We had a fascinating but utterly exhausting Monday , pushing the limits of our endurance particularly when it came to the capacities of our stomachs.
Jason's family went all out driving us ,places, exposing us to new experiences and treating us to a huge variety of good food.
The highlights:
Selecting Martha's wedding dress at a small well-stocked shop involved a "committee " of approximately 10 including Cousin Asha who voted via text from Minnesota. All of us were happy with the final decision of a red sequined dress. Martha is able to sit comfortably in the fitted sheath dress but noted she will not be able to overeat at the banquet .
We visited the city of Yilen where we stuck our feet in the water of hot springs followed by hanging our legs into a metal pool of small koi who nibbled on us. This tickled, provided many good photo ops and made me wonder if the physician I saw at the Travel clinic before my departure could have given me more detailed information on exposure risk.
Family treated us to lunch at a place that uses tea to prepared many tasty dishes. We left thinking we would not eat again that day. But no. After a visit to a beautiful waterfall, we headed to a popular Japanese seafood buffet. The array of food was unbelievable . They served everything imaginable and then some. We discovered a lot of very good dishes that we had never tasted before e.g sea cucumber.
Hot, tired and stuffed, we got into cars driven by uncles for the 2 hour drive back. I woke sometime later to the sounds of Chinese rappers and GPS directions in Mandarin as we arrived at the hotel.. Jason's family is amazing,we had fun sharing their energy but it was clear the we had run out of steam . Bill and Martha and I headed to our rooms for a shower and bed as Jason and family loaded back in the cars to go to an Aunts house.
We hear that tomorrow there is a 10 course dinner....
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