kids & apples & the gift of pain

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Today was a warm day – what am I saying – a hot day! So hot indeed I first took off my jacket, then my sweater, then my shirt, and at some point around noon I was laying down taking a siesta under an apple tree, trying to get a tan. As sexy as bearded smelly men can get!

But before that, I had to make it out of the little village I was staying at:

village in Shaanxi

I had to walk past the apple trees and the peach trees:

field

I cut through on a path like this once, but it only led to confusion and the siesta.

During the rest of the day, I just stuck to the road:

country road

People seemed very friendly and outgoing here. I had a fun time with some folks in a little village:

villagers

They asked many questions, and they were into apples:

apples

I too received my share of apples as a friendly gift.

Then I saw my first blossoming tree this year:

blossoms

Hundreds of humming honeybees bathing in the sweet scent of summer. How can I describe it?

I got back on the highway after a while:

dog

And it was on the roadside next to the highway that I found this beauty:

gunship

Remember I had shown you a party-vehicle just like this one on New Year’s Day (more than numbers)?

Well, I think this mother is even more awe-abiding than that one.

Oh, and here’s another awe-abiding thing:

biangbiangmian

Can anybody tell me what this character is supposed to mean? WTF, this is like a 50+ stroke monster – it just can’t be real, for Confucius’ sake!

Hehe, I’m thinking, maybe it’s my fault. Maybe I just haven’t done enough of what this little friend is doing:

homework

Or this one:

table

Well, I always have an excuse: I am a grown-up. I don’t have time to look at books. I have to take pictures:

girl

And more pictures:

boy

And more pictures:

shy kid

Sometimes I even take pictures of pictures:

praying kid

And given that sometimes I can make out the characters, I just might take a picture of the writing on the wall if I feel like it:

wall

“dangerous area – keep your distance! ๆญคๅœฐๅฑ้™ฉ-่กŒไบบ่ฟœ็ฆป!”

Little did I know that the real “dangerous area” was in fact not anywhere near this wall. Not even close.

It was here, right in the place I was planning on staying for the night:

exercise

See, I hadn’t even taken notice of the fact that my hotel for the night was equipped with a professional massage parlor (not the funny kind with the flashy lights and the soft carpets), but then the manager thought I looked so miserable when I walked in that he decided to treat me to a nice traditional foot massage.

Pain.



  • Regine Bonfert

    Lieber Christoph,
    du machst wunderbare Fotos, die von den Kindern sind diesmal besonders schön. Toll, dass deine Füße jetzt wieder mitmachen. Inzwischen hast du schon mehr als ein Zehntel deiner Strecke nach Bad Nenndorf geschafft.
    Keep on walking! RB

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  • wuhsi

    hey sipf,

    schön das Deine gute Laune wieder kommt! Hier bei uns ist es zurzeit eine Katastrophe, der erste Schnee dieses Jahr!!! Wenn das Wetter bei Dir morgen auch so toll ist, dann mach doch mal ein Video, wie Du trällernd Richtung Heimat hoppelst.

    Einen Guten Tag noch,

    aber eins noch: kann es sein, das die nette Masseuse ein wenig skeptisch beim Anblick Deiner schrumpligen Füße dreinblickt?

    wuhsi

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  • Marc

    Hey Wuh,

    ich denke die Füsse sind nicht das einzige schrumplige !!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Sipf: Gut zu sehen das es Dir besser geht….

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  • kev

    this character๏ผš
    ่ฟ™ไธชๅญ—่ฏปไฝœ“biang(1)”ใ€‚
    ๅ‚่€ƒ๏ผš
    http://baike.baidu.com/view/111654.htm http://iask.sina.com.cn/b/10895131.html?SHID=1205

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  • Birgit

    Lieber Christoph,

    wirklich schöne Bilder- sagmal bekommst Du irgendetwas von den Unruhen in Tibet mit ? wahrscheinlich nicht- ist ja eine andere Welt…

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  • Becci

    oohhh, die beiden kleinen jungs sind soooo niedlich!

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  • Christoph

    Regine Bonfert: Hehe, die 15.000km sind auch nur grob geschätzt!
    wuhsi: Ok, ich mach die Tage mal ein Video.
    Marc: Zurück zum alten hämischen Tonfall? ๐Ÿ˜‰
    kev: ้‚ฃไธชไธๆ˜ฏๆฑ‰ๅญ—๏ผŒ่€Œๆ˜ฏไป–ไปฌๅ…ฌๅธ่‡ชๅทฑ็ผ–็š„ๅง๏ผŸ
    Birgit: Kriege hier wenig mit.
    Becci: Ja, ne?

