Lunch-Factory-Dinner

Well the past few days I've been down with a cold.

Yesterday Sophia and Chad brought me some fruit and accompanied me to the pharmacy to get some cold medicine. Then we went to the store to buy some food...It sure helps if someone can explain what everything is.

Today I'm feeling a little better so they invited me to go with a friend for a drive in the country and meet some other people...I can't say no?

On the way we had a little finder bender...Backed into a truck. Nobody was hurt.

That didn't stop us. We threw the car parts into the trunk and headed down the road.


We stopped at this great restaurant that had bamboo huts to eat in.
The food was good and there was plenty of it!
Chicken soup...feet and all!


Fish soup...I know the head's in there somewhere.


Sophia digging right in. The guy on her right is the manager of a textile factory nearby. I asked him if we could visit it after lunch and he seemed excited that I was interested. So after lunch off we went.


And MORE food! Mmmm, snails and potatoes.


Chad and Sophia.


And the beer was flowing...That will fix that cold of mine!



At the factory.


Now I know that textiles means clothes or cloth. But this textile factory made polyester that is used for anything from bags to diapers. No free shirts for Jim!

But I did get a behind the scenes view of how plastic was made into cloth.



I learn something new every day...who knew that today I would learn how cloth for diapers was made?


David from the school called this morning and invited me to have dinner with a friend of his...Even with a cold I can't say no to a free meal...Even if I don't know what it might be?

David couldn't make it but his friend and her son and husband picked me up at about 6 and took me to a very nice restaurant in a hotel here in Changxing.

I don't remember Mom and Dad's name but I couldn't forget the son's name...Cash.$$


Dumplings

Sheep and fish soup. I know it doesn't sound great but it WAS.

Ok....I just don't know...but I liked it!


More great food and more great friends!


I love this place!

One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are in the world.

Jim