It is what it is.: Forever and Ever Amen

This is the first picture because it really explains China to a T. And the best part is, it all came together in one candid moment.

1) I stick out like a unicorn's horn.

2) The man to my left is wearing Crocs. Welcome to China. Oh, got a cocktail dress? Better pair that with some Crocs. Hey, I'm on my way to a business meeting. Best to serve those sales up with a hot side of CROCS. Forever and ever amen.

3) The children are beautiful.

4) Someone is staring at me.

5) There is a man literally as tall as my elbow.

6) Popsicles are good everywhere. Hello.

Maddy is cute. And boys have wanted to kiss her in the past. Also, those sunnies were the best five bucks I spent in NY. And Forbidden City is kind of cool, I guess.

Early morning trek for breakfast from one of the vendor's stalls in the alley-way near our hostel.

McCall is my friend.

Oh, do I want to walk up these for 3 miles? NOPE. But I did. (I am convinced that women here have perfect bods and no hips because of squatters, and stairs EVERYWHERE. I went shopping today and I'm a medium/large. Dang badonk/birthing hips. Can't even talk about it.)

Just casually on the Great Wall, is all.

THIS IS REAL LIFE. I am so lucky.

Quidditch before the locals joined in!

My contribution to the Watchtower of Love. I only had a rock, so... It's not as permanant as some of the pretty marker calligraphy ones. But. I liked it.

More wall. :)

Slllllliiiiiding ALL down the mountain.

Oh, hey. Just a bunch of cuties. (Marissa was off romancing a man in our group. She will dispute that. Hahaha. BYE MARISSA.)

He came up while I was buying a popsicle and wouldn't let me go. :)))) I WANT ONE. The literal cutest thing in the world is when I say "Ni hao" to a kid and they whisper so soft you can barely hear, "ni hao" back and just cackle gleefully at the American girl. Ohhh, man. Andra was right. I wanna adopt.