Monday,
May 12, 2008
We decided to skip today’s tour of the Buddhist Temple and
Natural History Museum . . . Mary Grace woke us up at 5:00am
this morning and when she went down for a nap a couple hours
later, we all did the same.
The great news is the antibiotics are kicking in and we are all
on the mend. We’re especially grateful that Mark is finally
feeling better. He even felt good enough last night to have
dinner at Lucy’s with Delilah, Mary Grace and some of the other
families in our group. Poor guy . . . he was hit the hardest
with this bug, but never complained at all.
It was a day of shopping for all of us. When we were still at
home, Brad promised Mark he’d take him to the electronics market
here in Guangzhou. Brad’s visited this area of the city during
his UPS trips to Guangzhou.
While they were at the electronics market, Delilah was doing
last minute shopping here on the island for souvenirs and gifts.
The stores are nothing like stores in the States; they’re all
very small. The prices are low to begin with and even so, most
of the shop owners are willing to negotiate prices. It’s amazing
how they can support themselves and their family members.
Delilah’s been doing a lot of shopping with Dawn since we
arrived here in Guangzhou. Admittedly, we both started out
pretty bad at the whole bargaining thing . . . so afraid to
offend anyone with too low an offer. But after just a couple of
days here, we’ve figured it out! We’ve found that the shop
owners and their employees, especially those at our favorite
stores, have been nothing but courteous, friendly and honest.
With everyone feeling better, we were finally able to go out for
dinner as a family of four here in Guangzhou. With the guys
feeling so bad, it’s mostly been Delilah and Mary Grace dining
with friends at Lucy’s, which is just down the street from the
White Swan. Many of the adoptive families staying at the White
Swan dine at Lucy’s because they serve western-style foods,
which we all miss so much at this point in our journeys. A
grilled cheese sandwich has never tasted so good! But instead of
Lucy’s, tonight we went to a Thai restaurant called the Cow and
Bridge. We’re not too familiar with Thai food, but it came
highly recommended and we all ended up very satisfied with our
dinner choices.
Sorry we haven’t had the greatest pictures to share these past
few days. |
Dining at Lucy’s
Mark in front of the ship made from jade in the lobby of the
White Swan Hotel
Mark in the electronics market
Happy baby…. |
