Lost in translation...

Da jia hao!!! That's 'Hello everyone!!!'  We thought we'd share a few photos of some things here in Boading. Very few people speak English beyond, "hello" and  "Nice to meet you" (similar to our extent of Chinese but we are improving with our weekly lessons and need for survival), but having English on your clothes is common. It leads to many shirts that we read as we walk along that don't seem to make any sense to us. But it would be rude, we think, to take pictures of people or their shirts and there are so many odd ones that we forget what they say before we have a chance to write them down. But here are some examples on various things. Superlatives are common, even if they don't exactly go together. But all in all, it's tons better communication than our Chinese.

 

Just a few of the sights that made us take a second look. 

Fall is arriving here in China. We've had to break out the woolies to keep us warm at night. The heat in our building won't turn on for a few more weeks. It hasn't been that cold yet, but I hope the heat comes on soon. 

We had a lot of rain yesterday so today the air is clean. Everyone's mood seems to cheer up when the air is clean. Cabin fever can get to you very quickly in these small apartments. 

This weekend our boss is taking the English teachers to Beijing. We hope to see a few places we didn't see on our previous trip. Should be fun. They promised we'd eat a meal at a western restaurant, like Sizzlers or TGI Fridays. Can't wait.