Not much to say today: the admin part is completed, so we just need to wait for the papers to come back before we can take off back home. In the meantime, we’re visiting, and today was the Summer Palace for daddy, while mommy and the kids were resting in the room.
We are now in Beijing with the rest of the group. 22 families! We arrived on Friday evening and settled into our room. Saturday we did some paperworks for immigration and we went to the Zoo. I think the animals think the zoo was in front of them… just crazy how the people can be.
Today was the Jade factory, the Great Wall, the Cloisonnés factory…a Sunday…I have to say I kind of miss our 2 previous weeks because even thought we could feel China is very populated I think this week here will overwhelm us. 5 years ago we came in November and it didn’t seemed to be that crowded.
We had a wonderful week in Xinjiang despite the very controlled environment. It is a beautiful province, full of mountains and desert areas. The people are beautiful too and the pilaf rice, lamb kebab and flat bread helped us too quickly catch the weight we lost last week 
I hope we’ll be able to see more when we go back, one day…
Our little pirate is adopting us slowly, and we are all adjusting to a life as a family of 4. Little Mr E is very strong willing and testing us of course, but most of the time he is a very happy little boy full of energy and eager to learn. He gives us kisses already and can go to both Mama and Baba. We love him already to pieces and cannot wait to be home with him.
Sorry it is so short, we are pretty tired and at night our brains go blind…More when we are back home for sure.
(click on each picture to see them big)
Someone forgot to turn off Internet today in Urumqi We’re all well and will post more soon.
Quelqu’un a oublié de couper Internet ce matin à Urumqi Nous allons tous très bien, et vous écrirons plus bientôt.
Our wonderful trip in Hunan comes to an end, and we are taking off to Xinjiang today to meet with Didi tomorrow. We might be off line during the next 5 days, and if it’s the case we will post again from Beijing.
Traditional Chinese breakfast / petit déjeuner traditionnel Chinois
Wonderful people… / Des gens merveilleux
Yesterday, we visited a typical town where some minority people are living. We walked in a 1000 years old pedestrian street full of locally made crafts of all kind for sale. The way back to the hotel was long: instead of taking the same highway, we were told to use a shortcut across the mountain, and reduce our trip by 1 or 1:30 hours. In fact, we got lost, and went through 3 hours of mountain drive before going back on the highway, and were quite sick… We were not in a good shape last night, but this didn’t prevent us from tasting some more incredible hospitality from our guests!
Today, we had great emotions, met with some amazing people, got answers to questions already asked and to more to come in the future, and saw more beautiful places… Let’s share some pictures with you.
Back to the roots / retour aux sources
A very special Family meal / repas de famille très spécial
At the Temple / au Temple
We finally have access to (free!!) Internet in the hotel. We had a pleasant trip and we are now set. On the way here, the landscapes were quite unique, and the city is full of life…It is a very special place to our heart here and will always be.
Sur la route / On the road
Le pont menant à la ville / The bridge to the city
Encore plus de bons repas (racine de lotus) / More good food (lotus root)
Entrée d’un Temple / Entrance of a Temple
We are leaving today for the next leg or our trip… We don’t know when will be the next Internet connection
Dragon Boats / Bateaux Dragons:
Excellent spicy food… / Repas excellent (et épicé…):
French district street / Rue du district Français :
Financial Tower / Tour financière :
Shanghaï by night and from above / Shanghaï de nuit et vue d’en haut :
Pearl Tower from above / La tour « Perle » vue d’en haut :
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