may 31 trip to Jade and Pearl Market

Alex is an impatient shopper and Mama and Baba wanted to shop! Castor got his photo taken with the finger painting artist at the Jade market.
All is good in the van though.

May 30 2010 Chen Family Temple and Museum

We visited the Chen Family Temple and then the museum. Alex loves the bus trips and is not overwhelmed on the tours. Our guide Kelly was great.

May 29 2010 Playroom at White Swan

We arrived at the White swan and had lunch at Lucy's before heading to the playroom. The hotel and area is more western friendly than Shijiazhoung. Alex met Summer and Winter and other friends Lily, Ella, Naomi, Issac and more from our travel group as well as other agencies. It was wonderful to watch them all play together.

May 28 2010 Shijiazhoung to Guongzhou

We are leaving Shijiazhoung and onto Guangzhou and the White Swan Hotel, Shamian Island. We said good bye to Ms. Ana the Century Hotel asst. mgr. who was so nice to us and Michael our guide and Mr. Wong our Driver.

Alex was not happy about being buckled in during the flight. Once we were airborn all was good. He had a little friend who shared her cookies and told him "bakoola, bakoola, hollar hollar".

May 25-27 2010

No appointments and no trips. Alex decided he didn't want to walk anymore so we got a stroller from the mall. When we walked the streets we were quite the oddity. Castor decided to say 'ni hao" to everyone with a big smile. They must have thought "what crazy foreigners"! But it stopped the stares. We met families with their kids, and even though we couldn't communicate we had conversations. Alex met alot of "gou" and we know he will be great with Bebo and Blossom when we get home. We ate alot at KFC and found a Mc Donalds and Pizza Hut at the end of the trip. Their menus are quite different but you can find something from "home" on them.

May 24 2010 Diyin Temple

Diyin Temple is home to the famous Smiling Happy Buddah or the Good Luck Buddah.
Outside of the city we saw blue skies. Alex did not want to go into the buildings but overall he enjoyed that trip. Mr. Wong our drive gave Alex a new "gou". We named it Bebo like his "gou" at home.

May 23 2010 childrens science Museum

This was the one thing Alex liked at the Science Museum. Too many kids, too loud.