We are getting into a bit of a routine these days. We are up around 6:00 AM, feed Julie, shower, have a leisurely breakfast at the hotel until about 9:30. From there, we generally do some site seeing and have lunch with the group. Then we spend the afternoon hanging around the hotel or doing some shopping at the street markets.
Today we went to a beautiful botanical gardens called Yuntai Garden. It was a very peaceful, beautiful park with wonderful landscaping, flowers, fountains, and sculptures. Very enjoyable walk through the gardens.
Our guide explained that when he came to the USA and went to a “park” he expected it to be a man-made, sculpted, relatively small place. Instead, he found a wooded area with few improvements. He used that as an example of ho our cultures misunderstand each other even though we might understand the words that are being used.
Botanical pandas in the park
Our beautiful Erika!
Lucy,one of our guides
A truly beautiful, peaceful setting
Susan practicing the oriental arts in the garden ... a common sight
Julie is doing better each day. She is crawling a lot now. She lets us know that she wants us to hold her. She talks to us with little squeals. She eats like a horse any time food is offered. In fact, based on the scales in our room, she has gained about 1.8 pounds in the past 4 days. However, she still won’t have anything to do with solid foods. She is not interested at all toys - she pushes them away. She seem very healthy as other babies in the group are dealing with colds, poor eating, and rickets. God is good.
Tonight we played with Julie, took a walk to the market, bought baby supplies, and watched Chinese television. I think that we are all wishing that we could speed this process and return to the US sooner. We miss all of you.
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I love those pictures, hope I can see Julie and all of you soon :)
Have a good time in China!
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