Thoughts on China

I arrived in Shanghai yesterday afternoon. Wendy’s father (张文进的爸爸, or Zhāng WénJìn de bàba) met me at the airport and we rode the airport bus and then took a taxi to their home. I wasn’t prepared for the huge feast that her mother had prepared! Wow! Well, pictures are better than words….

and the famous Shanghai crab, in just the right season!…

Here we are eating the dinner…

and here is the family, including Wenjin’s parents, her older brother (哥哥 or gēge) and his wife, along with their daughter, Jennifer, who is doing very well at learning English!…

I’m going to go around Shanghai today with Wenjin’s father, then will see more of the town tomorrow before heading to Hangzhou on Friday.