I was warned before arriving in China that people would take pictures of me at random times because I was white; however, I couldn’t actually imagine this happening and so I did not take this warning seriously. In the United States it would be considered rude to take a picture of a bunch of foreigners touring, but that does not apply here at all. I first noticed this cultural difference when we took a group picture in the Forbidden City. I was smiling at the photographer, when I suddenly noticed several Chinese people also happily capturing our group photo. After that I noticed that when our group was standing around there were often a few people clicking photos of us. At first this struck me as kind of odd: Why do they want a picture of me? What are they going to do with it? But after a little I began to embrace feeling like a celebrity and started to smile back at the curious photographers. For the most part they love this and continue to snap a few extra pictures. Sometimes a person will specifically ask me for a picture with them. I like when this happens because they are always really nice and thankful. While visiting the terra cotta soldiers, a lady stopped me and held a phone out to me. It had translated Chinese that said, “You take picture with us?” I agreed and soon I was taking pictures with several different people. I probably took about five pictures before I could continue on my way.  I appreciate the attention, but when I go back to the States it will be nice to not worry if people are taking a picture of me or of the famous building behind me.