On Thursday mornings there is a great street market, like a swap meet, that we've been to once. Nelson and Jeanne wanted to go so we left this morning at 7:15. I had a map with the market circled on it. But apparently it wasn't circled correctly. The taxi driver signaled for us to get out, so we did. We thought we'd just have to walk a block or two to the market. Not! And guess what? No one spoke English. Surprise! Plus we didn't know the name of the market we wanted to go to. We finally found someone who told us the name and then another woman pointed us in the direction. How many blocks left and then right? Finally a woman had us follow her to the market. We never would have found it by ourselves. It covers several blocks of just jammed packed vendors and buyers. None of us bought anything. I found some really nice beads. I thought they were 2 yuan for the bag of 50. No, they were 2 yuan apiece.Dad offered 50 yuan for the bag. They're still there.
We took a taxi home although Nelson wanted to walk. He walks miles everyday. And we got home about 10:30. It's a beautiful day. Maybe Spring is here! Love you! Mom XXOO
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