So, Erin and I were walking through a park in Shanghai and were accosted by this random man. He really wanted to talk to us because according to him, "I HATE talking to the Shanghainese...they're so boring. I only talk to foreigners." He seemed really proud of his strenght, and he made us guess his age (88, if you were wondering). He was also really proud of his teeth. Apparently, its pretty common in China to lose all ones teeth, so keeping them at such a late age is a real feat.
This was a sign on a door in an antiques market we went to. Strange things, these Chinese people. I'm pretty sure if anyone had mammoth tusks, this dirty antiques market would not be where they were.
This was a window at a jiaozi shop. The woman inside is rolling the dough that she then passes to her left where it is filled and steamed.
Since it's the year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac calendar, there are oxes EVERYWHERE in China. This was one of our favorite.
Inside the YuYuan gardens that I mentioned in my first post, there were all these bizarre...I dunno what you'd call them. They're sort of like nativity scenes, but made out of paper, and I'm not really sure the purpose of them. Oh, and there's another ox.
This is what the alleyways looked like. Everything was REALLY touristy, and Erin and I kept forgetting we were in China. It was almost exactly like Epcot's China exhibit in Disney World.
In the middle of the pond is a famous tea house...I think it was called Huizhong. Anyway, there were about a thousand people in or around it, so we never made it inside.
This was our view of the Pearl Tower at around 2:00 one day. There was an insane amount of smog...it was kind of gross.
This is a picture of a public restroom near our school in Hangzhou. For some reason, the sign said "Tool Room." Believe me, I'm just as confused as you are.
I was absolutely terrified to eat this at first. I thought it was some monstrosity of congealed orange meat and maybe worms. Turns out, it's candied lotus root. Inside the holes of the root, they stuff sweet rice. It was surprisingly good, but I think I might have been slightly allergic to it because after I ate it, my tongue went sort of numb and tingly for an hour or so. Strange times.
And this is the famous Shanghai skyline. I took this from my cellphone on the night of the lantern festival. Such a cool experience.
So, Erin and I were walking through a park in Shanghai and were accosted by this random man. He really wanted to talk to us because according to him, "I HATE talking to the Shanghainese...they're so boring. I only talk to foreigners." He seemed really proud of his strenght, and he made us guess his age (88, if you were wondering). He was also really proud of his teeth. Apparently, its pretty common in China to lose all ones teeth, so keeping them at such a late age is a real feat.
This was a sign on a door in an antiques market we went to. Strange things, these Chinese people. I'm pretty sure if anyone had mammoth tusks, this dirty antiques market would not be where they were.
This was a window at a jiaozi shop. The woman inside is rolling the dough that she then passes to her left where it is filled and steamed.
Since it's the year of the Ox in the Chinese zodiac calendar, there are oxes EVERYWHERE in China. This was one of our favorite.
Inside the YuYuan gardens that I mentioned in my first post, there were all these bizarre...I dunno what you'd call them. They're sort of like nativity scenes, but made out of paper, and I'm not really sure the purpose of them. Oh, and there's another ox.
This is what the alleyways looked like. Everything was REALLY touristy, and Erin and I kept forgetting we were in China. It was almost exactly like Epcot's China exhibit in Disney World.
In the middle of the pond is a famous tea house...I think it was called Huizhong. Anyway, there were about a thousand people in or around it, so we never made it inside.
This was our view of the Pearl Tower at around 2:00 one day. There was an insane amount of smog...it was kind of gross.
This is a picture of a public restroom near our school in Hangzhou. For some reason, the sign said "Tool Room." Believe me, I'm just as confused as you are.
I was absolutely terrified to eat this at first. I thought it was some monstrosity of congealed orange meat and maybe worms. Turns out, it's candied lotus root. Inside the holes of the root, they stuff sweet rice. It was surprisingly good, but I think I might have been slightly allergic to it because after I ate it, my tongue went sort of numb and tingly for an hour or so. Strange times.
And this is the famous Shanghai skyline. I took this from my cellphone on the night of the lantern festival. Such a cool experience.
Tool Room? Hilarious!
ReplyDeleteHangzhou looks pretty cool! I really want to take some pictures but I'm always too cold to move. :( I heard some guys lithium battery in his camera froze at the ice festival too...that suuucks. I'm really glad the language pledge didn't start til now for us, I feel really bad for you guys...but then I remember I'm the one that has to go out in -13 degree weather and then I don't feel so bad. :)
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