Snow in Nanjing

It is somewhat colder in Nanjing this winter. Last year it didn't snow when we were there and the temperature did not often go below freezing. This year they had snow in November. One of Bob's students e-mailed him and told him how excited some of the students were because they had never seen snow before. One of my students sent me a picture of the snow.

Compare the snow in Nanjing with the snow in Lethbridge!

Mini Mandarin Oranges

We were excited yesterday because Safeway was selling mini mandarin oranges. We had only seen them in China and they are very good. The picture shows one of them next to a tube of lip balm.

I was also excited because the box the oranges came in had Chinese writing on it and I recognized one of the chinese characters on the box. 小
It is xiao and means small. I have been forgetting the Chinese that I was able to learn when I was there, so it is good to know that I haven't forgotten everything.