well all we made it to china. i am not able to access blogger so my little Korean Savior of this trip (aka aunt sherri) is going to try to post this for me. our flight was long but just fine. there was lots of food and the attendants spoke enough English that we were able to get by. i say the flight was fine but i will also say that if it is at all possible we will be springing for the upgrade to "premium" economy. i think that it will be worth the investment.
Hefei is an interesting city. there is a beautiful park that is 5 miles long just up from our hotel. its really peacefull. we walked it yesterday.and saw people getting men getting pedicures and shaves on little stools, people seemed to be taking dancing lesions, oh and i have to mention the one legged monkey. there were several people playing musical instruments that i had never seen before and the sounds were beautiful. it is interesting to be stared at everywhere we go. most people are very nice, children giggle and seem to dare each other to walk up to us and say "hello", older women comment on how big and strong Brian looks(that working out is paying off). but there are some people really not many who honestly look at us like we are going top eat there young, its a little disconcerting. the hotel in nice and most folk speak enough English to meet our needs. we have had fun running into a few fluent in English who are very foreword (i mean that in a good way) and will strike up a conversation. we helped a few college student get extra credit, they were English majors and if they talk to foreigners they get extra points.they were really cute.
we have thus far had no tummy troubles. but we do tend to stick close to the hotel for food. there a six restaurants so we have lots of options. there is even a little deli where you can get a slice of cake for like 75 cents!!!!! if you don't know already i love cake.
we get Ellie on Monday morning local time. i appreciate all of the prayers and good vibes that i can feel coming our way. thank you thank you more later