Guest Blog from Gigi and Bumpa

Would you believe that Bumpa and Gigi would fly to China? So many things to do and see.If we weren't sightseeing we were entertained by Alex and Elizabeth.

Alex loves to play with all his cars and trucks. Bumpa would ask him were the tractor and cars were and he would line them up ready to play.

Elizabeth likes doing puzzles and dolls. We went to Elizabeth's school and Gigi read them a book she composed about the farm. They enjoyed looking at Elizabeth and Alex pictures. The boys liked the picture of the homemade tractor plowing snow.Some have not seen that much snow. We went to Alex's school, the girls out numbered the boys. Before Easter went back to school for an Easter egg hunt and lunch with Elizabeth's class.

We went to the markets and could not beleve what goes on. A person can buy anything they want. They had their calculators out, ready to bargain. And don't touch it because they thought you were going to buy it. Marion said that was the biggest goodie barn he ever saw.

About the traffic and drivers. That is another story in itself. I think GiGi had a hole in the floor from braking so much. We managed to cross the streets without getting hit by the buses,cars,motorbikes and bikes. That was our first lesson.

Marion said the only safe place to be is on the 20th floor of their
apartment and watch all the traffic. What a view they have. A person would
not believe they lived in the city looking out the window. At night the
buildings are lit up and a couple of nights we watched some fireworks.

We went to an Chinese Acrobat Show and they had 8 motorcycles in a cage.
They went ever which way but loose, around and round, up and down. They sure
do know to entertain. If you ever get a chance to see one of their shows it
is a treat.

The gardens and the flower show were just beatiful. But I have to remind
myself they have many people working on those. So if I choose to do a couple
of new projects in my garden I'll be happy this year. The ideas are going to
be time saving for me, like less weeding. Of course, Marion doesn't know what
is in the planning for him to help out.


All in all we had a good time with the Roessler Family. Thank you again. Marion and Karen