April 30th - Going to Beijing!

We took the overnight train to Beijing on April 30th. We had "hard sleepers" which means each room had six beds stacked three high. They were comfortable. It was fun! In our room, everyone was very friendly. There was a mother with her 3 year old boy, a man and his 12 year old daughter and a pot-bellied older man. The 3 year old was full of energy. He ran around the train most of the time and managed to hit Rob really hard in the face with a toy. It was fun playing with him, though we learned really quickly not to give him any sugar. The 12 year old girl was very smart and knew quite a bit of English. Rob could tell she wanted to talk to him, but was quite shy.

四月30日下午，我们坐上了去北京的硬座过夜车。同在一个隔档的乘客，看起来都很友好，一个母亲带着三岁男孩，一个父亲带着12岁的女儿，还有一个带着啤酒肚的老先生。3岁的小男孩，精力异常充沛，在车厢里上蹿下跳，用他的玩具狠狠地打到了Rob的脸，然后，Rob很快意识到，不能再给他糖吃了。这是让他精疲力竭，停止无可救药的调皮的唯一方法。但，总而言之，我们还是很享受和他疯玩的时光。12岁的小女孩看起来很聪明，会一些英语，Rob感觉到她想试着和他说话，只是很害羞。
In this picture, I'm explaining to this kid how to use a moist towelette. He really needed to clean his hands!