Lanhua has had 2 very solid nights of sleep. This must be a good sign. Today we tried to take a walk without our guide in Old Guangzhou (where we’re staying) but it was a short stroll. When she’s alone with us, Lanhua seems to prefer to hang-out in our hotel room. She’s been through so much change in the last 3 weeks, the stability of a room with all of her stuff, a TV, and plenty of books and crafts must feel good to her. When our guide arrives, Lanhua is full of questions and is very talkative. It’s tough on her to not be able to speak to us.
Lanhua likes pink, she prefers an animated movie about mermaid/fairy Barbies (Fairytopia?) and she’s nuts about a popular Chinese cartoon called “Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf.” (You may want to Google this one. Steve and I are convinced that the goats are actually sheep, and that one of the wolves is supposed to be Dick Cheney.)
This afternoon we applied for Lanhua’s passport and completed our paperwork with the Chinese government. Next step: medical appointments, application for a US Visa and our visits next week to the US Consulate. It’s an endless maze of paperwork and hoops.
We visited a Buddhist temple in the middle of Guangzhou City late today. It was incredibly beautiful and peaceful. Surprising, since this is such an enormous bustling city. We also went to a traditional Chinese market. It was anything but beautiful, although the fruit and noodle sections were impressive.
For dinner, our guide took us to a traditional Cantonese-style restaurant. The food was excellent. We took a pass on the water beetles, silk worms, and sea cucumbers, but there’s always tomorrow. Right now, Lanhua and Steve are watching a wacky game show and they’re both laughing pretty hard. All is well.
The photos posts are from yesterday.
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