Let's go shopping! We'll need some cash. Chinese money is called yuan, and the coins (equivalent to dimes, but worth less) are called jiao. Jiao also come as bills. In slang yuan are called kwai and jiao are called ma.
This is outside a middle school near my college. Bicycles are a major form of transportation here in China. We aren't going very far, though, its just a couple minutes' walk.
Look, here's my favorite sign. "Keep off the grass" seems so heartless, by comparison.
Here's the fruit market, just a few steps from school.
What should we buy? Keep in touch to see...
1 comment:
I am anxious to see what you buy. Certainly grapes and tomatoes are the same whether you buy them with Chinese or American money, but it's the adventure I suppose. :)
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