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  • kev

    Biang๏ผŒ่ฏป็ฌฌไบŒๅฃฐ๏ผŒ่ฑกๅฃฐ่ฏ๏ผŒไธไธบไธญๅ›ฝๅฎ˜ๆ–น่ฎคๅฏๆฑ‰ๅญ—๏ผŒใ€Šๅบท็†™ๅญ—ๅ…ธใ€‹้‡Œๆœ‰ๆ”ถๅฝ•ใ€‚
    ๅ…ถ่ฏป้Ÿณๆฑ‰่ฏญไธญๆ— ๏ผŒไนƒ่ฑกๅฃฐ่ฏ๏ผŒ่ฐ“็”จๅŠ›ๆ‰ฏ้ขไธญ้ขๆกๅ‡ปๆ‰“ๆกˆๆฟไน‹ๅฃฐใ€‚
    ๅ‚่€ƒ๏ผšhttp://baike.baidu.com/view/111654.htm
    *********************
    ๆ‰€ไปฅ่ฏด๏ผŒ่ฟ™ไธชๅญ—ไธๆ˜ฏไป–ไปฌ็š„็‹ฌๅˆ›๏ผŒ่€Œ็ฎ—ๆ˜ฏไธ€็งๆœ‰ๅœฐๆ–น็‰น่‰ฒ็š„ๆฐ‘ไฟ—๏ผŒๅฝ“็„ถๅ•ฆ๏ผŒๅฎƒๆ˜ฏๆฑ‰ๅญ—ใ€‚
    ๅ…ถๅฎž่ฏด่ตทๆฅ๏ผŒไธญๅ›ฝไธๅŒ็š„็œไปฝ๏ผŒ้ƒฝๆœ‰่‡ชๅทฑ็š„ๆ–น่จ€๏ผŒ็›ธๅบ”ๅœฐ๏ผŒๅฐฑไผšๆœ‰ๅ’Œๆ–น่จ€ๅฏนๅบ”็š„ๆ–‡ๅญ—๏ผˆๅฝ“็„ถๅ•ฆ๏ผŒ่ฟ™่ฟ˜ๆ˜ฏๆฑ‰ๅญ—๏ผŒไฝ†ๅฎƒๅชๅœจๅฝ“ๅœฐ่Œƒๅ›ดๅ†…ๆ‰ๆœ‰ๅบ”็”จ๏ผŒๅˆฐไบ†ๅ…ถไป–ๆ–น่จ€็ปŸๆฒป็š„ๅœฐๅŒบ๏ผŒๅฐฑๆฒกไบบ็”จไบ†๏ผ‰ใ€‚ๅƒ่ฟ™ไธชBiangๅญ—๏ผŒๅฐฑๆ˜ฏ้™•่ฅฟ่ฏไธญๆ‰ๆœ‰็š„๏ผŒๅ…ถไป–ๅœฐๆ–น็š„ๆ–น่จ€ๆฒกๆœ‰่ฟ™ไธช้Ÿณ๏ผŒไนŸๆฒกๆœ‰่ฟ™ไธชๅญ—ใ€‚ๆฏ”ๅฆ‚ๅŒ—ไบฌใ€่พฝๅฎใ€ๆต™ๆฑŸใ€ๅนฟไธœใ€ๅ››ๅท็ญ‰ๅœฐ๏ผŒไนŸ้ƒฝๆœ‰ๅ„่‡ช็š„ๆ–น่จ€๏ผŒไนŸๆœ‰็›ธๅฏนๅบ”็š„ๆ–‡ๅญ—๏ผŒๅฐคๅ…ถๆ˜ฏๅนฟไธœใ€‚็ฒค่ฏญๅฝ“ไธญๆœ‰ๅพˆๅคšๅญ—ๅชๅœจๅฝ“ๅœฐๆ‰้€š่กŒ๏ผŒไนŸๅชๆœ‰ๅฝ“ๅœฐไบบๆ‰่ฎค่ฏ†ใ€‚
    ่ฟ™ไบ›ไนŸๆ˜ฏๆˆ‘็š„ไธชไบบ็†่งฃ๏ผŒไธ่ฟ‡ๆˆ‘ๆƒณๅบ”่ฏฅๆฒก่ฏด้”™๏ผš๏ผ‰ๅธŒๆœ›ๆฒกๆœ‰ๆŠŠไฝ ่ฏด็ณŠๆถ‚โ€ฆโ€ฆ

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  • Steven

    ๅพˆๅคšๅœจๅนฟไธœๆดป้‡Œ้ข็š„็”จๅญ—, ๅ›ฝ่ฏญ้‡Œ้ขๆ˜ฏๅฎŒๅ…จๆฒกๆœ‰็š„!

