Wednesday, August 20, 2008

We've landed

Well, after 10 long months of working on this, we finally got to China on Monday evening. Here are some pictures to get started, with much more to come.





We took 15 bags with us. If you include our "personal" bags we carried on the plane, it was 22 items we had to keep track of. Notice our duffle bags from Larada's Army Surplus. John loved the military look.



Our street: Xian Guo Jie. Or something like that.



Our apartment building. Count up four windows to the far left, that window is J's, and the two windows next to it are ours, too. We have windows on the other side as well, looking right into the apartments of our neighbors. Whether they are in their underwear or eating, we're all one big happy human family.



Lest you thought we were roughing it, here is proof we are not. This is the list of stores being build right next door (click on the image for a closer look). Notice we can't even get away from Walmart here. At least we'll have a DairyQueen to keep us happy.


A view of our apartment building, right next to the new construction. The canals are all over Suzhou, in the old parts and the new. Wish we had our canoe...

4 comments:

mom of fab five said...

You have a walmart?!!! How crazy is that--well i guess everything is made in cHina so it only makes sense. Glad you guys made it safe--How you all managed all those bags--and none of them were lost? Modern miracle!! Look forward to more updates!

Do You Think I Am An Automaton said...

What!? Where is the straw hut I thought you'd live in?! Just kidding! Looks so fun!
Do yuo feel like you should start cheering for Chinese olympians now?
Sharon

colleeeen said...

good lord, DQ and Forever 21? No need for me to come see you in China - all I have to do is head over to the mall. Do they have Pinkberry yet?

I am so glad you all made it safe & semi-sound (bet you was tiiiired). now we need pictures of the inside of your apartment!

Elizabeth said...

So excited for you guys!

Give us more detils when you can.