Last Saturday we went on a group outing to “Memory Hall”, which is a place commemmorating the 2nd Japanese-Sino War (1937-1945), and the surrender of the Japanese to China in 1945. Unfortunately the place is in the midst of major renovations and the power was out when we were there, so the visit was slightly less ‘memorable’ than anticipated. Nevertheless, it was nice to get out and see more of the countryside, it was about an hour out of the city.

We also were taken to a local restaurant that seemed to specialize in bus tours where we had our first taste of one of the local specialties; duck. Even the head and bill were up for grabs on the serving plate but we passed on that. I am constantly fielding questions from Emily about things like, “How do they get the feathers off?”. She’s definitely learning MUCH more about the world around her than at home.