Like a Rock Star

One of the more common things Juliet has to deal with is being oggled everywhere she goes. This was quite prevalent in Beijing where there are a number of Chinese tourists that are not accostomed to seeing Westerners. Juliet made at least 20 people's day by posing for photographs. She posed with men, with women, with old people, with children - she even posed with a lady that had pink highlights in her hair. Here is a picture with a student who was traveling with three other young men. All four had their photos taken with Juliet.




Even Scott was asked by a lady to pose with her in front of Chairman Mao's picture at the entrance of the Forbidden City.

Bu Chou, however, did not get to enjoy such a rock star's welcome in Beijing. After getting sight of us pushing her in the stroller, scores of people would come sprinting towards us to get a glimpse of what our baby in the pink coat might look like. All of them were stunned when, instead of seeing a blond, blue eyed curly headed American, they were greeted fiercely with Bu Chou's darting brown eyes, which stared crossly back at them as if to say:

"What are you looking at? Yes, I'm with them. You would be to if you had someone that bought you as many fake Polo outfits as you wanted and hands you a package of Raisinets every time you wimper."