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Thursday, March 31, 2016

"When It's Springtime in the Hutongs..."


Ten mere metro stops away, we found a completely awesome world--the hutongs!!!  Beijing leveled most of these dwellings for the Olympics--such a shame.  This neighborhood survived, however.




We hopped in this enthusiastic guy's rickshaw and took a ride through the hutongs.  We'd been warned that they try to rip you off.  We must be acclimating because we got him waaaaaaay down!  Bless this guy's heart--his English was pretty darn good.


Don't you hate it when your tutu gets in a wad???



Sometimes I hit a photographic home run and don't even know it until I blow it up.


"Yes, you do, Mad.  Bwawck...yes you do!"


Our tour took us up close and personal right into this couple's kitchen!!  I suppose they get some sort of kick-back for going all Truman Story-ish!!


These flowers were wired on!!  I could so do this in Brrrrrrrr Lake!!


Sometimes a man just needs boxes.




I've been trying to catch a kid in the act for 18 months!  Nailed it!



We read about this place in the paper last week!


 Paco indulged.  I found the coarse, donkey-sized hair I found on it a bit off putting.



"Confucius say:  American who wear Don Ho shirt to China need wardrobe overhaul."


He looks a tad leery--


Mom slips him a little something.


Just a quick peeky peeky...



We wonder if these dwellings are the Beijing equivalent of SoHo lofts.  They're in a superior location and beat the heck out of a 15 story apartment building!


Oftentimes I think China needs a good Earth Day clean-up project...that lasts a month!!


 Aaaannnnd here we have our granny panties hanging out to dry for ALL the world to see!


So so very pleasant!  Happy Spring to All!

2 comments:

Shelly said...

Yikes! Real Donkey Meat??

Patti said...

I think I gagged just a bit when you mentioned the donkey hair. I'd never heard of the Hutongs. I'm glad they didn't tear all of them (it?) down. I got an email from Jennifer Kennedy tonight. I told her she was the luckiest of people to have run into you. :D

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