Taking it easy

We decided to take it easy today and stay around the neighbourhood. After home schooling, we had some lunch and headed off to the nearby park. The kids sat in a little gazebo-type structure and wrote in their journals for a while and then played, and we read our books in the sun. It was a nice, relaxing time.

We wanted to get some snacks and other supplies for the upcoming overnight train ride to Hong Kong, so we stopped at the grocery store. We picked up some blueberry-flavoured chips among other things. Surprisingly, they taste pretty good! Speaking of interesting snacks, we picked up some corn-flavoured ice cream a couple of days ago! It actually looks like a corn on the cob and tastes like corn. Takes a little getting used to, but the taste is okay. The girls have been great with trying different foods here. We try to make food that tastes similar to what we have at home, but we have to make do with what is available and most times it does not taste the same. Still, that is also part of the adventure and we are enjoying it.

We met the other kids in the park today and they all played until after dark. Everyone knows we are leaving in a couple of days so they want to play as much as possible. We are meeting them again on Sunday to play some more.

NM