Pictures from China

Pete sent me some pictures today of his shopping adventures in Beijing. They had a couple days to shop before heading down to work in Tiajin. He didn't take pictures of the shopping areas last time, so I was excited to see what kind of places he was going to. One of the men with his team this time is his friend Tom from another site. Tom lived over there for a couple years, so is very familiar with good shopping areas. When Tom and his wife came to our church to visit a few months ago, she told me that there were great places to shop, so I told Pete to follow Tom, because he would know where to go! Tom took him to a new place called the "Dirt Market".



It was this area outside with tons of people selling antiques and stuff.

Seeing the pictures now makes me want him to go back and buy me a couple of those things above!! Very cool!

He's not sure if he'll be able to do anymore shopping, because they want them to work through the weekend, but I'm holding out hope that he'll get one more day to shop. If not, at least I'll know where to send him when he goes back in a couple of months!

I believe, though he didn't label this one, that this is his hotel. Beautiful, isn't it?!

This is the "Silk Market". This is where he went last time. It's 6 stories of fantasticness!! Yes, I made that word up. It's the only word to describe this place. Oh how I wish I could go! I would spend days in this place. :-)

I, of course, sent him back for more purses. He took a picture of one of the many vendors that sold them. Such a happy picture, isn't it? :-)

Here Pete is posing with the salesgirl, holding the 2 purses he got me. :-) Love it!!!

So, Pete's doing well. He just finished up his first work day and he said he was very busy. Looks like he won't be getting much time off like he did on the last trip. He at least got the weekends to sight-see and stuff. Probably won't get that this time, sadly. But, hopefully he'll get some time off, even if it's not to shop. We're enjoying getting to see each other twice a day on Skype. The kids really like that. We're anxious to have him back home, but know the time will go by quickly.