Children's Day in China

Thanks to our new friends Sindy and Holly for showing us how to get around the Chinese censorship of Google. We couldn't access this Blog until we learned the trick.

Today is Children's Day in China. Lynn and I have been taken to a Children's Day performance at the Changzhou City Hall's theatre.

Cherry and Leo our hosts have kept us busy and extremely well fed!

Yesterday we were greeted by representitives from the City's Department of Women and Children, and the Federation of Returning Overseas Chinese.  We were given round fruit to eat, to represent perfection and to help get our relationship off to a good start.  We were then given an incredible luncheon in a private dining room at the Changhzhou City Hall.  We cannot even begin to name all the dishes.  Lovely local fish and river shrimp, eels and many other local specialties - pigs ears too!  Thank goodness Lynn is even more adventurous an eater than I am.

There was also lots of toasting each other with French wine.  There was a protocol to this too. 

We have to run now, as we need to go visit more of Tianning Temple in a beautiful park nearby.

Welcome to my Blog

Hello Readers,

Welcome to my Blog. I have begun this in order to document my adventures in ECE and yoga, beginning with a trip to China and Japan with my wonderful friend and colleague, Lynn. 

I'm a little aprehensive about leaving my daughter home with her Uncle, affectionately know as Scar.  They tend to bicker.

Anyway, tomorrow - Shanghai here we come!