What we've been up to the past week!

We spent our sunday afternoon sitting at the park reading and writing. These middle school kids came up to try to talk to us. We had a hard time... we understood that they wanted to "be our friends" and it seemed like they wanted us to come to their school... but alas, we had dinner plans. So we all settled for a fun picture together instead!














These are Matthew's Fanta flavors. They are peach (the pink one), orange (the... orange one) and apple (the green one). He loves the green one!



















This picture is courtesy of Matthew. It's a Sweet Taro pie (oops.... I just spelled it tarot!) It was DELICIOUS!

Sorry, I can't figure out how to flip this! It's us at the park :)

So what have we been up to? Hm... this past weekend we went to the foreigner's bar, The Music House, with our neighbors. It was a lot of fun.. maybe too much! The owner is Chinese, and speaks very little English. He doesn't let that stop him from getting all the foreigners to come to his bar! There is kareoke, and a small live band that sings songs in English. They serve many american drinks, and french fries. We met some new people, played dice, and drank too much. It's hard to say no when the owner is giving you free drinks and saying "Please, it will honor me!". So we were all pretty happy when we left. The four of us giggled the whole way home. I wonder what the taxi driver was thinking?

Saturday was a relaxing day... we stayed home. Sunday we went to the park, then dinner. This week has been pretty uneventful. Matthew played basketball with some guys last night. Tonight we're going to dinner with Jarvis and Larissa again (the neighbors) and some other friends. Should be a good time! We also started running with them in the mornings (at least... THIS morning we did it). I can't believe how out of shape I am! I was out of breath after half a lap around the track... but what I didn't run, I walked, and we got a good 6 or 7 laps in running/walking. Good times!

*note* the majority of this post was written yesterday. It is now thursday... so yes, we did end up going to dinner last night. It was a big group, again a fun mix of people. Chinese, English, South African, American (Seattle, Massechussetts, LA). We ate at a hunan restaurant. Hunan is a province in China. I have NEVER EATEN FOOD THAT HOT IN MY LIFE. It hurt. But what didn't hurt was yummy! From there we moved to the Music House for a couple hours. We sat, listened to music, and talked with people. So fun to make new friends! But alas, it was a school night; so like good little teachers, we hopped in a taxi and were home by about 11:00 pm. Tonight we're going to a Texas Hold'em tournament. Never a dull day in Fuyang!