I’ve lost track of which day it is, and I’m nearly to the end of the numbers I know anyway, so no more numbering.
Yesterday we took a bus out to an ancient town on the water, billed as the Venice of China. We rode in one of the boats, and the operators really are nearly as skilled as Italian gondoliers. But the most amazing part of the day was something I never thought I’d see, especially not in an ancient Chinese village: a white Poodle with 4 pink shoes on! Seriously one of the 7 Peculiarities of the World, in my book.
We awoke early this morning to make the long journey to the airport. As we crossed the nearly-deserted street in front of the campus, a scooter came by with a whole pig–skinned and sliced down the middle–riding behind the driver. It gave me a whole new visual to the ditty, “This little piggy went to market…”
After checking Gage in for his flight home I tried, again unsuccessfully, to find Church services. This time I went to the place where they were held two years ago when I was here. There were services being held there, but in Chinese. When I told someone I was looking for the Mormon Church, she said, “This isn’t the Mormon Church, this is a Christian church.” My two sources have been the ward locator on www.lds.org and Googling LDS Church in Shanghai. I know a few of the members here, but there is no telephone directory because everyone has mobile phones. If any computer jocks reading this have any other suggestions for me, I’d be happy to hear them.