The Summer Palace

A Marble boat

New Buddies

Love those Cheerio`s

Taking the silk from the cocoons

Progada at the Summer Palace

Well today was a flea marketers dream ,we went to the indoor market and had to barter for everything and then plead with them to let you go if they saw you had more money , we got some good bargains but we also learned that if you go into the Barbie store and your daughter see`s something she wants and gets her little hands on it before you have time to barter you soon learn there is no bartering so you pay 100 Yuan for a 2 yuan doll. We had to buy another suitcase and that was an experience to remember two vender's selling the same product and hauling us from one to another , we went to the hand bag section and was mobbed with people screaming at us for asking how much and then not buying anything.in the end we just pushed our way through and got back to the part that wasn`t as bad.Yesterday was a peaceful day we just went to the Summer Palace and it was very peaceful in there not many vender's and everybody just walked along at their own pace .We also went to the Silk Factory and seen some beautiful silk products but it was quite pricey .Madalyn is still getting along great and has a bit of a cold but otherwise great she is still showing us her independent side as she likes to do things herself. We are all getting anxious to get home and get back to normal food and routines and to see Brandon we are missing him allot, hopefully he`s missing us too.

Kent ,Deanna and Madalyn