Monday, November 16, 2009

Wednesday Afternoon, November 12, 2009


We had another large lunch at 11:40AM, consisting of about 20 separate food dishes. Two of the six assistant principals joined us along with our interpreters Ping and Jessica.
For the afternoon a trip was arranged to Weifang, a city of 9 million people about forty minutes away. There we visited the Weifang Kite Museum. After the museum we drove another twenty minutes to a lovely area where Chinese crafts people, made traditional Chinese crafts…including the construction of kites, woven materials, wooden lattices, and original prints. It reminded me of Williamsburg, VA, but in a very distinct Chinese style. Finally we returned to Weifang for another delicious dinner of their local food…meat, fish, mushroom soup, cabbage, and dumplings. We did of shopping in a department store near the restaurant, purchased some green tea, and some other Chinese grocery items. The store seemed to be an upscale combination…of Stop & Shop and Macys. Finally we returned to our hotel by 8:30PM. Mrs. Frank worked on a final art project that she wanted to do for the students she taught while I updated my diary and sorted through the many photos that I had taken.

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