Qingdao!!

We were able to go to Qingdao for the weekend to go to church. We left on Saturday morning and took the 2 hour train ride with Harry one of Adams students. Qingdao is a nice city by the ocean. It was leased to the Germans for 99 years, so it has a lot of European architecture. The weather was hot and humid but the breeze was nice and cool. Of course lots of seafood and it reeked of it. It is very pretty. We went shopping ALL day long! I feel so bad for the boys but there were so many shops. Needless to say I did not find as much as I thought I would. Great shopping to me is when I find so many cute things to buy that I actually have to pick and choose! But that is me. :> I only bought a dress, some boots, and a bag! I was on a mission to buy some heels for church so I didn't have to wear flip flops!(it ended up not to matter cuz you take your shoes off at the door!) But of course almost all the shops carried a shoe size up to 39....and I wear a 40! I found a pair that were 375rmb almost $62. Which is expensive for China but after 40 shoe shops I just wanted to buy them. But Adam convinced me to wait until after Beijing. And they are pushy here! They compliment you and then go in for the sale. It was funny this girl said, I have this most beautiful sweater for you and it is the biggest size. haha and it was pry the most expensive item there and pry the ugliest. You can see a naked boy at the beach and the fake LV bag that Harry bargained for! So we finished our spree and I was craving American food so we went to Pizza Hut and it was amazing! MMM It was Harry's first time to Qingdao, first time in the ocean and first time to eat pizza and use utensils. You can see Adam is a little confused! And for dessert we had walnut pie. Delicious!!! Then Sunday morning came and we rode the bus for 45 min. and went to church in the Branch Presidents apartment. The ward is made up Koreans and then a mix of English speaking members. Most BYU teachers teaching at the Qingdao University. Most of the sisters invited us to dinner and I was so sad that we couldn't accept, we had to leave after sacrament so Harry could get back. But we are excited that we can go to church! The spirit was so strong and I am so grateful to have the gospel available to us here.