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New Discoveries!

When you live in China, everyday is an adventure! It is hard to explain to you the joys of laughing at culture, or finding something so small as a normal size broom that makes you feel more at home! I have attempted to get pictures of orange tailed puddles, babies with 6-8 layers of clothes that depict exactly the scene from the "Christmas Story", and the Chinese ability to carry anything and everything on a bike...but those pictures are just hard to catch! I will share with you some that I have managed to catch :)
I found a new broom!! The green one is what I had been using...haha

Our shopping trip to ikea to look at beds that we will have to purchase next semester. The Chinese take the "try it out"  VERY literal! ( that is a kid napping alongside his grandma)

These were surprisingly really good!

Ikea....I am not joking when I tell you that out of the 50 couches on the show floor about 30-40 had people sleeping on them!

Found an Orange pan. Something about this baby, makes cooking 10 times better!

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