Shanghai day 5
Our new daughter called me mom today- she did it trying to get my attention as Katie was getting into trouble- go figure, but still she called me mom. It felt really good, we have come along way in just two days. When I smile at her now she smiles back. She will play games with the girls and I and we laugh together. Today Grace decided she was going to play with my hair, and wanted to do braids, so she helped out and braided my hair as well. We are really doing alright- We have a long way to go, but I have faith now that she will adjust and bond with all of us. She just loves our guide Jennifer, and hangs on her as we walk. A big part of this is that this child LOVES to talk- with Jennifer she can just chat away. It will be hard for her when we leave here for so many reasons. I cannot imagine having no one to talk to, hopefully she will not feel too isolated. She is a really affectionate kid, so I took a chance and gave her a kiss goodnight tonight which she freely accepted.
We had a very fun, and again, very tiring day today. We did start later this morning, making it down to breakfast just before they closed at 9:30, we all needed that. At 12 we met Jennifer and headed off to "the bund" which is what they call the waterfront area. There is a small island just across the river leading to the ocean. This island is the financial hub of Shanghai with some amazing architecture. The one building you will see in the picture- a sphere shaped building was incredible to stand under- the pictures do not do it justice. We had lunch in this huge mall on the island- at a Kenny Rogers Roasters- Jim and I both ordered the 1/4 roasted chicken meal. The waitress, this is a sit down restaurant, returned to tell us they did not have enough chicken- go figure. Kenny would not be happy.
After lunch we headed over to the Shanghai Aquarium, rivals any US aquarium, had the longest underwater walkway in the world. The kids had a wonderful time- there was a tank where they could touch small sharks. I handed the camera over to Su Xue Wei, she had a great time taking pictures.
For dinner we ate at a wonderful Korean noodle restaurant. Patrick was again surprised to really enjoy the food. Not sure if I mentioned how inexpensive the food is here- even on this very upscale, westernized island we were on. All of our entrees were under $3-4 each- we ate for under $20 that was with paying for our guides dinner. We cant eat for that at McDonalds at home! So we are really enjoying eating out! We spent some time in an arcade in the mall. The kids loved this. Not sure if Su Xue Wei had done this before. She was not sure what to do with the tickets that came from the games- you cash them in for little prizes like at home. Of course at home you cannot cash in your 1,600 tickets for a rice cooker!
There was a air hockey table, which she invited Kellan for a game. Very cute.
We headed back to the bund after dinner to get a look at the waterfront at night. Even more
spectacular than Hong Kong at night.
Tomorrow we get to visit Su Xue Wei's school- should be a learning experience for the kids.
For all of you looking for Kellan's blog- last night he could not get his post to publish- it dissapeared into cyber space. Tonight he is sound asleep already at 9:45. So you can look for a post from him maybe later this evening.
For pictures from today click here!
Love to all of you-
We are just loving this city. Each of our other trips we were so ready to head to Guangzhou, not this time. As much as we are looking forward to our time in Guangzhou, we will leave here not seeing all that we would like to see.
We had a very fun, and again, very tiring day today. We did start later this morning, making it down to breakfast just before they closed at 9:30, we all needed that. At 12 we met Jennifer and headed off to "the bund" which is what they call the waterfront area. There is a small island just across the river leading to the ocean. This island is the financial hub of Shanghai with some amazing architecture. The one building you will see in the picture- a sphere shaped building was incredible to stand under- the pictures do not do it justice. We had lunch in this huge mall on the island- at a Kenny Rogers Roasters- Jim and I both ordered the 1/4 roasted chicken meal. The waitress, this is a sit down restaurant, returned to tell us they did not have enough chicken- go figure. Kenny would not be happy.
After lunch we headed over to the Shanghai Aquarium, rivals any US aquarium, had the longest underwater walkway in the world. The kids had a wonderful time- there was a tank where they could touch small sharks. I handed the camera over to Su Xue Wei, she had a great time taking pictures.
For dinner we ate at a wonderful Korean noodle restaurant. Patrick was again surprised to really enjoy the food. Not sure if I mentioned how inexpensive the food is here- even on this very upscale, westernized island we were on. All of our entrees were under $3-4 each- we ate for under $20 that was with paying for our guides dinner. We cant eat for that at McDonalds at home! So we are really enjoying eating out! We spent some time in an arcade in the mall. The kids loved this. Not sure if Su Xue Wei had done this before. She was not sure what to do with the tickets that came from the games- you cash them in for little prizes like at home. Of course at home you cannot cash in your 1,600 tickets for a rice cooker!
There was a air hockey table, which she invited Kellan for a game. Very cute.
We headed back to the bund after dinner to get a look at the waterfront at night. Even more
spectacular than Hong Kong at night.
Tomorrow we get to visit Su Xue Wei's school- should be a learning experience for the kids.
For all of you looking for Kellan's blog- last night he could not get his post to publish- it dissapeared into cyber space. Tonight he is sound asleep already at 9:45. So you can look for a post from him maybe later this evening.
For pictures from today click here!
Love to all of you-
We are just loving this city. Each of our other trips we were so ready to head to Guangzhou, not this time. As much as we are looking forward to our time in Guangzhou, we will leave here not seeing all that we would like to see.
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