phrase. Asking "how much does it cost?" is super handy but I can only count from one through five
right now so understanding the response is kind of tricky. Neil has been teaching us a bunch of common phrases and rewards Anna and me with excessive high fives every time we say them correctly. It's pretty hilarious and feels good to finally be in a culture so foreign that getting around with English is actually impossible. This is our second day in Shenzhen, China and I've only seen one other white person. I find this extremely refreshing and really like how far off the backpacker trail we've gotten.
Shenzhen is quite the city - lots of shopping, tiny, adorable Chinese girls in sky-high heels, even more sky-high buildings, and some really great street food. We spent our first day with Neil wandering around his neighborhood and bought some traditional Chinese dresses (called "qiopos") which we plan on wearing for Anna's birthday tomorrow - we're bringing in her 25th year with "the most Chinese birthday ever" which should include dinner at an all you can eat/drink sushi and saki place (kind of Japanese but whatever) followed by karaoke and clubs.
We recuperated for a few hours with some Game of Thrones (Anna and I hadn't seen it before - might be dangerously hooked now) then played Cards Against Humanity with some of Neil's American friends and grabbed street food and beers in a dirty/crowded/awesome alley. The food was great but we realized the main issue with hanging out there was the lack of bathrooms. For the guys this was no problem since they just snuck off behind cars or in dark alleys but that proved a bit tougher for the girls. We made it work.
So happy to see Neil and get a peek into his life here - more to come!
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