Familiar Faces!

Can I just say that it's so exciting to see friends from home!!!   This past week Josh and Mo (2 of our friends from Milwaukee) were here in China working in Taicang which is between Suzhou and Shanghai, and they planned to spend the weekend in Shanghai so we went to meet them!   It was so nice to see a familiar face from home, yes we see expats, but it's just not the same as the good old Milwaukee kickball and beer drinking crew!  We met Josh and Mo at the Hongqiao copy market and we let them try their skills as well as learn some of Bill's crazy negotiation tactics with the copy goods. 

Mo is a pretty fit guy but this XL Under Armor shirt clearly was not made for western people!  I think overall they got some pretty good deals and were happy with their purchases! 

Some more pearls to add to the jewelry box! 

Then we enjoyed some beers at Shanghai Brewery and had dinner at the our favorite watering hole, the Boxing Cat Brewery.  

You have to laugh at some of the crazy signs here!

This was the bathroom sign at Shanghai Brewery: 

We had to head back to Suzhou and they stayed in Shanghai, but on Sunday they met us in Suzhou at our local favorite Zapata's.   I think they were glad to see some familiar faces and to have Western food just as much as we were happy to have some company!