Sunday

 

Today was another sightseeing day. We went to a park and an art museum. Just so you know I don’t exaggerate about the heat. My camera lens fogged up from the heat and I couldn’t take pictures! The hear again was unbearable and I think the babies were as miserable as us. The museum was air conditioned so that helped for a while. I really feel sorry for our guide because she is trying hard to entertain us but we are so hot everywhere we go it is hard to get excited about what we are seeing. I must have done a good job at asking questions and sounding interested because later our Kentucky friends said they were glad I knew what to ask and was interested in the art! Ha! Anyway, we got finished fairly earlier and went back to the hotel. We decided to venture to the corner market for some drinks and check out their items. I got some chopsticks for all my students in my class! We then ate a decent meal in the hotel. I got a ham sandwich and Allen tried fried rice. He got it plain and it was not so bad. The sandwich was edible so we got a meal in. Our waiter spoke a good bit of English and he struck up a conversation with Allen after lunch. He was asking why we were here and where we were from. He was very nice. At the end Allen said he either said you have a beautiful wife or you have a beautiful city (they discussed where we were from). Allen said he just said yes and smiled! I will say for the most part people here are kind and they do smile when they see us with the babies. Most of the elder women get very excited and some come touch them and say things. They seem very happy for the babies. We also got a few couples who said things to our guide while out about pretty babies and lucky babies.  The hard thing here is there are people everywhere you go and mopeds, bikes, cars, taxis and buses. It is crazy busy all the time. I couldn’t imagine driving here! Our friends from England left this morning and we hope to see them at our next stop. We are going to order a pizza with our Kentucky friends tonight. Tomorrow (Monday) our guide will pick up Lucy’s passport and bring it to us. This is what we have been waiting on! Then Tuesday we will fly to Guangzhou. We will be there until Friday then we will take a van to Hong Kong and stay the night before our flight on Saturday! Please ignore all typos! I am emailing these to my awesome brother who is posting on my blog for me. I don’t have the energy to go back and proofread!