Let it snow, let it snow, let it... is that it?

We traveled to the capital city 2 weeks in a row. Both trips we took an overnight train where you sleep in these hard beds with loud tracks underneath. The first trip wasn't too bad because we awoke to see this scenery below! It is rare to snow here because we are in the dessert. So, we were really enjoying the snow. We don't know when we'll get to see it again.

It looks like this train worker has his work cut out for him today! He sure was sweeping that snow hard. Better to do it now than when it becomes ice.... which reminds me of a story~

The drains in this country are horrible - you're not even supposed to flush toilet paper down the drain. (Gross, I know). Needless to say, quite frequently we see manholes with stinky "water" seeping out. As you know, we bike everywhere and seldom does the temperature make it above freezing now. It doesn't take a genius to see where this is heading. The back road we take to school has a manhole that is extra leaky. Dana's bike tires are quite skinny and one false move on the "ice" and she's a goner. On her way back home after school, she had to veer due to oncoming traffic and out came her bike from under her! That's right... I fell on frozen sewage!!! And boy was I both disgusted and mad! YUCK!

Back to the capital... and snow... You can see that their taste in snowmen in this country are much different than ours. This Buddha and man reading a newspaper were just chillin' on a car outside of Starbucks (I think we drank one of everything in the 2 weeks we were there!)
Happy belated Thanksgiving! We are thankful we have good families and friends like you to miss during this time of year. We are also thankful have some other foreigner friends here in the city to ditch school with and eat turkey.

We played crazy pants football out in the freezing weather. The more you move, the quicker you warm up! (Mom, those hand warmers you put in our stockings every year sure did come in handy while we played football!)

I made our sister-n-law's, Sara's, sweet potato casserole except I added nuts to topping and marshmallows that I found in the import store! It was a hit! It was the desert before desert! We love you guys and hope to hear from you!

Country Side Living

Greetings from East Asia!! Thanks for taking the time to check out our blog. Last week we both got to go to the countryside and observe what living off the land really means! The corn you see in the picture is getting ready to be ground up and sold for animal feed.

Here is a cute little puppy that got stepped on at least 12 times.

Here are some locals doing some morning exercise stretches!

This picture is of us at a park nearby our University. Also is a picture with our classmates. Our teacher wanted to take us on a field trip to the park, so we went and we didn't complain. :)