Kyle's parents came to visit us in China in mid-April. We showed them some of Huzhou, Shanghai and we also went to visit Beijing. It was a lot of fun and I'm hoping that they had as much fun as we did. I don't usually go into very many details in my posts because normally I just do a lot of pictures. Kyle is constantly on me about being more descriptive and telling more stories but I usually just do not have the time. Steve and Marsha were here for about two weeks and of course we had lots of adventures and crazy things that happened. I could probably spend about two hours typing up all kinds of stories and then about another three hours uploading pictures, I think that between the 2 of us we must have taken at least 3,000 pictures! :) I don't have that much time so I'm going to mainly put up pictures. But Gerber parents, if either of you want to type up some of the stories I will gladly put it on here, you guys could do a guest post, your take and observations on China.
The girls were so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa IN CHINA!
So was Kyle :)
They had Grandpa building them sandcastles. The girls think that this is their sandbox and the local stray cats think this is their litter box. So you have to watch out for the 'special' sand.
Kenz and Steve share a birthday so we celebrated with a cake, Kyle had to work late so we brought the party to him :) and while we were there he took us on a tour of the plant.
It is a huge facility, this is only a tiny part of it, I am hoping to go back with my camera and take a bunch more pictures during the day.
People are always standing outside of McDonalds trying to sell pets, usually consisting of rabbits, mice and turtles. The girls love it because they get to hold something and then torture me for days about how much then 'need' a rabbit. The people love it because they get to flock around them and touch their hair and take their pictures. It seems like a win win for everyone involved. Except for me, I have to try to pry the girls away and then I have hear about how many different animals I'm going to have to buy them when we return to the states or Kenz turns 10, whichever happens first.
In Shanghai we went to the top of the Financial Center which is the tallest building in Shanghai, the observation deck is on the 100th floor and is supposedly still the highest in the world, at least until the end of next year at which time the building beside it will be completed and is supposed to be even taller. The elevator ride to the top was crazy, it was super fast and had all of our ears cracking like crazy. The views were impressive. The city goes on and on and on.
Shanghai subway.
We went back to Nanjing road for some shopping
While we were there I told Kyle I saw Kaylie on an advertisement on the wall. He believed me at first. I was kidding of course but it really did look like her at first glance!
We ended up in some back alley's where we found some of the really great deals!
These are the places that you can really negotiate for all that 'fake' stuff you want to buy! :)
These two guys 'helped' us find what we were looking for and got us some great bargains!
Beijing trip pictures will be up soon.
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