Woa! We are getting behind on the blogging. We have stayed pretty busy and this dreadfully slow laptop does not help. I had to sit and write out the days and the activities on each day as I am starting to lose track. On to day 5...
The first part of our day was a free day. We did breakfast with the Pellegrino's and Ellis' as usual. Then we decided to head to the park close to the hotel. It was very big and had a nice big lake in it. We strolled along paths and saw some people doing Tai Chi together and we watched them for a while. As we made our way deeper into the park, we came across two Chinese men playing badmitten on a makeshift court. Eric stood and watched them while Kim took Anthony to the bathroom and we grabbed a bench in the shade. The one gentlemen asked Eric to play, so that was fun. We walked deeper yet and found badmitten courts and ping-pong tables full of people playing. Right behind that was a big area of exercise equipment which is standard in China. A lot of people were putting the equipment to use...it almost seemed like a play ground for adults. Then on a little further yet, was a huge play area for kids, which was ultimately our destination all along. You had to pay to get in and Claire isn't ready for any of the things in there...add in the fact that it felt like 150 in the shade...and we left the Pellegrino's and started back towards the hotel. We got Claire into her swimsuit and her Jamaican cover-up that Gracie bought on her mission trip and headed to the pool. We pretty much had the place to ourselves and the water felt great. Claire liked it. We spent a lot of time just holding her in the water, bouncing her in the water, and showing her how to splash. She doesn't get too geeked up over things yet, so all we really know is that she didn't hate it, and seemed pretty comfortable in the water. Julie came down to visit with Leslie for a little bit. We then had our exit meeting as some families were going to begin leaving. After the meeting, we were off to the Pearl River Cruise. We ordered Papa John's and had it delivered to the boat instead of eating the food on the boat. Delicious! You eat below deck in the AC and can then head up on deck for the scenery. It was a beautiful evening and with the boat moving, it wasn't too hot at all. The Chinese really like to light up there city. A lot of color in the city scape on both sides and a lot of the buildings changed color. The high light building of the cruise is the tallest building in Guangzhou and maybe the talles in China (can't remember for sure). It is really neat and can be seen in the attached photos.
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