So much to say...

Hey all,
I feel like I have so much to say this time, so it may be a long one.
This weekend we went to Vernon's student's home-Christy, and had so much fun. The first night we went to dinner and KTV (the Chinese version of karaoke), and of course Vernon and I both did our share of singing. So much fun. Then we went back to her house and basically had the whole living room and bedroom to ourselves for the night. And on top of that there was an English speaking channel on TV and we watched a movie! How can you beat that! :)
The next day we went to the next city over to spend the next 2 nights at their family's home in that city. It is a bigger and "more exciting" city as they would say. We visited a temple and went through a really great maze. It was pretty difficult and we eventually got a little help from the family towards the end. We had a lot of fun.



Oh I forgot to mention that we also got massages and ate rabbit and silkworm on this same day. Vernon was HILARIOUS getting his first massage ever. Ask him about it. The rabbit was good but the silkworm looked like a raisin when it was cooked and tasted like fish, unusual.

Then Sunday was the adventurous day! We climbed a mountain, and I do mean climbed. I was so tired I told Vernon I thought my legs were going to buckle and then he proceeded to make fun of me the rest of the day. Mean man. Reaching the top was pretty amazing. To get to the top we had to take some steps that were on the side of the mountain as you can see in the pictures. We were both really afraid, but I was proud of my self when I made it. The bridge we had to cross was also really frightening because it was made of metal chain railings, but the bottom was only tree branches supported by thick ropes. I was glad we only crossed it once.
Here are a few pics of that day :) It was a beautiful scene when we reached the top.





That evening we relaxed and taught the family how to play Uno- the Chinese love that game. It was really nice. Monday we did a lot of shopping. We were trying to get a head start on the shopping that we will have to do in Beijing for souvenirs and what not. After lunch we return home to Sias. It was a wonderful and memorable weekend! Many thanks to the Lu and Chen family!!!