Exactly one week ago at this time, Matt and I were zipping around Beijing on a motorcycle/side car combo (more on that in the next post) and now I'm here in Singapore blogging about our exciting China adventure. Time is flying these days!
I guess you could say that the trip to China was our "babymoon," you know, that one last BIG trip people like to take before the baby arrives and changes life as they know it? The location was just perfect for more than one reason. For one thing, Matt spent 6 weeks in China back in 2001 and since we started dating (nearly 8 years ago) he's been telling me that he wanted to go back there and share some of his experiences with me. The other thing is that while we originally planned on going to one last beachy location for our big trip, I couldn't get past the thought of being so close to the Great Wall of China (one of the seven wonders of the world!) and never actually going to see it before we move home.
We packed a LOT into our short amount of time there. The trip was incredibly exhausting, but in a good way! We enjoyed our time together...our last trip as a family of 2...reflecting on the past 8 years together...all while excitedly talking about the future. In less than 4 months we'll meet our little boy and we simply can't wait for that day and all of the new and very welcomed changes that will come with it :)
We arrived in Beijing on Friday afternoon. We dropped off our bags at the hotel and headed straight to Wangfujing Market. We were ready for some dinner and heard that we might find some delicious foods there...
The crowds of people must mean good food is close!
Ahhh, a skewer of some type...that looks promising. Wait! Is that squid on a stick? Is a young child eating that?! Hmm...maybe that's not what I'm looking for after all.
OK, well what about some fruit dipped in glazed honey? Really, doesn't sound bad at all...but we'll save that for dessert.
Now we see it...more skewers! There has to be something good over there to eat, right?
Snake on a stick? No?
How about some seahorse then?
How about the ever delicious cicada on a stick? Yum?
Grasshopper?
Fine, what about scorpion?
Starfish? No? No takers at all?!
Well, none of that appealed to us either! I assure you we didn't try any of that, nor were we tempted. I must admit, these exotic food choices seem to be more of a tourist trap than anything else. Our tour guide actually told us he's never seen a single local eat any of those and they certainly don't eat scorpions and the like in the countryside. The one exception is silkworm which is apparently enjoyed by both locals and tourists. Not us though!
Matt showing off the market!
Oh and what did we eat? Some tofu and dumplings among other really good (and normal!) foods :)
How did we wash it down?
With this! It's only 46% alcohol...
OK, so maybe I didn't actually try it. And don't worry Mom and Dad...Matt only tried a sip! Our guide wanted to show us how the locals keep warm in the winter. The entire bottle only cost $1!
...and goodnight to the Wangfujing Market!
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