Shopping

Searching for food in this place is somewhat challenging.  Everything of course is labeled in Chinese so I am guessing a lot as far as what things are.  We have tried a lot of different kinds of food, most has been good.  Every day we go to the open markets and get fruit and water.  About once a week I go to the larger grocery store.  It looks a lot like a Walmart, lots of things other than food, they sell clothes and household goods.  They have a large produce area, meat market a little bakery and dairy area.  The average cost of about 6 ounces of cheese is $6.00.  A little square of butter will cost you about #3.00.  Milk is about $10.00 per gallon, although they don't sell it by the gallon.  But fresh fruit and veggies are real cheap, they have fresh crackers.  They do sell some bread, not much but it is relatively cheap.  Lots and lots of rice!  A small box of American Cheerios costs about $4.00, most everything Chinese is really cheap, but if you want anything American you are going to pay a lot.

 This is the larger grocery store

 normal transportation

 meat market

 hungry anyone???

 they sell everything live

 Kenz wanted one of these for a pet

 This is where you get eggs, there is usually a huge line, they have to go through all the eggs and bag them and weigh them before you can buy any

 Pizza Hut!  The girls get SO excited when we go for pizza :)

 Way nicer than any in the states

Riding home in the taxi

China

Life on the other side of the world...

                      Shanghai, China from our Hotel

                                  New Apartment, up at 2am playing and being crazy...

                      View from out bedroom, the river has traffic on it all day and night

                                    Exercise/play equipment :)  The girls love it, they don't
                                           even realize this isn't an actual playground

               New friend of Kaylie's, it was pretty terrible when she found him squashed later

                                                              Riding the elephants

                                                     Transporting materials in China

                          Our complex from the other side of the river, we live on the 8th floor

                                                             on the riverwalk

                                             Other side of the river from our apartments

                                                                    normal face

                                                           smiling for the camera! :)

                                                                Watching the boats

                                       This is where we eat most nights of the week, the girls
                                       are still getting used to the food, but it is getting better

This is what happens everytime we go anywhere, usually there is a huge crowd of people and everyone wants pictures with our kids.  Everyday is an adventure here and I have lots more pictures and stories to add but right now we have to go out and try to feed these kids again.