Dusting

We had an interesting weather phenomenon here in Beijing today. I woke up this morning to yellow skies and brown. Lots of brown. Last night, Beijing got a dusting--not of snow--of dust. There have been sandstorms recently in the Gobi Desert and as a result, the sand kicked up made its way southeast to Beijing and last night fell on the city. Here's an example of what everything (and I mean everything) looked like:



This car is black. Imagine waking up in the morning to brush dirt/sand/dust (whatever you want to call it) off your car, or making dirtprints walking down your driveway or out of your apartment complex. Pretty wild stuff, and apparently spring in Beijing is famous for it. This might mean I'll have to learn the Chinese characters for "wash me."

I spent Easter Sunday morning on the Great Wall, by the way, saw the sunrise and have stories and pictures to come... Hope you all had a blessed day. He is risen indeed!