Monday, January 26th

Today I was picked up by Zhang and his daughter at my apartment for an outing with his family. First I went to his home to meet more family.

The single lane road to Zhang's home. The road was designed for foot and 2 wheel traffic. As people have started to drive more cars it's become a bit crowded.Relaxing outside where the sun was shining and people talking. Of course I couldn't understand much. I realized later they were planning an outing for me and 8 members of the family! Wow, such an honor to be included.Jerry and his wife. Jerry works for Disney in Shanghai and is fluent in English. Made it much easier for me. Thanks Jerry!Zhang's daughter an wifeZhang Yue loves sweets! Not a chocolate fan though.

And new a few American activities that I brought with me from the apartment.

So I showed them how to sit down and it was much easier! Oh my, Andrew's ripstick, that was nearly impossible and I couldn't show them because I can't do it either. My Chinese friends get an A for effort and teamwork! A couple of games of Uno. We brought the cards from the US and on our trip to Huangshan we taught Zhang how to play. He and I taught the rest of the family how to play today. It was definately a hit. The Chinese love playing cards.

Then on to dinner at a local restaurant! Zhang's father and mother.15 people went to dinner, what a great time. They introduced me to a Chinese wine called HuangJio. It's not too bad.

We ended the night at Jerry's apartment playing Wii. The girls are boxing and we laughed so hard. It was also Jerry's wife's birthday so we had cake and sang happy birthday in Chinese and English.