On the ground in Chicago

Yea!  Almost home. 

Good day

We went to the Shanghai Museum and Silk Museum. Then went shopping in the market and a few went to the top of an 88 story building to get a good view of some of the over 6000 skyscrapers in Shanghai. We just finished dinner and are heading to see acrobatics. Then bed and saying goodbye to our friends from Utah and CA. They head to the airport a few hours before us in the morning. 

Last day in China

Heading out for out last full day in China. Going to the Shanghai Museum then the Silk Museum then shopping in the market. We will end the day with Acrobatics. Exciting last day!  

Terracotta Warriors and Wild Goose Pagoda

This awesome day started at the Terracotta Warriors and ended at the Wild Goose Pagoda.

New day

Good morning!  We are on our way to the airport to fly to Shanghai. Will get there right after lunch. French quarter this afternoon. Will have some pretty worldly kids coming home with us. 

Terracotta Warriors

Amazing morning seeing these works of art. On our way to the Wild Goose Pagoda. 

From Elise:
Some of the crew hanging out in one cabin before arriving in Xian.

Taking calligraphy lessons in Xian.

Walking into the Chinese high school we visited.


Hanging out with our new Chinese friends before leaving the school.

Wearing our new Peking Opera masks we made at the high school. Taken in the lobby of our new hotel. Here for two nights. Tomorrow we visit the Terra-cotta Warriors!  Everyone is excited. Good night!

In Xian

Thanks so much to my sister for posting for us since it's still not working well posting from China. We are about to arrive in Xian via night train. Pretty awesome. We learn calligraphy this morning and then go to a Chinese school. Looking forward to the kids having interactions with students their age. 

Yesterday we went to the Lama Templeand then Confucius Temple. Then we had lunch at a traditional families house in the hutong. There were koi, birds that would say 'Ni Hao' and the Cricket Master. Make sure you ask about this one!  Then we learned tai chi in the courtyard at the Bell Tower. In the rain. Good stories. 

We celebrated Maggies birthday yesterday and Tim Stewart's birthday the day before. It's been a great trip and James our guide is the best!

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China

Elise's sister again,  Working on sending more pictures and I am a day behind in posting.  Enjoy these and I will post more soon!

C

The Students went two towers past what is in this picture!!!

More Pictures from Elise

Good Morning All,

I am trying to post for Elise since she is having some issues.  If you get a minute please comment so we know that feature is working.  If I don't see any comments this evening I will working on the settings.

Enjoy the pictures
Marychris
Joseph's favorite Aunt :)

Blog update

We think the problem might be that China blocks google sometimes. Still working on uploading. Great day cooking, going to the Ming Tombs and then the Great Wall. It was GREAT!  On the way to dinner and then the hotel. 

Continuing to try

On the bus and heading to a Chinese cooking lesson. We are apparently making our own lunch. After we eat we will head to the Ming tombs. Then to the Great Wall!  Hoping for better wifi at some point to get pictures to y'all. Comment if you get this post to come through. 

New pics

Having trouble w wifi. Continuing to try. 

1/2 Way through the day

Morning was spent at Tianneman Square and the Forbidden City. At lunch now and then we head to the Summer Palace. The students are doing a great job translating and eating native foods.