Chapter 126 Chinese Acrobats I saw Chinese acrobats perform in April of 2002 in Shanghai when I went to China with the La Crosse delegation (LLFA). I’ve never seen anything like their performance. It was amazing, fabulous and many other great words that could describe it. I have always wondered how many hours circus performers practice to make it so great. How many times do they fall or make mistakes before they get their routines down so it is ready for the performances that we see? They make it look so easy, but as we know anything that looks that easy isn’t. There are circuses like The Greatest Show on Earth, Cirque Du Soleil and others. They are great also but the Chinese Acrobats are different from those performances. You can go on YouTube and see videos of them and what it is like but it is much better if you can actually see them perform. If anyone goes to China and gets the chance to go to a performance, they should do so. Chapter 127 Tourist Sites in Luoyang (Longmen Grottoes,...
Chapter 122 Gyms I had been doing aerobics at a gym in La Crosse before I went to China. After I got to Luoyang, one of the teachers, Ms. Wei, knew of a place to go to because she lived close to it. There was a soccer stadium and one of the rooms was used for aerobics so that is where we went. There weren’t many in the class, maybe ten. The instructors would talk and count in Chinese of course. Being I couldn't understand what they were saying, I watched and learned the routines and I picked up on the counting. The classes and music were really good. I learned different routines that the instructors taught. Ms. Wei and I would meet there now and then depending upon her class schedule and other things she had going on. I went there until March when the classes were closed because of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). In the fall of 2003, Ms. Wei said another place had opened up so we went there and she got me signed up. We went into the gym area and there were the two lady in...