My grandma has been living in Beijing since my grandpa died 19 years ago. She lives close to the olympic village and we were able to see the stadium in the shape of a bird's nest from her window (see pictures!) . Judith and I went to see her together. My grandma now lives in a 3-bedroom home with her sister in law, and the sister-in-law's daughter was there too to meet us. We all went out to a very nice restaurant for lunch, and we had fresh fish for lunch!
Mi abuela ha estado viviendo en Beijing desde que mi abuelo murio hace ya casi 20 anos. Vive cerca de donde van a tener las olimpiadas, hasta pudimos ver el estadio desde su casa, ese que tiene forma de nido de pajaro. Judith y yo fuimos juntas. Mi abuela vive en un piso de tres cuartos con su cunada, y la hija de su cunada vino tambien a verla. Fuimos a un restaurant a almorzar juntos y comimos pescado fresco (vamos que lo sacaron del aquario cuando llegamos!).
My grandma's cognitive function is not as good as it used to be. She doesn't get lost and has a pretty good memory, but has lots of fabricated stories and some paranoia about people posioning her water, stealing from her, etc. Amongst other things, she strongly belives in Chinese medicine and when I coughed one single time, she insisted that I drink this super bitter medicine, which was disgusting.
Mi abuela no esta del todo bien de la mente. Vamos, no se pierda si va sola y tiene una memoria bastante buena, pero ella se inventa muchas cosas y esta un poco paranoica, vamos que esta convencida de que la gente la intenta envenenar, de que le van a robar, etc. Ella tambien cree firmemente en la medicina traditional china, y cuando estaba con ella y tosi una sola vez, me hizo beber un sobre de medicina que estaba super amargo y asqueroso.
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