Toot toot

I wanted to share some of the magic of the other night with you.

 

a river cruising boat

 

we call this the bottle opener building. You can go to the top in an elevator,  beautiful twinkling lights

  

 another river cruise boat

 

loved this building lit up with the moon so close, btw- enjoy the full moon tonight in Capricorn, we are going to the Chinese Acrobatic Circus performance, should be colorful and entertaining! 

 
Yesterday was quite the experience going to Hangzhou and West Lake..the train ride was a terrific short one hour ride on the fast train. West Lake is a gorgeous lake with weeping willows overhanging the edges, on the east edge there is actually a national park and forest. We took a smallish outdoor 10 seater covered bus around the
perimeter of the lake and also walked around a bit, then ate our picnic lunch. When we were ready to leave in the afternoon we actually tried to get a taxi ride to this silk market nearby, the taxi kept making faces at us like he didnt understand. We had flipped a coin as to whether we would go or head back, so I told him just go
to the train station' by showing him the Chinese words but he gave
me a confused look and I wasn't sure he understood so I said
jokingly "toot toot" like the horn of the train, he started laughing
and then we all were laughing and he made some train sounds so we
knew he understood. There is something so wonderful about the universality of body language in any country. I dont think we saw
any expatriots in Hangzhou yesterday which was fine but different.

  
Enjoyed the many lotus plants in the lake yesterday, this flower looked so beautiful and fully open. I am feeling the beginning of
closure to a fabulous journey but also loving the new opening in
myself to the Chinese people and culture.