the Grand Canal.
We had the privelege of watching the local specialty being cleaned.
This is a pagoda, although it reminded me of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Man, I've been in too many countries this year!
2 comments:
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Love ~ Dad
Suzanne,
It's been fun taking a tour of China with you. It seems you are always up for an adventure. One of our principals leaves for China tommorow. We host 50 students from China...a private school...and the leaders of that school have paid to have our principals visit their school this year.
It's fun keeping informed about you through my dear friend, Dennis.
Blessings,
John Ploog
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