China Day 5

Today we got up and watched the GU game.  They lost to Texas Tech unfortunately.  We didn't get to watch much of it because the internet connection was so bad.  Then we went and left our luggage at the train station.  We took a taxi from the train station to church.  It was a branch of about 70 people.  They have to read a statement every week that the Chinese government makes them read that states that no one with a Chinese passport can be at church and that they can't proselyte to anyone with a Chinese passport.  So everyone there were people working in Embassy's or ex-pats.  Then we went to the Jade Buddha Temple.  Afterwards we caught a bullet train to Beijing.  

A few more pics from our balcony in Shanghai.

 Trying to watch the GU game.

 On the subway on the way to church.

 Church

 This is the building that church was in.

Eating lunch, we are getting good at using chop sticks.

 You can't turn down ice cream from DQ.

Kirt and I went to the bathroom and Katie and Garret were trying to hide from us when we came out.

Jade Buddha Temple

 Model of the buildings at the Jade Buddha Temple.

Train station in Shanghai. 

The train was going 350kph which is about 215mph.  We went 800 miles in about 4 hours. 

 The subway was closed when we got to Beijing so we had to take a taxi from the train station to our Air B&B.  This was the line for the taxi.  We had to wait about an hour and a half.

 Squatty potties. These are all over China.  This is a really clean one.  Some of them were really gross. After Garret had to go poop in one the first time, he came out and told Katie and I all about it.  We were sitting on a bench on a busy road in Shanghai.  He was displaying his squatting method and telling us the best way to squat.  The nice elderly couple sitting next to us was cracking up.  I don't think they understood English, but they definitely knew what Garret was doing based on his actions.