Monday, April 23, 2007

Qingdao continues

    The weather has turned cold, now more breakfast on the aftedeck.  Actually wore my black silk underware under my jeans {thank you Amy).     Visit to the Childrens Palace was outstan.ding.  This isan afterschool and weekend program sponsored by yhe government.We went on a Sunday morning and the many classes were packed.  Rverythig fromtable tennis, to violin,ballet, tai quan dow, watercolor, and Chinese dance.  The large classes were well disciplined and the rooms were ringed with parents.  The one child policy produces devoted parents.  Thonly two  children I saw were twins.    We werre not taken to the industrial districts or the workers barracks.   The six and ten story apartment blocks were extensivs.  Pocket parks dotted the area and street corners were taken up by men playng cards.  They will have to tackle the smog problem before the Olympics.

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