Monday Update - Cruise on the Pearl River

Monday was a day in three parts: the morning was uneventful, spent mostly in our room waiting for Visas and paperwork to go through, the afternoon saw me get a haircut and mom get in some more shopping, and in the evening we took a dinner cruise on the Pearl River.

Since we spent the morning hanging around the room there's not much to report from there. Some excitement in the afternoon though, when we went to a store we'd already been to a couple of times, and the three young Chinese ladies that worked there basically adopted Lily as their little sister. They talked to her (calling here "mei mei", or little sister, while she called them "jie jie", or big sister), gave her cookies, and even gave her and mom matching bracelets. That kid is quite a charmer.

Our cruise on the Pearl River was really the highlight of the day. Lily has enjoyed watching boats go by on the river during our breakfast buffet. Seeing them up close, from another boat, was SO MUCH BETTER! We had a blast just watching her. The dinner portion of the cruise was not so good. I'll just say that stewed chicken feet was one of the items on the buffet and we'll leave it at that...

Photos from the cruise

And a video of Lily's reaction to a boat going by.



Tomorrow Mom and Lily are off to the zoo in the morning, then we're going to the American Consulate for the Oath ceremony in the afternoon.

Sean