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  • Christoph

    kev & steven: ็ฑปไผผไบŽไป–ไปฌ่ฟ™็†่ฎบไธŠไผš่ฏด“ไฟบ”๏ผŒ ๅฏนๅง๏ผŸๅฐฑๆ˜ฏไธ€็งๆ–น่จ€ใ€‚ๅๆญฃ้‚ฃไธชbiangๅญ—่ฟ˜ๆ˜ฏๅคชๅฏๆ€•ไบ†ๅง๏ผŒ้‚ฃไธชๆœ‰ๅคšๅฐ‘ไธช็ฌ”็”ป๏ผŸ๏ผŸ

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  • Rindy

    ้‚ฃ้‡Œ้ขๆ˜ฏไธ€ๅฐ็ข—ไธ€ๅฐ็ข—็š„, ไธ€ๅฃไธ€็ข—

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  • Christoph

    ้‚ฃ้‡Œ้ข็›ธๅฝ“ๆๆ€–๏ผ๏ผ

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  • david lee

    ้‚ฃไธคไธชๅญ—ๅซbiangbiang๏ผŒๆฎ่ฏดๆ˜ฏไธญๅ›ฝๆฑ‰ๅญ—็ฌ”็”ปๆœ€ๅคš็š„ไธคไธช๏ผŒ่ฟ˜ๆœ‰ไธ€ไธช้กบๅฃๆบœ๏ผŒไธŠๆฌกๅฏผๆธธ่ฏด่ฟ‡๏ผŒๅคช้•ฟไบ†ไธ่ฎฐๅพ—ไบ†๏ผŒๅ‘ตๅ‘ต

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  • kev

    โ€œbiangโ€ๅญ—ๆ˜ฏไธญๅ›ฝ็ฌ”็”ปๆœ€ๅคš็š„ๅญ—๏ผŒ่พพ52็”ปใ€‚
    ๆฅๆบ๏ผšhttp://baike.baidu.com/view/111654.htm

    ไฝ ่ฏดๅพ—ๅฏนใ€‚โ€œไฟบโ€ไนŸๆ˜ฏๆ–น่จ€๏ผŒไธ่ฟ‡่ฟ™ไธช็งฐๅ‘ผ็š„้€‚็”จ่Œƒๅ›ดๆฏ”่พƒๅนฟ๏ผŒๅŒ—ๅˆฐไธœๅŒ—๏ผŒๅ—ๅˆฐๆฒณๅ—ใ€๏ผŒไธœ่‡ณๅฑฑไธœ๏ผŒ่ฅฟ่‡ณ็”˜่‚ƒ๏ผŒ้ƒฝๆœ‰ไบบ็”จ่ฟ™ไธชๅญ—ๆฅ็งฐๅ‘ผ่‡ชๅทฑใ€‚ไธ่ฟ‡๏ผŒโ€œไฟบโ€ๅœจๅ†œๆ‘ๅœฐๅŒบ็”จ็š„ๆฏ”่พƒๅคš๏ผŒๅŸŽๅธ‚้‡Œไธ€่ˆฌ้ƒฝ่ฏดโ€œๆˆ‘โ€ใ€‚
    ๆ‰€ไปฅ่ฏด๏ผŒโ€œไฟบโ€่ฟ™ไธชๅญ—ๅฏไปฅ็กฎๅฎšไธ€ไธชไบบ็š„็”ŸๆดปๅœฐๅŒบ:)

    ๅฆๅค–๏ผŒๆˆ‘่ฎฐๅพ—ไฝ ๅœจ่ฟ™็ฏ‡ๆ—ฅๅฟ—ไน‹ๅ‰๏ผŒ่ดด่ฟ‡ไธ€ๅผ ็…ง็‰‡๏ผŒไธ€ๅคง็ข—ๅฎฝ้ขๆกใ€‚่ฟ™ไธชไธœ่ฅฟๅบ”่ฏฅๅฐฑๆ˜ฏๅซๅšโ€œbiangbiang้ขโ€ใ€‚

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  • Christoph

    david lee & kev: ๆˆ‘ๅฎณๆ€•้‚ฃไธชbiangๅญ—๏ผŒไธ่ฟ‡ๅๆญฃ้‚ฃไธช้ข้ฃŸๆˆ‘่ฟ˜ๆ˜ฏ่ฆๅƒๅ“ˆ๏ผใ€‚ใ€‚ใ€‚ๆŠŠ้ขๆกๅƒๅ…‰ไบ†ๅฏไปฅ่ฏด็ญ‰ไบŽๅพๆœไบ†biangๅญ—๏ผŸ

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  • kev

    Christoph :
    ๆˆ‘ๆƒณๅบ”่ฏฅๆ˜ฏๅง~ๆˆ‘่ง‰ๅพ—่ฅฟๆ–นไบบๅญฆๆฑ‰ๅญ—ๆŒบ้šพ็š„๏ผŒๅ› ไธบไฝ ไปฌ็š„ๆฏ่ฏญ้ƒฝๆ˜ฏๅญ—ๆฏใ€‚
    ๅฐฑๅƒๆˆ‘็œ‹ๅˆฐๆ—ฅๆ–‡ไธ€ๆ ท๏ผŒๆปก็œผ้ƒฝๆ˜ฏ้ฌผ็”ป็ฌฆ……

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