Silas looks at things

Stefanie and Silas came to visit us in Qingdao for their spring break.  We took Silas on a walk through the neighborhood, down to the street market down the street, and he looked at things.  First, we saw kids in the day care down the street.  They were practicing some sort of karate; the teacher was quite serious about making sure they did it right.  I see these kids outside doing their morning exercises every day on my way to the shuttle that takes me to the Laoshan campus.

Here, Silas is looking at some chickens on the street.  If it is not clear that these chickens are for dinner, then the feathers coming out the shoot on the right should clarify that point.

The seafood market is really spectacular.  You can get all kinds of fish, shellfish, and other small sea monsters.  My favorite part is the (live) octopi.  They are about as big as my hand, and swim around in a small styrofoam box.

The zipper on Silas' jacket broke while we were down at the market.  A lady (in the red jacket) noticed me struggling to try to zip the jacket up, and pointed us toward the cobbler.  He pulled out some tools and a new zipper from his bag, and had a new (working!) zipper put on in about three minutes.  It cost 3 RMB ($0.47).  

Later that day, Silas and I walked up the mountain.  On our way, many, many people wanted to take Silas' picture; I guess long, blond hair is still a novelty.  Silas is shy with strangers, and would usually hide behind me.  But one time, he asked to have my camera, and took a picture back at the person photographing him.  I thought this was very empowering.  Here is the picture Silas took of his photographer.