Tuesday May 20 or so, depending on your time zone.
Today Samsung folks organized a tour to the Water Town, a city whose name escapes me now but is about an hour from Shanghai. We had the DVD player on the bus for the kids and they did well. We had a “special†lunch at a local hotel. For those of you who have had special Chinese meals, you can imagine. The sheer quantity of food, much of it unidentifiable can blow your mind. One fish was very identifiable as it was whole, eyes and all. Kang Kang wanted to touch the eyes and since no one wanted to eat them (can you guess from that that we were all Westerners?) he was allowed to. This trip saved us a great deal of money since we wanted to go there anyway and we had been quoted about $135 per person. We did buy a fair amount of souvenirs there though.
In the evening we had an outing to a high end local restaurant which served Continental food. Yay! Reasonable quantities and all identifiable. Last night Nancy kid-sat and I went to the Gala dinner. Tonight, since the day had gone so well we decided to just dress the kids up and bring them along. We asked one of the Samsung folks if it was okay. As it was someone to whom Chloe had become attached (after the woman carried her for an extended period of time) permission was easily granted. It was a beautiful restaurant, on the 7th floor overlooking the river. We ate on the terrace. The one down side is that Caleb fell asleep in the bus on the way there and slept for about 90 minutes. That was around 6-7:30. Children who nap late tend to not be terribly tired at bed time. Wish Nancy luck tonight.
Remember I told you about the problem with no museums, entertainment etc? Well, today I turned on the tv to an English channel. Nope- they are all shut down as well with the exception of CNN, BBC and similar channels. They are not considered entertainment and so are okay I guess, They are suspending over seas entertainment channels with limited landing rights. So, no HBO or other things.
We will not go to Chengdu. Too uncertain. No news yet on the torch relay other than looks like it will happen Thursday for us.
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10 day since the earthquake and it is still the lead or second story on the national news. We are so thankful that you all are okay-- the devastation outside of the cities sounds monumental. Without question this will be a journey to remember-- you have been in the midst of a major world event as it has unfolded. Travel safely!
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