National Day

October 1st is National Day in China. It is the anniversary of the founding of the PRC (People's Republic of China). This year was the 60th anniversary. Everywhere, all over town there were decorations.



At the gate of our apartment complex






Near the Lake







Along the tops of buildings




On light poles






outside shops and restaurants

Even on the bus



and some shop girls were wearing hats that were decorated

We have found that the Chinese people are an extremely patriotic people.

We watched the huge parade and review of the troops in Beijing (on TV).

We have off from school for several days. The legal holiday is about 8 days this year, so most folks are also off for a week. The stores are packed. The lake was crowded. Traffic is weird. In some places around town it is really good and then in some places it is crazy. We went to the lake today, but two different taxis would not take us there.

I am sure that the train stations and normal tourist places would be beyond crazy. We chose not to travel outside of HZ this time.

I will try and post some of the things that we will do and did this week.