The momal visit.
I always have a hard time writing detailed stuff in the net bar, but I’ll say a little here about my mother’s visit. I’d say it went much better than I expected. I planned very carefully, and none of the things I’d worried about, like illnesses, falls, or other accidents occurred. I took her to eat a variety of food, and none of it made her sick, except, strangely, a store-bought muffin, of a brand that I eat all the time.
A partial run-down of activities:
Day 1: Eating non-spicy Hunan food.
Day 2: Massage, wndering around campus, meeting some students.
Day 3: Going to museum, eating dim sum, going to excellent acrobatics performance.
Day 4: Lousy national day concert; most patrons left. Then, going to old city, eating at fantastic restaurant Meilongzhen.
Day 5 & 6: Going to Suzhou by train. Seeing gardens, meeting people who wanted to know my mom’s age.
Day 7: Bus tour of Shanghai.
Day 8: Going to class with me.
Day 9: Resting, dinner at hotpot restaurant.
Day 10: Going to class, having lunch with students, and extravagant dinner with the dog’s family.
Day 11: Going back.
October 24th, 2005 at 1:05 pm
Cool! Glad it worked out.