We just finished booking all our tickets for the trip home. We had the Shanghai to home booked a few weeks ago but now we've got the Chinese leg of the trip taken care of too. We have to stay an extra night in Shanghai to save money (440 CNY each) but that's fine. Less time to pack but more time for travel should make the process a little easier, hopefully. This summer when I had to renew my passport I also realized something about Shanghai, they have good bread. Sandwiches, croissants, bagels, pizza too. Most of China has really weird imitations of western style breads, super sweet and fluffy, like crappy cake. Maybe it's due to the french influences in Shanghai but they know what real bread is.  I pretty much have a one track mind about travelling now. What to eat? That's what I want to know. Shanghai is Pete's Tex Mex, Vancouver airport I've already decided to get a bagel with cream cheese ASAP. Mom's making chili and cornbread for dinner the first night. First breakfast is pancakes with maple syrup. Oh man! Only 2 more weeks! Mel and I have already been looking up recipes for what we're going to make at home too. yum.....

One thing that I'm grateful for is that living in China has given me an iron stomach. At first eating the food here was rough, I got sick a lot and when I ate western food, I got sick again. It was a sad time. Now I can eat almost anything as long as I don't stuff myself too much. I can't drink an entire movie sized root beer with ice though. I learned that one last year! haha. There is one thing I know I won't be eating at all this break.....white rice!