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We had a great day today visiting the ancient city of
Ping Yao. This walled city was at the end of the Silk Road
and was home to many merchants and thus became a
prosperous place with China's first banks. The city
remains very similar to its original state with
incredible architecture.
We began early this morning and left our hotel at 8:30am.
Our children have slept pretty well with little jet lag. Naomi
has been up around 5am each morning, but Davis and
Hong Hui have had to be woken up each day. Hong Hui
has greeted me with a smile each day and a warm
"Good Morning." This is one of the first English words I
heard from her.
The Dodds had a great day full of shopping and touring Ping Yao. It was hot!
Hong Hui, like many Chinese, tries to avoid the sun as much as possible. She spent
much of the day trying to find shady spots to walk in. We had ice cream bars, bought
treasures and memories. Our favorite kind of day. Naomi chose a traditional bracelet
made from carvings of Peach wood shown to the right. Davis chose a bamboo sword of
course. Hong Hui chose a few treasures. A tea set, a lacquer jewelry box which
the area is famous for and peach wood bracelets. Christe chose a set of carved
peach wood earrings.
We saw much traditional food being made including flatbread cooked on hot stones
and noodles grated from a block of dough and cooked in a pot.
Our guide, Jessica accompanied us and had a great time as well. She has never been
to this area so it was a first for her. She does not like to bargain, but likes to shop.
Being an expert haggler, I helped her get some good deals.
We enjoyed a fast food lunch at McDonalds (Hong Hui's first time ever). We came back
this afternoon and rested from the long hot morning. We explored a bit more of our
hotel area this evening and are now having noodle bowls in the room for dinner.
Dinner cost $1.25 for all of us.
Tomorrow we go to Jinci Temple in the morning and then will join the Stern family from
Evergreen again in the afternoon for lunch and a tour of their farm.
We had a great day of communication and language development. Hong Hui is learning and
using many new English words and phrases. She is very smart and a quick study. We have
been learning many new Mandarin phrases and cause Hong Hui to laugh very often at our
poor attempts at pronunciation.
Continue to pray for us. We are still bonding as a family and will be for a long time. God has
been so good to us. I think Hong Hui is a perfect compliment to the Dodds. We love her and
you will too.
Ping Yao. This walled city was at the end of the Silk Road
and was home to many merchants and thus became a
prosperous place with China's first banks. The city
remains very similar to its original state with
incredible architecture.
We began early this morning and left our hotel at 8:30am.
Our children have slept pretty well with little jet lag. Naomi
has been up around 5am each morning, but Davis and
Hong Hui have had to be woken up each day. Hong Hui
has greeted me with a smile each day and a warm
"Good Morning." This is one of the first English words I
heard from her.
The Dodds had a great day full of shopping and touring Ping Yao. It was hot!
Hong Hui, like many Chinese, tries to avoid the sun as much as possible. She spent
much of the day trying to find shady spots to walk in. We had ice cream bars, bought
treasures and memories. Our favorite kind of day. Naomi chose a traditional bracelet
made from carvings of Peach wood shown to the right. Davis chose a bamboo sword of
course. Hong Hui chose a few treasures. A tea set, a lacquer jewelry box which
the area is famous for and peach wood bracelets. Christe chose a set of carved
peach wood earrings.
We saw much traditional food being made including flatbread cooked on hot stones
and noodles grated from a block of dough and cooked in a pot.
Our guide, Jessica accompanied us and had a great time as well. She has never been
to this area so it was a first for her. She does not like to bargain, but likes to shop.
Being an expert haggler, I helped her get some good deals.
We enjoyed a fast food lunch at McDonalds (Hong Hui's first time ever). We came back
this afternoon and rested from the long hot morning. We explored a bit more of our
hotel area this evening and are now having noodle bowls in the room for dinner.
Dinner cost $1.25 for all of us.
Tomorrow we go to Jinci Temple in the morning and then will join the Stern family from
Evergreen again in the afternoon for lunch and a tour of their farm.
We had a great day of communication and language development. Hong Hui is learning and
using many new English words and phrases. She is very smart and a quick study. We have
been learning many new Mandarin phrases and cause Hong Hui to laugh very often at our
poor attempts at pronunciation.
Continue to pray for us. We are still bonding as a family and will be for a long time. God has
been so good to us. I think Hong Hui is a perfect compliment to the Dodds. We love her and
you will too.
Time in Shianxi
