Shenzhen Trip

The last stop on our little adventure was Shenzhen, China.  We went there to visit our good friend Dawn, who moved from Huangshi to Shenzhen about 2 months ago.  We miss her so much!  Unfortunately, the weather while we were there was cold and rainy, which was worse than usual since we were coming from sunny Thailand.  We still had a good time and were so happy to spend time with Dawn!  Since it rained most of the time and it was the end of our trip, we only did one touristy thing while in Shenzhen called the Windows of the World.  It is like a theme park with replicas of all of the world's famous sites.

Aaron and I about to enter the park.

We started out in Asia, which was not the best decision since we live here and by the time we made it to Africa and America it was dark and you couldn't see anything!  Oh well, live and learn.

That's me in Asia!

At the Taj Mahal

In Italy and France at the same time! Crazy!

Holland

Just leaning against Stonehenge

Lesley chilling at Stonehenge

The Roman Colosseum

Aaron in Thailand

Lesley sitting on a bridge in Asia.

Australia

I've always wanted to go to Italy.  This will have to do for now!

Eiffel Tower

The rest of the trip was literally spent inside subway stations, malls, or at the coffee shop Dawn was working at.  It was too cold to do anything else and we were not prepared with our clothing choices for cold weather! This is a billboard that was in most of the subway stations for New Years.  I loved it because I was born in the year of the dragon, which is this year!

Dawn was so cute working at her coffee shop!  She was a great hostess and very worried that we were too cold, so she was constantly trying to take care of us.  Love this girl!

Another double dare went down in Shenzhen as well.  Lesley dared me to sit on the floor of the subway because there were no seats left and I was tired.  Well, I did it, as well as greeting anyone who came onto the subway and telling people goodbye in Chinese as they exited the subway.  haha All I can say was it had been a long day and apparently I was out of it!  Luckily, it was a very clean subway and the floor wasn't dirty.

Aaron and Dawn on the subway!

That's the end of our trip!  It was a great time, but I am glad to be back in Huangshi and teaching.  I missed my students a lot and I think they missed me too!