Thailand Holiday!

A picture's worth a thousand words so here is 112,000 words to read. :o)  This is just a sample- there were more.  Thought some would like to see some pictures now.  We will add some more detail from our trip later. 

Semester is over

(Oops a little late, I forgot to post)

Hello all,

Sorry for the long break but we have been recovering.

Friday marked the official last day of the semester for us.  Now we begin our Spring Festival break which is about a month long break.  We haven't exactly been working for the last 3 weeks.  Review began 3 weeks ago for the students so the only working we have done was teach Kindergarten for 2 days, then I got sick, then Ryan gave a presentation on the difference in Chinese and American education and then Ryan got sick.  And if one of us has been sick they have told the other one of us not to work and take care of the sick one.  After about a week, I think I am finally on the mend from a mild case of bronchitis and Ryan's cold doesn't seem too bad and he is doing better as well.

Good thing we are getting better, we are off to Thailand on Monday.  We are super excited to be in warm weather and be breathing clean air.  The air in Beijing has been slightly better, there have been blue skies the past few days.  Ryan and I have been planning on taking the subway to airport but today one of the teacher's informed us that someone from the school would take us to the airport.  Super nice of them. 

Well, in the next few days we should have more exciting things to report.  Today we are off to the city for Mexican food.

Also, we told you that we learned a Chinese song for the New Years Party.  I don't think we are going to be on Chinese Idol anytime soon but I think it's entertaining.  Enjoy:

Julie

Temple of Heaven, Korean Food, Seat Skating

 A couple weekends ago we went to the Temple of Heaven. 

 It was a warm day. No face mask.

 Just in case you were wondering how, here is the procedure of Worshiping Heaven.

 For some reason, I decided to run up the stairs.

 We also tried out some Korean food.  I don't think we really knew what we were ordering. 

This was some type of curry meat with rice.

 Cold mashed potatoes.  I actually liked them.  They had carrot and cucumber in them so Ryan didn't enjoy them. Good thing, I wasn't a fan of the other stuff. 

 This was yesterday at our favorite (the only one we have been to) Mexican restaurant in Beijing.  Also had shrimp tacos. 

 So today we went seat skating.  It was so fun.  I felt like it was 10 years old.  Lots of screaming and giggling. 

 This is the restaurant we had lunch at.  They have pizza and beer.  They told us they were only serving Western food today.  No problem! We are big fans of Western food. 

 I thought Mom would like the picture of my pretty napkin from lunch. 

 I can't feel my toes.  Good thing there was a Starbucks near by.  Venti Hot Chocolate for snack.  I met a guy from North Carolina at the Starbucks. 

We are feeling much better.  Just in time for Thailand tomorrow!!!!  Seat Skating one day, 90+ degree weather the next.  I'll take it.  Oh yeah, Ryan's really like standing up behind our seats and pushing me as fast as he could.  :o)