Sunday, February 19, 2012

Chengdu part duex: The rest

 Welp. The rest of my pictures cannot fully do justice to the beautiful Chengdu. We saw many things with the rest of our time there. Sichuan Opera, a variety act going back hundreds of years including puppets, shadow puppetry, singing, music, many combinations of the two, as well as a comedy routine I couldn't understand.

We cruised the downtown looking at the recently made ancient style architecture (which is slightly oxymoronic, but it works). We ate hot pot again, which is rapidly becoming one of my favorite meals, especially because I love spicy food. We even stumbled upon a Catholic church which featured elements of both European and Chinese architecture. That really means that it looked like a temple without the trimmings and had a chapel slapped on the side.

Maybe now is a good time to mention Andy. and his beard. Andy grew a beard ever since the beginning of No-shave November and by the time our trip started it was looking pretty medieval. He was called by many different people name different names such as: Jew, Swede, Russian, Galileo, Dmitri Mendeleev, and probably others we couldn't understand.

Lastly, I might add, one of the side effects of living in China is of the many things I saw, many would probably interest you but they have become so common place for me that I forget to include it. This isn't really a boast but a misfortune, so if you do see something in a picture, or have heard something comment or email me and I could very well post about it next for the benefit of the readers as far as my limited experience can go.

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