Would you eat them in a house? Would you eat them with a mouse?

     Praise the Lord for Guangzhou!  When I saw breakfast this morning, I was sure I had died and gone to heaven. It was so beautiful that I may have to take pictures of it tomorrow morning!  It was the best thing I have eaten since I have been here.  It made me feel like I was on a cruise ship.  There's a huge glass wall that overlooks the Pearl River.  Now, the Pearl River is not the ocean, but TODAY, it was close enough!

     After breakfast, our guide picked us up and we went to the pearl market.  Yesterday, on the comments, Rett said they used the term rather lightly.  Boy was she right!!  It was a mall for crying out loud.  People could tell me that this place has the best quality and on and on and on, but I wouldn't know the difference.  I had to trust that Helen, our guide, was telling the truth.  They still cost a bit more than I wanted to pay but I think I'd have been upset if I didn't buy some.  Helen also told us that they double knot the string between every pearl.  If there is a break, the whole strand doesn't fall apart.  She told us it was $60 in the states just for the knotting.  After spending that money, we walked around that mall for a long time but didn't buy anything else.

     After this, we went to the French version of Walmart to get boring things like water, baby food and formula.  That one store was like a mall; it was huge.  I don't know how people do it without a guide.  I wouldn't have been able to find anything.

     We came back to the White Swan and feed Emme some lunch and we ate some noodles.  (We are so boring!)  Then, Helen came to help us fill out paperwork.  Right before Helen arrived I was showing Emme how to take a Cheerio and put it in her mouth.  Paul kept practicing with her and by the time Helen left, she was doing it by herself.  Also, she was rolling all over the bed- front to back, back to front!  It was a big day for Emme!  She's doing GREAT!!

     After Emme's nap, we went to dinner at an American-Chinese place called Lucy's.  Paul ordered a chicken burrito.  Getting Mexican food at a place like that is like getting biscuits and gravy at PF Changs!  Yuck!  Paul says if he doesn't get sick from that, he won't get sick!

      Speaking of food, (anyone else think I spend half my time talking about the food here.  I just can never get over it.) there is a 7-11 here.  When is the last time you've seen a 7-11??  Poor Paul, all he wanted was have a fountain Mountain Dew and for the Buckeyes to beat USC.  His world came crashing down:-)  He said, "All 7-11's have Mountain Dew!"   I don't think there is Mountain Dew anywhere in China.  He's looked everywhere!  And, at our convenience stores, we have hotdogs, right?  There are other things, but you know what I mean.  Well, at this place, I kept seeing this guy scoop out these steaming hot round things into a little plastic cup.  The Chinese people were buying them like mad!  They would then put ketchup all over them and pop them in their mouths.  Finally, I couldn't take it anymore.  I had to ask because it looked disgusting.  Ready??  They're fish balls!  Coming soon to a 7-11 near you!

     Finally, we walked around "the island" and bought some squeaky shoes for Emme's first 3 years of life.  We ended the night by getting her some ice cream.  Ice cream makes her very happy!!:-)

     Is this the most boring post you have ever read???  I'm tired!

     Sharla, doesn't Abby have the same PJ's???