Last Day in Guiyang

Well today is our last day in Guiyang- we fly out to Guanzhou later this afternoon.  This morning, we awoke to the sound of fireworks going off @ 6:30am outside of our hotel window!!

I am sad to be leaving the only place Zach has known...in some ways, it feels like we are leaving a part of him here. But I am looking forward to being in Guangzhou at the White Swan Hotel w/ the other Great Wall families and one step closer to coming home again- or at least back to not living life out of a suitcase.

Yesterday, we ventured down the street from the hotel and found a university campus that has a beautiful open space.  A lot of grandparents also walk around there w/ their grandkids.  Today, when we were there, several people approached us with their kids to practice their English.  One woman asked if we were foreign teacher!  They handed XiXi and Zach fruit and spoke to them in Chinese.  It was really cute.

We went back to the restaurant we ate at the other nite- the one that our guide wrote us out a menu- the server brought 3 sets of silverware and 2 sets of chopsticks, which she placed in front of Zach and XiXi.  Clearly she thought the Chinese kids would use the chopsicks and the lao wei (foreigners) would use the silver- when we put the chopsicks on our plates, she came back and put them back on XiXi and Zach's. LOL

Today we saw more of Zach's mischevious side!  He actually let me put his clothes on him this morning and let me tickle him a few times.  I have caught him smiling at me too.

Zai Jian Guiyang!