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Picture Catch-Up

Life has been busy! Here are a few shots from the last couple of weeks.

Hubby and D went to Shanghai for the weekend to watch the Formula One race. I hear it was loud, high adrenaline and a blast!

I have been working hard on my health!

My amazing friend and Mandarin teacher met me for lunch and introduced me to a few new dishes.

Come visit us on Behind The Refrigerator Door this week!
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Chengdu Highlights~ China

This is my final post of our spring break trip to Chengdu, China. We went to Chengdu to see the pandas and found so much more!
Here are some highlights from our week!

We had a great time in Chengdu and recommend it for anyone traveling to China!
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Du Jiang Yan- Much More Than Irrigation!

I have to admit that when hubby said we were going to go see an Irrigation System I was not thrilled, and neither were the kids. But this place was SO cool!
Who knew we would see so many fun things in one place? Like "Disney" characters! Even with their heads off!
This was particularly entertaining to me,
as I use to rub elbows with the characters closely when I worked at Disneyland in college. We have been to a few different places in China, but nothing as quaint and charming as this place! We took a high speed train from Chengdu to DuJiangYan, and a quick taxi ride from the train station to this spot.

We had fun getting snacks from the many food vendors. It was like we were celebs because we were the ONLY foreigners here. Now that we were all fueled up it was time to go hike. So this irrigation system is world famous because it was over 2,200 years ago around 250 BC! It is still in use today and services 36 counties.

After a couple of hours of traipsing through the hills we were in search of real food now. Luckily this street was very entertaining to search. You would think it would be easy to find something to eat...but  unless you want to eat chicken feet (pictured below)... ...or at a restaurant where you can pick your live entree (chickens, ducks, rabbits) out front... then you would be like us. Still searching for a place to eat. So we stopped to get some exercise on a water wheel.
It is a lot harder than it looks! Since food was not in our imminent future we wandered into a park, and garden area, that I can honestly say was the most beautiful place in China I've ever been. In one section of the garden there was a group of people doing traditional Chinese calligraphy and water color painting. They called us over and wanted the kids to participate. A television camera filmed them interacting with the artists. Who knows where my kids will show up on tv! They were all very kind and began giving the kids their artwork.

We saw so many interesting things that day. Just a few more examples before I leave you... Yes! The little girl is going potty...in the main thoroughfare.

It is very common to see anything and everything carried on a scooter. Here is an example of a lot of beverages.

We made it back to the train station with plenty of time to spare. We always carry a deck of cards. Here we are playing gin rummy and drawing quite a crowd.

Thanks for making it through this incredibly long post
(you deserve to reward yourself in some way)!
Can you believe I am still not done showing you Chengdu!
Stay Tuned!
(just not today because this post took me three hours!)
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