Mid Autumn Festival

This year for Mid Autumn Festival, Brad, Katie, and I went to Wuhan to spend some time with Peach and fill up on some good food!

We took a bus in Friday night and met our dear Peach. Then Saturday morning we headed to Starbucks for a good coffee fix. We met our friend Maggie and played...LASER TAG! Now, this was my first laser tag experience so I have nothing to compare it to, but it was hilarious and super fun although we all sweat more than we'd care to recall. And I might mention this is not a common attraction in China to our knowledge, so this was a rare treat. We hear there's paint ball in Wuhan too...

After sweating to death in laser tag, we headed to the much loved Gianno's for some excellent Italian food, then headed to the new walking street in Wuchang. There are so many new stores and Western things coming into this area. We even ran into some other foreign friends and met up at Starbucks later on.

Sunday morning we went to see the Yellow Crane Tower. We hadn't heard that it was that great, which is why we hadn't been up until now. But for Wuhan, I think the Yellow Crane Tower wasn't bad at all. We saw a traditional music performance from an early dynasty in Wuhan and walked up and down pagodas trying to catch a breeze. Then we headed over to a huge snack street where you can try so many strange and wonderful foods. They even had chicken wings on a stick! And something resembling a gyro kabob!

We had some time to kill before meeting a Family so we each munched on a mooncake in honor of Mid Autumn Festival, though none of us particularly cares for them. After meeting with some friends that night, we had dinner outside and looked at the moon together as that is what families are supposed to do on Mid Autumn Festival. Luckily for us, it was a rare, clear night in Wuhan and we actually did see the moon.

Monday we headed to Metro to stock up on cheese and cream cheese then bused it back to Yichang. Oh how I do love Yichang. Wuhan has become less dreadful over the years, partially because we know how to travel there and the tricks of the trade, but nothing is as sweet as coming back home to Yichang!