Sights to See for Savannah
Today was a laid back day for the group of 10 (the number of families in our Guangdong travel group). We started the morning in room 1010 early at 5:30 am with the alarm clock of smells emanating from the diaper of one well soiled child! Well, Ann Marie and I could not stand it any longer and the day commenced at 5:30 am with a diaper change and feeding time!
Breakfast this morning was a bit rushed since we were leaving the hotel at 9:30 for sight seeing and shopping, but we managed to get a few pieces of French toast and eggs down before departing. The sightseeing for the day was at the Guangdong Folk Arts Museum in downtown. The Chen Ancestral Hall was originally located outside the west gate of Guangzhou city and built during the 14th to 20th year of the Qing Dynasty (1888-1894).
After the museum we took the bus over to one of the busiest shopping districts in the city to visit one of the stores that specialize in childrens items. What Helen, the group leader, fails to realize after all these years of coordinating these trips is that these adoptive mothers and fathers have been collecting items for the babies since the day they decided to adopt! I am telling you, Ann Marie could not stuff one more item into Savannah's closet (unless her Mom has cleaned that too!). After shopping for a short time we took the bus and the kids back to the hotel for lunch and a nap.
The afternoon for Ann Marie was spent shopping for pearls here at the hotel with a buyer arranged to show them to the families and Velcro and I went for a long walk around Shamian Island, yes, just the kid and I! Moms back really appreciated this move!
Tonight, the adventure-less crowd returned to Lucy's once again for dinner with a few stragglers hitting the Red Rose Restaurant right next door. What can we say, Lucy's serves up a mean meal and the kids love the congee and rice dinners there!
Right now we are preparing for bed with a freshly bathed Savannah and an energetic one at that! Over the past several days many barriers have come down and she is now crawling again, talking (or making noises) up a storm and even spending some quality time with Daddy (even though he has taught her a bad habit, raspberries!). We are a little over 4 days from our return to the United States and cannot begin to tell you how excited we are! We will talk to you all soon and promise to have stories to tell! Till then....
Michael (walking man), Ann Marie (the shopper), and Savannah (the stroller kid)
Do you do windows? I think this guy does! This is not a joke!
Yes, that is a window washer behind Ann Marie. He was suspendedended from the roof with an old braided rope and was sitting on a small board with the board and harness attached to the rope. We are on the 10th of 32 floors, but it is STILL HIGH! But he WAS wearing a hardhat! Oh my!
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