Since the boys arrived and the Highline group arrived, I have been too tired and busy to post! Last night I fell asleep at 9 and got up before the boys, determined to post! (Ok, then this post got delayed because Paul’s camera got so full of data it froze. It took us days to figure out how to fix it. Being without a good working phone with We Chat and unable to download your photos or use any apps is torture in China. You have to load all the apps you need before you come here. You can buy a Chinese phone, which I did, but many of the apps are in Chinese. Still We Chat alone is so worth it! When you go home after spending the day with someone, you send them the photos you took via We Chat and they instantly have them.
Paul took Ben to the Science and Technology Museum one Tuesday since I teach that day and am gone 7:30 to 3pm. Ben loved it. Ben’s routine is to want to stay in our apartment where he loves his bed which is his personal piece of furniture, big enough for lego battles, reading, and watching TV. He loves to do these and play video games on my computer and be read to. Thus he complains when we want to go out. However, he generally likes or loves everything we take him to.
Paul and I would prefer to spend the day sight seeing the local streets, but Ben has a hard time with that, so we build in fun stuff. Here is the aquarium, which we all really enjoyed. It’s smaller than some, but well constructed where you walk through tunnels surrounded by huge wrap around tanks of fish, turtles, and sharks.
We got to see the sting rays and sharks being fed. The sharks were not very interested, but some of the sting rays were very friendly with the feeder.
We bought tickets to the Acrobat show. It’s called ERA — a journey through time or something. Supposedly it subtly tells the story of China’s last 5000 years. I didn’t really catch that, but the acrobatics were amazing. It was hard for Ben and I to stay awake until we got there at 7. The show was 7:30 to 9:15. $350 Yuan per person. We are considering going again.
I will post photos soon.