Nee-hao

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Okay so we thought it was going to be the orphans that needed diapers, but um no, it was actually Bridger! Ha...just kidding. Inside joke.

So...on to first reactions to China:

Surprising everyone did really well with the food, even Ally! After we at e huge Chinese meal with a ton of different dishes she exclaimed, "I like rice!" Libby found it a little strange to be eating vegetables for breakfast, but she handled the situation well. After the biggest "continental" breakfast of our lives Brent came to give us an orientation and tell us that we.... Post orientation we headed to lunch at another Chinese restaurant (go figure) and then to Summer Palace. Ha...ActionQuest, you thought you were the only ones, but we were actually shipmates today too. We paddled around the lake in Summer Palace. Interesting enough, we were also asked several times by the Chinese if they could take pictures with us. Dwayne was a favorite. This was also where many of us got to experience our first squat toilet...yippeeee! Hand sanitizer is a must in this country. After summer palace we headed to Jenny Lou's market to stock up on snacks (crunchy bambams beaker!) and Cason was soooo excited about seeing western food that he bought about 10 boxes of chips ahoy, digestives, and crackers! Yes, dinner was another Chinese meal. Some of the kids saw the hospice for the first time and then we headed back to the hotel to prepare for tomorrow's trip out to the country!

We will try to update the blog as frequently as possible, but it may not be as possible until we return to Beijing. Zai Jian until then!


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