Thailand’s Favorite Shopper is now China’s Favorite Shopper

Well, it has been an interesting couple of weeks. Right now I am back in China after a brief visit to LA to shoot some stuff for this show I have been working on since January 8th. I have been away from Aleksandra for so long that I decided to fly her out here to Beijing for a visit. It has always been her dream to go to China and now it has come true, thanks to me. Who’s the man????? She wasted no time and got right to the shopping. I came home from work the day she arrived and the minute I walked into my hotel room, she was sitting there with a large bag and said, “I bought all this cool stuff!!!!” She had just landed two hours earlier!!!! I am glad to know that nothing has changed in the couple of months I have been away. When she walks through the hotel lobby the Chinese women in the gift shop get these huge similes on their faces and bow to her….that’s right, they bow to her every time she walks through the lobby.

Yesterday I had the day off and we decided to go visit The Great Wall. I had high expectations, yet this trip exceeded them all. The Great Wall is REALLY amazing. I was blown away by the breathtaking vitas and really soaking in the history. Meanwhile Aleksandra was……Shopping!!!! Yes, that’s right. Even at the Great Wall of China shopping came to Aleksandra. She made friends with these two gypsy ladies that shadowed us the entire time hoping to sell us stuff that we don’t need at super inflated prices. Their strategy was flawless and Aleksandra dropped some serious greenbacks on tapestry, books, and of course a t-shirt that says, “I Climbed the Great Wall of China.” In my opinion she should have a t-shirt that says, “I SHOPPED the Great Wall of China” but I guess they didn’t have those because she certainly would have bought one, or two, or three!