Adoption Trips

We had a lazy afternoon at the hotel. Just could not find the energy to go out.

A friend of a friend called to say she would pick up a package to go to the pearl market in the morning and after dinner we called Freda our guide from 2003. She is currently engaged with a tour group, adoption we assume, but we will meet for lunch on Thursday.

We went to a local Sichuan restaurant that received good reviews from the folks in the room next to us. Food was good and we found something that C seem to love. Basically it was egg and vegetable soup with lots of steamed rice added similar to chicken and rice soup. V compared the mixture she made from the rice and soup we ordered at dinner to Teochew (northeast Canton prov) congee (rice porridge) a variation of the much thicker congee found in the other areas of Canton province and even in Nanning and Beijing. A big tureen of soup, that we hardly put a dent in, two heaping bowls of steamed rice, a plate of Chinese broccoli, a very spicy Kung Bo chicken dish with lots of dried red chili and a 1/2 litre bottle of TsingTao beer (cold this time. it's been served room temp every other time) cost us 59 yuan or 8.75 C$. Service was good and business slow at 6:30pm so we left a huge tip of 7 yuan or 1.04 C$.

After dinner it was a trip to the Hypermarket to retrieve 4 of my shirts and 2 pairs of pants that we left to be cleaned yesterday. 48 yuan for 6 pieces or 7.11 C$ and a 1l bottle of Coke for 4.55 yuan or .67 C$. No wonder you can make a crib and sell it at profit for 83 yuan or 12.35 C$.

Then back to the hotel to put C to sleep before 8pm. B called at 8:55 and he seemed much happier today. We joked with him and daddy promised to tickle him when I get home this Friday. I am literally and emotionally looking forward to it.

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