Ni Hao

Ni Hao, from Chengdu, China, home of the Giant Panda. I will get to see the panda tomorrow but it cost 150 to hold and since animals aren't my thing I doubt I do it, would rather have shoes. Lots of fashion over here just wAY to small. Today was great again. We went out to another city, with a history of 5,000 years to visit another school. They were so excited to have us as guests. They had been working on their speeches for two weeks. I cried when the middle school girl talked about her dreams of seeing the statue of liberty. They had gifts and food for us. We talked and asked questions for some time. Then went and saw the 50 students who had come in on their holiday to show us a class in action. They did a whole English lesson on Father's Day and the Dragon Boat Festival. Wonderful and then we had time to talk. Dr. Morton loved the video so much she wanted to make sure they saw it, so the teachers from our group, their teachers and the students got to see it. They loved it and made all the work seem so worth it. Some of the kids were already singing the song before we left. They then took us to a great great lunch, I mean at least 25 dishes. We sat at a table of ;men teachers and our bus driver helped us talk with them. We then had a wreck to deal with and had to drive two hours out of the way. We then went to a tibetian museum. Get stuff. Dinner was awesome, I can sorta eat with chop sticks. This part of the world eats spicy food, much better to me. The on to the Sichuan Opera, we saw puppets, shadow figures, wonderful and beautiful dancers and acrobats, fire breathed and world famous changing masks opera. Loved it. Now back to crash at the room. Tomorrow is the panda visit, but it's 150. On the next day we fly to Lijiang, this will be in the foothils of the Himilyan mountains. I'm so excited to add these mountains to the list of the ones in the world I've been to. We will be very close to Burma/ we may be out of contact with the rest of the world for awhile, not sure yet. I'm off to bed. Love to all.