National Day: Part Two

Here's the rest of what we did during our National Day break:

We came across some real life shufflers. They were a team of teenage shuffle dancers and they even had matching jackets with their logo on them. They invited us to come every night at 7 o'clock to practice, and even offered Tom an honorary jacket to dance with them for the night.

We ate at Big Pizza. We prepared for this by not eating very much lunch. This was easy, because when we went to lunch at Mr. Zhang's kitchen, he had forgotten that we would be joining him. Luckily there was still room at the table, and plenty of food, but because he was having a business meeting over lunch, we were able to slide under the radar and not eat too much. Of course, eating at Big Pizza was quite the treat, and we left stuffed to the brim.

We saw an old Chinese guy singing that reminded us of Grandpa Melvin. We have no idea what he was singing about, but whatever it was, he had a lot of spirit. This guy was belting it straight from the soul in a park on the side of the road. He had a lovely erhu accompaniment. This was a priceless moment in our week. While Tom checked out the performance, I was bombarded with questions by this really adorable old lady.

We saw a funeral celebration (we think). While we driving down the road, looking for some dinner, we came across a loud musical performance. It was great. Upon further observation, we realized that it was probably a funeral of some sort. Our first indication was that there was a little shrine where some ladies were burning fake Chinese money. This is what they do to honor their dead.