Libby comes home

Thanks again everyone for following along with the blog. This is our last night here at the white swan. this has been a very short stay. Yesterday we went to the Buddhist temple to have Libby blessed by a monk before leaving China. We went to a wonderful dinner with our guide Kathy. Matt finally got a chance to eat fried poisonous snake with skin. When eating this delicacy the gall bladder is dropped in a small glass of liquor and filled with snakes blood. Matt won the coin toss and got the blood and gall bladder. Actually, he was the only person at the table who wanted a glass of snakes blood.

The fact is, I simply didn't want to leave China without doing something really chinese. Of course I found out later that most chinese people won't touch a glass of snakes blood. anway, dinner was last night. I'm still here. It was a good experience. The fried snake and skin were absolutely delicious. Even Kris ate the snake and liked it. I'm sorry I don't have a picture of the cook pulling the live snake out of the tank. (Sherril, I know you would really have loved that picture :)

Tonight we have dinner with our cousins Mark and Gretchen and their kids Grayson and Avery. We are really looking forward to seeing them, seeing where they live, and having a real american home cooked meal ! Tommorow we have an appointment to get our official papers from the American consulate and then it's home for all of us.

Kris and I will miss China, and have been planning our return trip. We'll see how Libby likes the 16 hour plane ride. Please wish us luck, pray for us, chant something, light a candle, or whatever it is you prefer to do to send some good vibes our way.

We look forward to seeing you all again in the good old USA.

Much Love

Matt and Kristin