Soaking Up The Culture

Today we did a city tour which included the 6 Banyans Buddhist temple built in 500 AD and the Chen house.  The Chen house had many rooms filled with historic arts and crafts.  Some of the ivory carvings were incredible.  Wade, seen in this photo at the Chen house, does fine if he is moving or has something to eat.  Our new favorite is called a snow cracker.  It is a small rice cracker that is salted and lightly drizzled with sugar. Maybe the Asian grocery at home will stock them.  It's kind of a kettle corn taste and I just had some with peanut butter while he naps.

I have tried a lot of new things and am not brave enough for lots too.  One surprise is what they call a tea egg.  It's basically a hard boiled egg that is cooked in a mixture of tea, soy sauce and spices. It gives the plain old egg some zing.

Our breakfast buffet is over the top.  You can have English (baked beans and toast) Indian, American or Asian.  The spread of pastry and breads alone usually fills Mike's plate.  This morning I had congee with chicken.  Basically it's Granny Marshall's chicken and rice but cooked down to almost a porridge.

Well better wrap up.  I can't access my Blogger or Facebook accounts so many thanks to Mary and Mrs. Goodneedle for taking the time to post my e-mails. Aunt Mary you will have your work cut out for you in May!!!