I had a family here over the winter from China. They had signed their son up for riding lessons. Before they went home they wrote down the symbols for Hello and Goodbye along with the pronunciations. I guess it is a bit different where they were from because they told me it was like Knee Haw for Hello.
how fun! I just love how you guys get right involved with the people on your travels and you make friends all over even if just for a brief moment in time. This is what true travelling is about - not just seeing things but interacting with the people in my opinion!
Wow, Henri, what an amazing life you are living. I'm so happy you have Bill to share such wonderous memories. God has truly blessed you guys. Your scrapping, as always, is great. Last year I gave my grandkids paint brushes and buckets of water and sent them out to "paint" on the sidewalk. Such fun!
We found this elderly Chinese gentleman water painting in one of the many courtyards in this park. Bill watched him draw a vertical line of symbols. When he was finished he handed Bill the “paintbrush” and Bill did a pretty good job of writing exactly what the man had written. (Two Top Photos)
A group of teenagers gathered around, most of who could read and write a good bit of English. Bill wanted to say hello to them, and in Chinese, the word “hello” is phonetically pronounced Yee-How.
Bill couldn't resist – he wrote YEE HOW (in English) in water on the concrete and the teenagers all giggled and said “Yee How” back to him. (Two Bottom Photos)
He had immediately made friends with all these teenagers! Then a group of the teenagers wanted their picture taken with us and we were happy to pose with them. (Next Page)
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