Being "tourists" with the Kleins

After our week of being the non-hired help, Matt joined us for the weekend. We finally got finally got some well-deserved time off from scrubbing floors. It was also my birthday on the 7th. Although it was a weird birthday, I was so happy to have my friends to share it with. We spent the day in the city and then went to this amazing mexican restaurant in Shekou (the neighborhood we live in).  Technically it is the ONLY mexican restaurant in Shekou and perhaps Shenzhen, but it really is fantastic. We ended the weekend with watching movies and eating a lot of junk food and cookie dough. It almost felt like we were back in the states, almost.

In Luohu by a giant shopping center (the bargaining kind).
Caroline, Eric and I all bought wallets.

How many times can you visit Ikea in a week?

Wow, it's been a crazy couple of weeks.  After two weeks of hotel-living and red tape as long as the Great Wall, we finally moved into the apartment. We moved our suitcases over and not but 4 hours after, our hired help arrived in the form of Caroline Klein. I had pretty much called up the Kleins the week before and begged them to fly down from Xiamen. Boy, was she a life-saver.