Happy Mother's Day

Well on this Mother's day I have had quite the treat.  My mom has been over here visiting on her first ever trip to China!  We spent the past couple of days in Guilin and just got back to Shanghai a little bit ago.  Her three week trip ends tomorrow with her flights back home.  She saw a ton on this trip.  The first 2 weeks or so was on a cruise where she was with a friend.  They started in Beijing, visiting Xian and then down to Chongqing where they went up the Yangtze river all the way to Shanghai.  The cruise and group part of vacation ended in Shanghai so she then spent the next week with me.

She met my colleagues, came to the office and brought cake (always an adventure, she had to buy all three cakes the store had!).  She also became a seriously independent traveler and went to a city I have never heard of, by herself!  We purchased high speed train tickets and she got there herself to hang for 2 days with another friend's son who lives there.  Then back and on our way to Guilin!  Plenty of photos to share later despite the raining weather.

As a side note many of you haven't heard of Chongqing but it is in fact the largest city in China according to Wikipedia with nearly 29 million people followed by Shanghai with 23 million.  Interestingly there are over 160 cities in China with populations over 1 million!  (How many can you name?)

More details on the trip and what else I have been up to later.  Here is a photo of my mom and I from my apartment balcony.  I'm very proud of you mom for all you have done on this trip!  Love you and happy mother's day to you and the rest of the mom's out there!!!!