Hawkridge Family

Welcome to the blog of the Hawkridge Family in Shanghai. Hopefully this will keep you uptodate with what we are up to while we live here. We also hope to provide an insight in to this amazing city and country. And to inspire you to come and visit!

Friday, May 6, 2011

Bank Holiday Weekend

Along with the UK we had a bank holiday here in China this week.  Lots of people took advantage of the long weekend to go off for a holiday but we opted to stay in Shanghai.  William and Oliver had a sports class on Saturday morning and following that we went swimming.  On Sunday we hosted our first bbq in Shanghai.  The weather was perfect and we found a great butcher for the meat.  I made a variety of salads and Sam cooked an excellent bbq, as always. 



Henry, William and Oliver in serious discussion!


We invited over some friends and had a lovely afternoon.  It was slightly interrupted at one point when our neighbours gardener first stood staring at us over the fence and then started strimming all along the fence!



Spot the gardener on the left!


On the bank holiday Monday we had a lazy morning, followed by lunch at the pub.  William and Oliver had a great time on the climbing frame and bouncey castle. 




There is an excellent dvd van by the pub which always has the latest flims, I no longer seem to have the objections to piracy that I had in the UK, so I picked up a few flims (50p each!) including one for that night.  A perfect end to the bank holiday. 

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