Shimmery Floral Fun+China

Look familiar?  I used one of my ATC's from the calligraphy swap posted recently and paired it with a background called Opalite Smoosh (from Technique Junkies Feb/March 2005) . 

Image are from Rogue Redhead Designs.

We are just back from a trip to China. I wanted to share a couple of pictures.......cannot narrow it down.....

 

  Dinner in Shanghai with the Alcatel-Lucent group. This is just a small selection of all of the food we ate.  The shrimp was my favorite- it is a Shanghai specialty.  Ray liked just about everything......

   You have to know where you are going when you head out..........

 In Shanghai at the Yu'Yuan Gardens

 We went to West Lake in Hangzhou (outside of Shanghai) for a day:

  We took a boat ride with this young couple.

 Next, we were off to Beijing- and when we drove to our hotel- we saw blue skies and clouds in the sky- and stars at night- which is quite rare there! You will notice the haziness in the photo's- that is a regular sky everywhere we went.......

   
We climbed the entire wall at Badaling- that was quite a work-out. The wall is quite steep in segments.....we had perfect weather for a day of climbing the wall with a little bit of a breeze- which we really needed. In this picture- people are retreating to the shade for a break...!

 The next day, we toured all day again- here we are at The Forbidden City:

 

  We went to eat with Melissa Mack - she is teaching in Beijing. It was relaxing after visiting Tienanmen Square and The Forbidden City.

 We explored Ghost Street with Melissa- it is a long strip of this road with lanterns hung outside- alot of outdoor tables for eating and evening entertainment, as well as some good shopping.

 On our last day, we went to the Olympic Village and The Summer Palace with friends, then had a delicious Duck dinner at a local restaurant.

 

 This is my favorite landscape shot at The Summer Palace:

 And, last but not least- our friends from Beijing- Robinson and his wife and SIL at dinner:

 A wonderful ending to a fabulous trip!

Thanks for stopping by!
 Shelly