A Big Weekend

We are running out of weekends, can you believe that!? All of us are feeling some of the-end-is-coming affects and are getting anxious to see our families and friends again, so we are planning smaller trips for these last couple of weekends to keep our minds busy. Someone on the Branch had mentioned the "Venice of China" so we thought we'd give it a try! Another big performance was this Friday for our kids which the Chinese Teachers took care of so we didn't have ILP or ELE classes, surprise! On Monday was the Dragon Boat Festival so Friday the older kids had tables set up all around the court yard where they sold food that they had made. There was also a Dragon Boat Quiz and a DIY dumpling making class. So basically we just had fun around the school all Friday. Then Saturday we went to this massive lake next to the Nanjng City wall where we had a picnic, enjoyed the weather, and just relaxed.

On the way to the Nanjing Wall/Lake we bumped into the creepy Youth Olympics creature.

We had a bit of a picnic on the rocks across from this gorgeous river view.

Not sure why, but all of the trees has red strips hanging from them. My awesome roommate and I always joke about how many things happen in China that we are curious about but we will never get the answer for.

And here we have this little boy... He looked absolutely darling walking up to us and so I asked to take a picture with him but as soon as his mom started taking the picture he slumped his shoulders and pulled this face! Then after about 30 seconds he had HAD it and folded his arms and turned away from me! I totally got rejected by a 5 year old! 

This is us on the Nanjing Wall! It's 600 hundred years old and one of the last city walls standing in China because President Mao knocked the rest down to "unite" China.

And this is the awesome looking gate to the river.  I love looking back at these pictures and zooming in on the Asians in the background. The guy on our left is holding a broom... why? Who knows :D