Adapting to life in China can be challenging! For pampered Americans it is especially difficult...There is no cable TV, no English signs, no taste in furniture, and no Oprah to hold us and tell us everything is going to be OK!
When Tammy gets moderately depressed about not having this, or the unavailability of that, she likes to remind herself, "Hey, I live at the beach now"
One of the best things about our new location is that the ocean can be seen from our apartment and "Golden Beach" is a mere 10 minutes walk away. It has been our haven and place of refuge. For Gabriel, who is missing his friends from Boulder greatly, it has been a welcome diversion and one of the "cool" parts of living in China. The water is wonderfully warm and he can literally body surf until exhaustion.
So for the Hackmans, when things get us down or get under our skin, we just look at each other and say, "The Beach."
PS: I had to include a picture of the men's showers at the beach right up against the urinals. Gabriel says, "I can shower and take a pee at the same time" :)
3 comments:
Man, I am jealous. Especially about the urinal in the shower part. ;)
That's funny!!! I always just pee down the drain, who needs a urinal?! (just kidding!)
Glad to have found your new blog!! :)
are you in qing dao now? they have the most wonderful ocean and beaches in the whole mainland china....thanks God, you have this......
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