Hi Mrs. Washburn and the fifth grade class at Eureka School. We made a video for you all to see, but we can not upload it to Youtube. We have tried for about 2 hours, so we may have to give up until we get home. Diana is writing in her journal, learning about China and preparing a presentation about China and her trip for when she returns. Diana wanted to share with you all how we have to brush our teeth in China. Since you can't drink the water you have to have a special plan. First we boil water (each room has a hot pot to boil water) then we let it cool and pour the water into two cups. The first cup we use to rinse our toothbrush. The second cup we use to rinse out our mouth. We have to be really careful not to rinse our toothbrush under the running water so we cover the faucet with our towel to help us remember. The other tough thing is to not get water in your mouth when showering so you have to think and pay attention when you shower. We also have to be careful about the food we eat. We do not eat any fruit unless it is something we can peel like oranges and bananas. We also can not use ice because it may be made from contaminated water. We are staying in a nice western style hotel, so it is pretty easy. Our next hotel is a Chinese hotel, so things may be different. The breakfast buffet here is full of items you would recognize...bacon, eggs, omlets, mini waffles that taste like friend dough, cereal, yogurt, and then of course traditional chinese breakfast items like noodles, congi, and other unique items. Lunch and dinner is served on a large lazy susan and is alwasy family style. You turn the lazy susan and bring the dish you want toward you. We typically have at least 10 or so items brought to our table for each meal. Much more food than we can ear.
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Hi Diana and family! We weren't able to post a comment in the classroom because of some computer issues, but we really enjoyed reading about your trip and looking at all of the amazing pictures! The kids have a ton of questions for you, so we're going to wait until you come back then you and your mom can answer them when you do your presentation. It looks like you're having the most wonderful time! Thank you so much for writing to us. We all thought it was great that you shared the toothbrushing experience with us. That was pretty entertaining for the kids, that's for sure. They also loved to read about and look at all of the other posts. They were pretty nervous when they looked at some of the pictures of the Great Wall. It looked like you and your friends were really close to the edge on one of them, and they got nervous that you might fall off the wall! I told them that it probably just looked that way, but I know that you were safe! A lot of the kids recognized the Olympic venues since they all just recently watched the Olympics. They thought that was pretty neat! I just want to thank you, again, for sharing this incredible journey with us. We miss you so much, and can't wait to see you again. We are all so very anxious to have you and your mom do your presentation. Thank you for writing a special note to us, and have a fantastic time on the rest of your journey. I'll look forward to seeing you soon! Love, Mrs. Washburn & class
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