Monday Signs

We call this the "No Tubas Allowed Sign." Or the "Only Woodwinds and Strings Allowed" sign. It seemed especially apropos for us this week as the girls and I are listening to The Trumpet of the Swan audio book in the car this week. We have a busy week of testing, softball, conferences, and hopefully a visit or two to Aunt Missy. Poor Louis the trumpeter swan would not have fared well on the streets of Beijing...

Monday Signs

This week's sign from China does not need interpretation. It says it all loud and clear. We came across it on one of our ventures to the mall without the rest of our group.

After a week of Easter candy, cakes, and all around feasting, I could use a store like this...

Name the Sign (Installment 2)

Yes, it's a day early...

This sign was on the revolving door to our hotel. We called it the "Don't Jump on Little Kids' Toys Sign." We speculated that this was the hotel's way of saying that only nice people were allowed to stay in their establishment. Seriously, what else could this sign mean?

Banana's take on the sign- Don't leave children playing in the street. Good advice.

Bear says that since we don't know what it means, we just have to wait to ask Juliana. Since she is from China, she'll know.

Monday Fun: Name the Sign

While in China we found many street signs that we just could not interpret. We had fun giving them our own meanings though. Ever since we have returned I have wanted to share these signs and get your take on them. I know there are so many of you that are funnier than me and I couldn't wait to hear your captions. I haven't posted them hoping I would come up with a clever title for this, but I haven't come up with one. I decided just to post them despite my lame title on Monday for a little fun to start the week. (You can see why I thought you would be able to come up with better captions than me.)

Here's the first installment:

We decided to arrive in China a little earlier than the rest of the group from our adoption agency. I am glad we did, it gave us a little time just to walk around at our own pace. The first day we were there we walked for almost 10 straight hours, just taking in the sites of Beijing. Having never been out of the country, just following street signs and maps was a little difficult. It was fun though, and we felt adventurous.

Somewhere around Tienanmen Square we ran into this sign. We call it "No Exploding Cars Allowed." We felt safe on those streets and hoped to avoid any of the streets where you were encouraged to blow-up your car. Any other thoughts on what a sign like this means?