The peddlers have introduced some new goods along the last few days-it makes it more interesting-pencils, bags and a few other things in addition to the Olympic caps, postcards, and fans. It has gotten to be quite a sport among us to shoo them away or see who can deal the best price if it is something new and even possibly interesting.

We start each day saying "Yee How" which is definitely spelled phonetically for Good Morning so you can imagine it. We make attempts at a few more things but truthfully, I think that is about our best phrase! It is really challenging to be in a land where the signs don't have English subtitles! They are improving because of the olympics, but that is still a year away. We have had great lectures and talks about what life is like here and it has been so interesting.