Fat Americans

Catherine, our tour guide, told us that Chinese people often say Tienamen square is so big that it can fit 2 million Japanese people, 1 million Chinese people or 0.5 million Americans. Of course that is funny enough as it is but it was proven later that night.

We went to a hot pot restaurant on the 8th floor of the building so we took the elevator. Everyone in the lobby rushed into the elevator including half of our group. The alarm was going off and the door wouldn't close meaning it was too full i.e. over weight. Two of our group got off, then one more person. Still the alarm was sounding. Bryce was the last one in our little party in the elevator and when he stepped off the alarm stopped and the doors began to close.

Shon started laughing and said out loud that once all the Americans got off it wasn't over weight anymore. Everyone inside the elevator and outside started laughing along with him. I guess we have to admit we are a bunch of fatties after all.

Birth Control

The in room mini bar has condoms you can buy at my hotel. And not just one, there are two choices. That's taking country wide birth control to a new level if you asked me. I say that in a positive way  meaning if that's what you want then they are helping people achieve the goal by having easy access. The only hotel I can imagine in the US with condoms are not places I would ever hang around.

Of course our tour guide told me there is a new law for city people that they are now encouraged to have two babies. It does not apply to country people.

Harry Potter in China

We got home from China on Tuesday and everyone in the country that spoke English told me Ben he looked like Harry Potter. Then we rode the overnight train to Xi'an and back and we really did leave from the platform between 9 and 10! Obviously it's the glasses and hair cut. And the fact he studies magic with his dad, right?