It is always interesting / Det er alltid interessant

It is always interesting to post to the blog here in China. Not because of the fact that we are here but because when we log into the blogger account every button, link or explanation is in Chinese characters. I have to say that our Chinese reading is quite rusty. Translation... Non existent. So whenever we want to post something we go by memory, scary as it is, to figure out what is what. Right now the girls are out for the count and snoozing away. I on the other hand just know that you loyal followers want to see pictures from our flight and first day of Chengdu. Oh by the way Peter, we won't be seeing the Great Wall this time but we'll see some other stuff so stay tuned. Enough yak already. Get ready for some pictures after the Norwegian portion.

Det er alltid interessant å laste opp innlegg her i Kina. Det er ikke fordi vi er her men på grunn av at alle knappene, linker og forklaringer er på kinesisk. Vår kapasitet til å lese kinesisk er svært begrenset. Rettere sagt.... ikke eksisterende. Så for hver gang vi legger opp innlegg prøver vi å huske hvordan alt er plassert på siden og det er skremmende i seg selv. Akkurat nå ligger jentene å sover kvelden vekk. Jeg på den andre siden bare vet at dere loyale tilhengere ønsker å se bilder fra flyturen og første dagen her i Chengdu. Nok prat, her er bilder.


In Chicago we tried to tire out Rebecca by letting her run around and do acrobatics to let out steem.


With a girl like Rebecca we draw attention pretty much everywhere we go. This young man was on his way home to Beijing after a two month stay in Michigan to study English. He mostly wanted to talk about basketball which is a thing that I don't know to much about. I do know that Yao Ming is playing for the Houston Rocket but that is pretty much my knowledge of NBA.


Once we boarded the plane and got under way, Rebecca was up, ready and alert. No relaxing there, no siree.


After 27 hours awake with pretty much only Japanese warsleep Rebecca finally hit the wall and crashed. Our little girl is such a little trooper.


After only three hours of sleep she was ready to go again. When we meet Matthew Mommy?


China is a land of contrasts and right outside our hotel room window we have the proof. This is a building that is built in the traditional style surrounded by concrete boxy highrise and semi highrise buildings.


As I mentioned earlier, we are recipients of quite a bit of attention. This entourage followed us out from Carrefore and were asking both us and the guide questions. They wanted to know why we were pale and Rebecca was yellow? Why did Rebecca only speak english and not Chinese?


Our guide, Marina, has so far been excellent when it comes to frendliness, efficiency and service. Great job Marina.