Grocery Shopping in Guangzhou

We had a free day today, so we slept in, at breakfast, played in the park and went to the grocery store. We hopped a cab from the hotel and took it to a store called Carrefore. That was the store we went to the other day. The store is three stories tall. Close your eyes and picture this: casino noises mixed with Chinese pop music; add literally thousands of non-English speaking Chinese and add one family from America. The people were very polite. The kids loved it because there were free samples at every aisle. Every thing was written in Chinese, so we tried our best to look for labels liket home. The kids got Chinese Doritos....good! They had french-chicken flavored Lays potato chips. You could buy fresh noodles, dim sum, and lots of lots of meats like I described the other day. Today we settled on chicken feet, roasted duck, dried lechees and mango, chicken and stinky fruit. The stinky fruit is illegal to have on buses. It has the texture of a rich custard but tastes like rotten onions. We each took a bite, and then Phillip took it out of the building and put it in the trash cans where the fish tanks from the Chinese restaurant are located.

Quinn has been smiling all day long. She is becoming a very outgoing girl. Her personality is shining. She is very independent and has a temper when things don't go her way......That's my girl!

MK- You would have grossed out on dinner tonight. The room smelled really bad, kind of like when daddy eats beans. Daddy went to the 7-Eleven and got me some Chips Ahoy. I wish you were here to eat them with me. When I get home we'll stay up late and eat cookies and milk!! We can watch a movie and paint our nails!! I miss you more than anything little girl. If I could leave tomorrow and come home I would in a heartbeat. I love you more than the moon and stars girlie girl! I LOVE YOU!!!! I'm giving you a hug and kiss right now!!

Mom

Hey Baby Girl, this is Dad. I miss you so much! I wish I were there to swing you by your feet and make you an airplane and play I-Spy. I can't wait to do that when I get home!

I love you,

Dad