Harder than it Looks

Over the next few days, I'm going to post some clips of videos that we took in China. Terry is working on editing a movie of our trip, but it will probably be too big to share online.

Here is a clip from an entertainer at the Temple of Heaven. I thought this ribbon was mesmerizing. They had ribbons you could buy to try it yourself, but I had a feeling it would be a big disappointment. There is probably a trick to using your wrist or something. If I had been a majorette instead of a brass player, I might have given it a try!

Harder than it Looks @ Yahoo! Video

What To Do When Bored in an Airport

Here's a video we made on the first leg of our trip to China. We just now got around to putting it to music. Note that the name of the song sort of goes with our destination!

Chopstick Animation @ Yahoo! Video

Noodles!

From noodle shop

We talked a lot about the food we sampled in China, so I thought I'd also tell about one of our food adventures in Japan. We decided to try one of those Japanese restaurants where you sit cross-legged on the floor. There was one near our hotel. I'm sorry I don't have a better view of our table, but you can see here that folks behind us were sitting in regular tables.

From noodle shop

There's a reason for this. Sitting cross-legged while eating was actually quite uncomfortable.

Next came the real fun when we tried to order without an English menu. I thought that Ramen noodles could never be bad (see the first picture for what I ordered), but it was extremely fishy-tasting and was only lukewarm.

Rebecca ordered plain rice, or so she thought. It was purple with a strange spice on top.

From noodle shop

Terry ordered - well, he wasn't sure what he ordered. But this is what came:

From noodle shop

We were very impressed when he ate it. Sign him up for Survivor!

From noodle shop

He told us he would like to say it was better than it looked, but unfortunately he couldn't.

Nathan was the winner. He stumbled into ordering the Japanese equivalent of chicken nuggets!

From noodle shop

Check it Out!

I've been working on a photo book of our trip. It's not finished yet, but I can't wait to share it! When you click on the link below, you may have to enter a password. If you do, use "china". I think it's best to view the book in slide show format. You can slow down the slide show under "options" once you're in slide show mode. When you get to page 69, all the remaining pages are blank. I'm hoping to complete the book by next week. I have never made an album so fast (and with so little mess on the table!).

Shutterfly Photo Book

Edited to add: I have updated the link (10/8/8) now that I've added more pages.