Birthday girl!

Flowers Galor!

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May 7th 2012
Hyo had a birthday back in March and we all celebrated by going to a flower celebration and bought flowers and walked through beautiful gardens. It was a really nice day- the sun was actually shining in Chengdu! And we splurged on flowers and ice cream. The day after that the family of the boy that Dorothy is teaching English to took Dor and me to a Peach Blossom festival. We all admired the be ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more