So far I have felt safe and happy here. This morning while Steve went to his meeting, I went for a walk. While walking down this long street I spied a motorcycle coming near me. I noticed the man staring at me. As he drove by he yelled "helllooo"! It was really cute. He went by too quickly for me to answer. Anyway, I walked for a whole hour - and I was drenched in sweat! It was sooo humid. I walked down to and through Egret Park which borders Dushu Lake. I took some pictures while there.
You could see this egret sculpture from the restaurant in the hotel. It was really pretty. If you look above through the egrets you can see a christian church that they are rennovating. I don't know if it is catholic, because all of the signs were in Chinese, but there were stained glass windows and a huge statue of Jesus out front. The men working on the church were on bamboo scaffolding. I took a picture of it but it is on my phone, and I don't know how to download that to the computer. Sorry!
Later that night we had dinner with all of the Formica people (about 40 of them). The President of Asia Fred Wang made Steve and I sit next to him at his table. From then on we were at his table every night. He is very friendly but drinks like a fish (it seems like a lot of Chinese do!)
The highlight of the meal were the cooked pigeons with the heads as garnish - interesting stuff. Oh, and I even tried eel - not my favorite - I think I am going vegetarian!!
Linda
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