Old Town

Today we ventured out with some others in our travel group to a shopping area in downtown Guangzhou. We went for lunch at a traditional Cantonese restaurant. The food was good and the company was better. We loved going out with Lilly from CO because she speaks Cantonese. It made shopping a breeze and she could tell us what people were saying about our babies. We are so jealous of her ability to communicate on a much greater level with the people of this area.


Maya loves to play with chopsticks. Maybe she'll be a drummer some day or maybe she'll just be good at eating with chopsticks. Just minutes after this picture was taken she puked all over herself, me and her stroller. I changed her clothes at the table and a little Chinese lady at the next table got up and scolded me for having her clothes off. Maya was screaming and the lady said it was because she was cold(we knew this thanks to Lilly). I said she must not have seen the fountain of spew come from Maya's mouth just before I stripped her cloths off. Older Chinese women are lovingly referred to as the "clothes police". Even as warm as it was today, close to 80, people have their babies bundled up form head to toe. The women will walk right up and pull down the babies pants legs if skin is exposed and cover them if you have a blanket.


This is Maya and her shopping buddies. Mollie, Maya and Emily. They obviously shopped till they dropped. We had a crowd around us as I took this picture. I wish I had given Mike the camera to take a picture of the crowd. But take my word for it, we made a quick exit after the picture because we were all getting a little claustrophobic from being surrounded by so many people.


We arrived at the shopping area early this morning. By the time we left, the street was thick with people. Tomorrow is Lantern Festival. There are red lanterns hanging all over Guangzhou. It's beautiful.


Mike bought Maya this Captain Corn Phish onesie last summer. It fits just right. She sure is cute in it isn't she?

Our WV friends finally made it to the White Swan. We are so happy. Just seeing some familiar faces has made our evening. We love our travel group and the friends that we've made in them are irreplaceable. But, having our homeies around takes away a little of our homesickness. We really need that. We only got to see them for a minute this evening. We can't wait to get to spend more time with them.
Good night from Guangzhou, Jill, Mike and Maya.