Pirates Take Captive Christmas

December 19th

 

Wedding cakes were displayed with the breakfast buffet on the 29th floor.

There was a strange pirate and Christmas theme, with Halloween cobwebs on the iron banisters.

Pirates steal treasure; God gave his Treasured Son.  Confused about the Christmas connection?  We were too.

 The skulls and crossbones definitely cheapened the look.  You would expect to see them on a gas station's windows, but in a five star hotel's breakfast room, it seemed a little amiss. 

Maybe the skull were a warning if you breathed the contaminated air too long your death was imminent.  Hefei welcomed us daily with a grey cloud of smog.   What a world to wake up in.  On our return home, Ben said half-seriously, China had made him an environmentalist.

Twins looking like they haven't quite woken up.  Notice the morning person in the background is smiling.

Even the taxidermy wore a pirate bandana

The hostess wore a Santa suit.