An Airport Is Still Around Me

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July 8, 2015

By Taylor

 

Last night (Tuesday night) we went to People’s Square with one of dad’s co-workers (Ning) and his family. I was excited because Ning has a twelve-year-old son whose English name is Teddy. At People’s Square, there were tons of people dancing. It was strange because they weren’t shy and they weren’t young and they were all doing the exact same dance moves and they all seemed to know what they were doing even though it wasn’t a performance or anything. There was about 70% women dancing – and when I say tons I mean more than a hundred. We watched a fascinating fountain light show and played with some glow-in-the-dark toys Teddy’s family brought that were really fun.

 

People dancing at People’s Square

 

Today (Wednesday), Teddy’s mom, Dan, picked us up at about 1 p.m. and drove us along the Binhae Road which is right by the ocean. She had to borrow a car from her work to do it. All of Teddy’s family has been extremely nice to us this whole trip. The views on Binhae Road were amazing.

One of the viewpoints along Binhae road. It looked better when we were there.

The picture is hazy because there is so much air pollution.

 

When we got out to take pictures of the view though, lots of people wanted to take pictures of us. One stop was a neat park with lots of displays about Confucius teachings. There, lots of people wanted to take Christian’s picture but he was in a bad mood. They tried grabbing him out of my mom’s arms but Christian cried and cried. So instead, they took pictures with Sarah Ann, Rachel, and me.

 

 

Us with a bunch of people we’d never met before who wanted to be in a picture

with us. My mom took a picture too because she thought it was funny.

 

After our drive, we went to the beach. We were all really excited because we wanted to swim. When we got there, I discovered that beach wasn’t what I expected. It was rocks instead of sand and there were lots of cigarette butts and bottle caps floating around in the water. I thought the water was cold but Christian loved the beach anyway. More people took our picture there.

 

Swimming at the beach

 

 

That night, we went to dinner with Teddy’s family. At the restaurant, there were fish in tanks and you could choose what fish you wanted and they would cook it for you. We didn’t eat any fish though. At dinner, there was a spinny thing in the middle of the table. They put tons of dishes in the center and then as it spun around you could stick your chopsticks (which had been in your mouth) into the dish and put what you wanted on your own little place. There was lots of different food but it was all scrumptious. The waiter also had his picture taken with us.

 

Here we are eating dinner with Teddy’s family

 

After dinner, I taught Teddy how to play Skip-bo and he taught us how to play a Chinese card game. Meanwhile, Christian was feeding the big goldfish that were swimming in a little lake in the middle of the restaurant. They gave him a glove for his hand so he could try to catch the fish. We were all amused but we were happy he didn’t catch a fish because we weren’t sure what he was supposed to do with one if he caught it.

 

Sarah Ann loves having her picture taken all the time. Christian hates it. I find it kind of strange to have random strangers always wanting to take their picture with me. We’re just regular kids – but here people act like we’re celebrities.