Plants and other things

I realize it has been a while since I wrote last. Things have been busy.

We went to the Shijiazhuang Botanical Garden on Saturday morning with all of the participants. The place is enormous. Of course, when we first got there, everyone wanted photos. I was so sick of smiling when everything was done. Despite this, it was a great time. There was an amusement park, and I went on a small rollercoaster. It was pretty sweet. You go upside twice, some quick falls. It was about half teachers and half younger students (Pink class). The girl I sat next to was so scared. It was her first time! I was laughing and told her she’d never forget it.

She probably won’t. I was afraid she was NOT enjoying it she was screaming so much, but when I asked her at the end if she enjoyed it, she did!

That was fun, and you can find the photos on facebook.

After the garden, we had a large party for Mike’s, one of our leaders, birthday. This was a good time for all and great food.

There is an important thing here. Maybe some of you skim these, maybe some of you just look for fancy photos which I never include because I hate formatting. However, I want one and all to read this very carefully:

At this party…

I ATE DOG!

It went something like this:

With my chopsticks, I reached for some cold meat. I had no idea what it was, but I just don’t ask. I eat. As I reached for it, my friend next to me said, “That is dog!”
“Dog?”
“Yes, dog!”
“Cool!” And so I ate. The conversation then turned to if we eat dog in America.

It tasted very good. It had a mild flavor (tastes like chicken? It was salty) and was very tender.

So, I will let you digest (HAHAAHAAH) that, and I will proceed to write about the rest of the weekend in the next posting.