May 8, 2011 - Unusual Mother's Day

Long trip to Linyi via train - about 8 hours. Lots of time to look out the window, seeing farms, towns, and always, always factories in the distance. Lots of roadbuilding and railway building too. China is a busy place. Train sanitation - not so good. Linyi, which I thought was going to be a little town, turns out to have over 10 million people in the city and surrounding countryside. A bit of a shock. We were toured around the city by some very helpful people who work for the local municipal government, including a very detailed and...