Free Day!

Today is Saturday, December 22nd and we got a well deserved free day from offical meetings and paperwork. Grace is doing amazingly well. She eats like a champ and in fact we haven't really found much that she doesn't like. We can tell she was very well cared for in Lian Jang as she is very trusting and loving.

Today we went for a long walk with Grace in the stroller. While she still isn't completely enamored with it we have been able to bribe her with a small lolly pop which seems to take her mind off of it long enough that she finally settles. Guangzhou has a number of really beautiful parks near the hotel and so we went back to the area where we had dinner last night. It is a large park with walking trails and beautiful landscaping around a few large lakes. Just like the other park there are lots of people out walking and exercising. Most of the people seem to prefer the social element of getting exercise in a group by playing hacky-sack or badminton.

The park also had a kid's area with small rides. Tori took grace on a "fuzzy zebra" that was about half the size of a real one. She drove it around for about 5 minutes with Grace positioned on the front with her little hands on the steering wheel.

We finished today by trying a new restaurant near the hotel that served middle eastern food. Since we started early tonight we were the only ones in the restaurant initially. They sat us at a large booth-like table however the seating on either side included large leather coutches instead of chairs. The owner, a young man in his early 30's from Siria named Naseem pointed us to a great selection of food included a "kabob" dinner for all which was enjoyed by all. One thing we have enjoyed while we have been here has been the food!

Tomorrow is a big day of paperwork as well as an early morning trip to a local museum.