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Our Passion
I really enjoyed this blog as we both have the passion for traveling. What a great experience to share with others. I spoke to my cousin's 8th grade class and was given 35-40 minutes (whole class period) and still ran out of time as the students had so many questions for me. We are getting very excited about coming back in early September to Hangzhou.

I've just stumbled onto your blogging.
Love hearing how you teach them to write a play. Excellent. I am going to nominate you for blogger of the week!

Cao Dai Temple
Did you read the book about the girl in the picture? The famous photo of the girl being burned from Napalm. The Cao Dai Temple was in that area and it was well explained in that book. Very good read. I bought a few books for cheap while in Vietnam about the war to get different perspectives.

Hue
We had the complete opposite weather. It was SO HOT we couldn't keep hydrated. Don't know which is worse: wet and cold or a scorching sun and humidity?

Awesome Trip For Me
Again we are thrilled to get your amazing trips, pictures which just make me want to go to all these places, but you take us on journies that you take are just awesome. We just enjoy what you blog. Thank you for your wonderful travelblog that you do and the pictures, we just love it . Can't wait till the next one . We have enjoyed all of them. Keep them coming.

Laos
Your photos are beautiful. After going to Vietnam do you like Laos coffee or Vietnamese coffee better?

Laughing out loud
These were really great. We're with Albert - we want more!! Was that really you in all the clothes yesterday. Remember what you told us last summer - that after two years in southern China you're used to the warm tropics and not a Minnesota girl anymore.

Great Laugh
This makes me miss teaching English in China.

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas, I sure enjoyed the invitations you posted. I enlarged some so I could read them. Some were quite interesting and creative. You sure got invited to alot of parties. I'm so glad those cookies were still good. Next time let me know and I will add more additives!! As I recall you asked to take some cookies with you, which I supposed would be eaten sooner then later. I will be at work soon and I think it will be rather slow. The quilt store is closed the next 2 days and then I work on Sunday. We have 2 sales for after Christmas so I might just be busy on that Sunday but only from 12 to 4. Yesterday I made a cranberry salad which never set but is great to eat as a fruit soup. Also made candied almonds which I will take to a friend's on Christmas day when we go there for a late dinner. You do look warm in your picture with all your clothes on!! Thank you for your card - we have it in front of the tv an looks very nice with 2 small Santas. Do you have several weeks off now at the end of the term? What are you going to do? Have a special time wherever, Love, Aunt Caroline and Uncle Bill

the truth is
both your college and elyse's are third world colleges in China, so you just can't expect much from them. they just come in to get a degree and find a job, that's it.

Dreams
No matter where we go in the world children's dreams are so big and then as we get older they seem to change along the way. Reality must set in somewhere along the way. Pete & I experienced the same thing with Oral Exams at our school how students would answer questions before we even asked them, say the exact thing as a prior student or not be able to say why or how. Business English students wanting to be Doctors after college. REALLY?

Thanks
I am excited to be in the internet on your blog haha It was a wonderful time there even if it was only for one full day :( Hopefully next time, it will be more.

If the current semester ends around Christmas time, how long is the break between semesters, including Chinese New Year?