Friday, April 30, 2010

Final Post from China

Okay, so I may have underestimated the time that would be available to post! I know for a fact that this is the last post I will be doing from China. It is currently Saturday @14:10 and I have been fighting Starbucks internet for about an hour :-(
Anyway, this morning we headed out to the Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King (!). It was within walking distance from our hotel, we really weren't up for anymore taxi rides. It's probably about 80 degrees outside w/pretty good humidity. Nate did well for something we didn't understand. They had a children's activity section where he and Mama made a bookmark:









Exploring the tomb of the Nanyue King











We kind of got turned around on our trip back to the hotel, but managed to find a way through the local park and Denise snapped this one of some schoolchildren:
We made it back to the hotel in a pool of sweat so it was back to the pool for a quick dip. We went back to our room so Nate could take his nap, which seems to becoming harder for him to do, even w/all the activities! I went out for some lunch, but our Starbucks was out of the sandwiches we like and McDonald's was absolutely packed! We are going out w/the other remaining family this afternoon, maybe to the park and then dinner. Denise is currently trying to pack up all our dirty laundry, souvenirs, and other odds and ends so we are ready to roll in the morning. We have to meet our van @05:30 tomorrow, drive to the airport, then we fly from Guangzhou to Shanghai. I don't have our domestic travel agenda on hand, but I think we leave Guangzhou around 10 and get into Shanghai around noon. I know our international flight does not leave until 15:45 from Shanghai, but we fly DIRECTLY to Cleveland (yeah!) and should arrive around 22:30 tomorrow (Sunday). I have managed to take one more day off from work (Monday) to try and get in the swing of things. I told Denise you know your worlds are colliding when you have a dream about installing Nielsen equipment in the house of one of the families we travelled with!

3 comments:

  1. I pray that you all have a safe trip back. May God grant you a better international flight then we had. Hannah is not a good flyer.

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  2. Denise and Troy,
    Congrats to the new parents! Nate looks so comfortable with both of you - indeed it was meant to be! I'm sure you have major jetlag right now - it will pass. I pray that you will easily get settled into your new rhythm at home with YOUR SON!
    -Heather Austin

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  3. Thinking of you and wishing Denise a very Happy Mother's Day!!!!!

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