Dehli Belly

we made it to india!! we both love it here...the food is sooo good, i think we both prefer indian food to chinese food! its a beautiful country we saw the taj mahal yesterday it was very beautiful, and tonight we take the train to Varanasi to see the Ganges river...cant write much Baby Boo has a slight case of dehli belly and I need to get him some immodium....just for the record I have been eating a variety of dishes here, not just chicken tikka masala...although i did have that in dehli and we couldnt stop talking about it for hours...so so so good.
ill write much more and pictures soon!

Election in India

I just got done spending the morning confirming our flight to india!!! I am so excited!! we have quite the journey to get there...we go 20 hours on a train tonight, get to shanghai tomorrow around 3pm then we fly to dehli at 10 pm and get in at 245 pm...

Im sad to leave China, however I have wanted to go to India for quite some time now.

Finally I can get some pictures of our trip so far...

Shanghai to Beijing

We made it to Beijing on the train today...it was an overnight train ride, it was very smooth but also very smokey..we were in the back and there were lots of smokers back there...
Shanghai was a great city Im excited to go back there with Betsy in feb shes going to love it...ive never been around that many people so it was very humbling for me as was not being able to communicate with anyone except Ben, I consider myself a somewhat social being, so its strange for me to talk to only one person a day....We ate at a very strange French Restaurant our last night in shanghai...Ben and i made the most of it though we left laughing our asses off...I loved Shanghai it was a great place for me to have my first Chinese exposure.

Im very excited about exploring Beijing, I love everything about it so far, the architecture the landscape, everything...we are going to Tiennemen square tomorrow and the Great Wall the day after that...We went to some of the street markets today and I talked a very charming lady down from 45 rmb to 20 rmb (US $3)for a really cute scarf, i love bargaining, she was very impressed with ben's choice in me for his woman. HA! we have seen at least 3 little kids going to the bathroom right on the sidewalk....im talking number one and two.....pretty funny...the little kids over here are so freaking cute!!! even when making a doodle on the street! more to come tomorrow hopefully with some pictures!

we made it to shanghai!!!

this is our second morning in shanghai, both mornings we have been up by 430 am, i think this morning may have been in part due to some partiers below us....i love it here its such a bustling city, the air makes me miss the fresh air in iowa and oregon...im still getting used to the food, but i was expecting that, its a lot of fried doughs and interesting meats...ben and i are both trying to get over a cold before we head to bejeing where the air is apparently much worse than in shanghai.,,,ill write more when i can!
peace!
anna

Leaving on Wednesday!!

I am putting the finishing touches on before Ben and I depart for four months to Asia! Most importantly I voted today!!! Remember to vote!