Soph at Tongshenghu, doing the Chinese pose!

Soph and the array of toy houses!

Me and Soph
On the bus into town, watching the crazy driving!
Pumpkin cakes
唐元，a sweet chinese food
The back of Tongshenghu
Tongshenghu written out in bushes!

Here are some pics of my bedroom. Soph putting on her make-up, hehe.

Just some of Sophie's shopping bags! And her bed, which was a matress on the floor! At least it was a double.
My room, Sophie's end.
Soph in her new Chinese spotty dress.

Soph and me on the bus into town.

The Night Out...!! This was one of the cool guys in the wierd Chinese bar, shaking his stuff!
Then we went to another bar, and they made us crazy cocktails, they dont look anything in this light...but...
they had flashing ice cubes in them! cool huh!

We all went for a hot pot meall, which was nice, but we all got stared at!
This is the hot pot bowl which you put in the raw food, and wait till its cooks, then pick out what you want!
A nice pic of Sophie and Steve.
Me and Soph, we soon had lots of random Chinese people coming to speak to us!
The three os uf stayed out till 3am, and Steve had to be in work at 8am the next day! Poor guy!

The next day we went to a famous park, called Matyrs Park. This is Soph in the nice coffee shop!

This is the large building thingy which had lots of interesting stuff inside, but it was in Chinese, so we had no idea what it was about.

The high skyline view from the park.
Soph infront of the building thingy!! There were a lot of steps and Chinese people staring at us. Some even taking photos.
My flower tea! Very yummy and healthy.
Soph strutting her stuff. Hehe. x

The first day into Changsha town..I took Sophie to a Beijing Dumpling restaurant.
Soph was pretty scared, but she ate them and actually really like them! They are very yummy!
Soph's chopsticks skills were...well...pretty bad. She had to stab the dumplings, bless her.
This is Jake and his dad Kevin, he was also visiting at the same time and we all went out and had a nice dinner.

Soph and I preparing to go to Walking street for the first time. Thats where all the shops, clubs and fun stuff is!! We spent a fortune!!

OK, just dropped Sophie off at the airport for her to go home, so I'm feeling very sad that she has left. It was a great 10 days that she was here, but I wish she could have stayed longer! It was so nice to see a friend from home, thanks so much Soph!
We did a lot in 10days, especially a lot of shopping! I don't think Sophie quite believed me when I tried to explain just how many shops there are here, its literally all Chinese people do! And we covered many of them and have bought a lot of great stuff! I just hope Sophie's bad doesnt burst on the plane, it was a squeeze!! We also did some cultural stuff and ate some crazy Chinese food, I was very impressed Soph tried it!
Pictures coming very soon!
Miss you all
xxx