In Nanning, China

hey!

we are having some internet issues, seems to come and go. so we are doing our best to stay in touch.

got some good sleep last night. about 4 1/2 hours. the beds are hard, but still love those white, fluffy comforters! our goal for today is trying to stay awake this afternoon so we can sleep tonight.

breakfast was good. buffet is like the first hotel was in beijing. more of the local foods. but had eggs and fruit, so we were good. then we met our guide, lisa...very nice!..and walked around the hotel area about 5 or 6 blocks to get oriented.

she showed us a few good places to eat and shop. then we took a cab to the wal-mart. crazy on a week end day! looks like it will be more fun to shop at the local shops @ here. we are very close to a nice fruit/small grocery type store and a bakery. nanning has a nice feel to it. big city, but not so over whelming like GZ was.

probably because we have a little experience over here. the people are not very used to foreigners, we are very..very...very few and far between. but with dark hair, and not being tall...we don't stick out to bad.

the city is nice. very humid, but also very over cast so you aren't in the hot sun.

it is very tropical here. a lot of lush plants and palm tress. there has also been a big rise in the people using electric scooters instead of bikes and many more cars. kind of bitter sweet, losing that image of bikes everywhere and with little kids on the back. now they ride standing up between the parent and the handle bars.

i'm sure the locals are fine with it!

we are headed out for lunch, and will make a stop to check out the pool. it looks huge.

we are scheduled to get sophia around 3:30 monday afternoon! while at wal-mart, lisa helped me to pick out a sweet little back pack for her. it has a goat and a wolf on it. a VERY popular kids movie/show in china.

hopefully it will buy us a few moments without tears!

ok, i have a hungry Pa waiting. we are off to search for food beside McD's.

LOVE YOU ALL AND MISS YOU!

claire