Ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻo COVID-19 iā mākou i nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei akā ua hoʻomau mau mākou i ka launa pū ʻana me kā mākou mea kūʻai aku Norewai ʻo Kristian. I kēia mau lā iho nei, ua kauoha mai ʻo ia iā mākou a kipa aku i kā mākou hale hana e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o nā mea āpau a ua ʻimi pū ʻo ia i ka laulima hou aku i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ua kiʻi mākou iā ia ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Shanghai PVG a hoʻopaʻa iā ia i loko o ko mākou hōkele kūloko ma Suzhou. I ka lā mua, ua hālāwai mākou e hoʻolauna kekahi i kekahi me nā kikoʻī a hele a puni kā mākou hale hana hana. I ka lua o ka lā, ua lawe mākou iā ia e ʻike i ka hale hana o kā mākou hoa hana e ʻike i kekahi mau lako maʻemaʻe āna i makemake ai.
ʻAʻole i kaupalena ʻia i ka hana, ua mālama pū mākou kekahi i kekahi e like me nā hoaaloha. He kanaka aloha a hoihoi ʻo ia. Ua lawe mai ʻo ia iā mākou i kekahi mau makana kūikawā kūloko e like me Norsk Aquavit a me ka pāpale kauwela me ka logo o kāna hui, a pēlā aku. Ua hāʻawi mākou iā ia i nā mea pāʻani hoʻololi helehelena ʻo Sichuan Opera a me kahi pahu makana kūikawā me nā ʻano meaʻai māmā he nui.
ʻO kēia ka manawa mua a Kristian i kipa aku ai iā Kina, he manawa kūpono hoʻi ia nona e huakaʻi a puni Kina. Ua lawe mākou iā ia i kekahi wahi kaulana ma Suzhou a hōʻike iā ia i kekahi mau mea Kina hou aʻe. Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka Lion Forest Garden a ua manaʻo mākou i ka lokahi a me ka maluhia ma ka Luakini ʻo Hanshan.
Manaʻo mākou ʻo ka mea hauʻoli loa no Kristian, ʻo ia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻano meaʻai Kina like ʻole. Ua kono mākou iā ia e ʻono i kekahi mau meaʻai māmā kūloko a ua hele pū mākou e ʻai i ka ipu wela ʻala Hi. E hele ʻo ia i Beijing a me Shanghai i nā lā aʻe, no laila ua paipai mākou i kekahi mau meaʻai Kina hou aʻe e like me Beijing Duck, Lamb Spine Hot Pot, a pēlā aku a me kekahi mau wahi ʻē aʻe e like me ka Great Wall, Palace Museum, the Bund, a pēlā aku.
Mahalo iā Kristian. Hauʻoli i kou manawa ma Kina!
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻApelila-06-2023