Hey everybody! We just got back from a nice 2-day holiday trip to Urumqi, the capital of our province and thought we should share some pictures (and a movie)! This week has been a much anticipated “Spring Break” of sorts which is just short of halfway through our semester. It seems like it’s going so fast and yet at the same time our departure date for the US seems so far away. Anyway, this week is what they call May Holiday – I think it is …

Well, we have two crazy stories for you today, accompanied by two equally crazy photos. When we were first told that we would be moving into a hotel while they worked on our apartment, we decided to travel a few hours south to visit a town with our friends the Edminsons. We wanted to see a few other towns here in China as well as do a little bit of shopping. We eventually made it to the capital of our province, Urumqi (pronouned yur-um-shee), and let’s just …