We are here! It has been difficult to upload pictures so I'll see how it goes. A quick few notes. There are bicyclists everywhere and they dart in and out of cars like they have 9 lives. Our taxi driver almost ran over a couple of them on the way to dinner and then today (Sunday) I almost got run over by a couple bikers as I stepped off our bus!

For dinner last night we had several lovely choices including duck feet, duck tongue or duck intestines, but we finally found an egg roll and a couple of other items that we shared with our table. We''ll be eating lots of almonds while we are here!

Had my first "opportunity" to use a squatty potty, but fortunately all the places we have been have also had regular toilets so that is good:)

Last night we visited Tian An Men Square. When we got there we were ambushed by about 20 men who wanted to give us rides in their rickshaws. I thought it was hilarious but Dave and the other couple with us weren't quite as amused! We saw our first real pair of split pants on a little guy - you definately have to watch for puddles around here! The part that made me sad about the whole evening was almost all the toddlers we saw were boys.