William and I try to get out at least once every day to walk around the neighborhood. Sometimes the pollution doesn't make it easy, but I find we both do better if we've been able to look at something other than the apartment, plus the brisk air helps clear my mind :)
Anyway we've been living in our complex for 2.5 years now and I have yet to get a picture of the decorated arches they put up (almost) every holiday. Every holiday is slightly different. Christmas they had silver tinsel with blue lights, last year they had red tinsel and white lights, for China National Day, red tinsel and red lights (I think). Anyway with the Chinese New Year / Spring Festival right around the corner this time we have cherry blossoms and silver tinsel. I tell you these things have paid their dues.
So the other day when William and I went out, I remembered to take my camera and get a shot. Of course I had to include William too - Happy Chinese New Year!! :)
Then as we walked up the block, I spied some strange somethings hanging outside someone's window...home-made sausage/salami! I'm not sure it's the most hygenic environment given the fairly busy street of traffic below and the quality of air, but hey if we're breathing in all this pollution anyway - I guess ingesting it can't hurt much more right?
We also saw this guy hanging by a rope, cleaning off some advertisements from the building. This is the kind of thing you see fairly frequently in China - 20, 30, 50-story buildings with brave window washers hanging by a single rope, carefully swinging their way down a building's face, washing as they go.
It's part of what I enjoy about life in China - there's always something interesting to see when we're out and about :)
Anyway we've been living in our complex for 2.5 years now and I have yet to get a picture of the decorated arches they put up (almost) every holiday. Every holiday is slightly different. Christmas they had silver tinsel with blue lights, last year they had red tinsel and white lights, for China National Day, red tinsel and red lights (I think). Anyway with the Chinese New Year / Spring Festival right around the corner this time we have cherry blossoms and silver tinsel. I tell you these things have paid their dues.
So the other day when William and I went out, I remembered to take my camera and get a shot. Of course I had to include William too - Happy Chinese New Year!! :)
Then as we walked up the block, I spied some strange somethings hanging outside someone's window...home-made sausage/salami! I'm not sure it's the most hygenic environment given the fairly busy street of traffic below and the quality of air, but hey if we're breathing in all this pollution anyway - I guess ingesting it can't hurt much more right?
We also saw this guy hanging by a rope, cleaning off some advertisements from the building. This is the kind of thing you see fairly frequently in China - 20, 30, 50-story buildings with brave window washers hanging by a single rope, carefully swinging their way down a building's face, washing as they go.
It's part of what I enjoy about life in China - there's always something interesting to see when we're out and about :)
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