Tim and I have had a relaxing day. He worked 4 hours this morning before I even thought about getting out of bed. I was greeted with coffee and breakfast in bed.....oh yeah!!....that's how every morning should start.
My parents called this morning and said they had made it home safely. They said that many many moon cakes were confiscated in the San Francisco airport but they got to keep theirs because they did not have meat or egg yokes in them. Tim and I will be sampling ours later this evening. We are especially looking forward to the "ice cream" moon cakes. The moon big and bright and the sky is very clear so the mid-Autumn Festival should be successful.

This is the water front park on Sunday night. The small blue line of lights is The Bund. All the lights went out for 1/2 hour and then came back on.....we thought it was weird. The next day we read in the newspaper that the lights went out on purpose. In four major cities the lights were turned out for 1/2 hour in public places to make a point about conserving energy....
Mom and Dad with Xiao Zhang

On the way to the airport on the Mag Lev train.....speed...431 kilometers per hour

Our driver, Jan, gave the beautiful roses to Mom.....Mom gave them to the United ticket agent......holding them on the plane for 15 hours did not seem like a good idea...