Baotou has a surprising number of parks, so we try to get out a couple times a week, dust the chalk off our clothes, and enjoy a stroll.
We see many kiting enthusiasts in the parks, with large reels to navigate their kites that sometimes fly almost out of sight. 
Diane has been telling Daniel to go fly a kite, and it looks like he might. There's certainly a lot of choice. 
The carving of intials in a tree trunk must be a universal. 
We ended the day with a gourmet cup of coffee, complete with whipped cream and artistically shaped spoons. At these moments we feel we're living in the lap of luxury. 