Sights & Sounds

This morning our excursion was to People's Park. What a great experience! I now know why the Chinese are healthier and less overweight. This park was so peaceful and we are thrilled that we had the opportunity to experience it. From our understanding, many of the cities here have such a place. There were people doing Tai Chi or similar exercises, people gathered together playing some sort of game, people playing badminton (sp? no dictionary here), people strolling, a man playing a violin, etc. There was also a play area, for lack of a better word, for adults. It looked like community park equipment in the US, but was for the adults to exercise on: gliders for your legs, stretching equipment, etc. ( I will try to post pictures of it in a photo album tonight). It was at People's Park that we met Lenny (picture with Morgan). He stopped and talked to us and spoke very good english. He asked us many questions about why we were here and why we were adopting, occupations, etc. It was a great experience to talk to a local person. We asked Lenny how the people feel and he got very uncomfortable. In addition, it seemed like he did not know much about the process. So, we do not know how much they know about the issue. It was a great opportunity to share with him why we have chosen to adopt and we assured him that we would be giving Rylee all the opportunities that we can possibly offer her. In addition, we told him how thankful we are to his people for allowing us to make our family what it is today. Okay, enough - tearing up :o) From there we went to McDonald's! Yippeee! We know the feeling of the people on Survivor when they are given opportunities to get food rewards. We are not quite to the point where we would strip down naked for peanut butter and chocolate (previous season), but it tasted soooo good! We are headed off to Pizza Hut tonight..WooHoo two "American" meals in one day. Then, off to a fountain in the newer section of Nanchang. We are beginning to realize that Rylee might have a stubborn streak. Today, she has refused water from me, but is taking it from Morgan. Mike said that one time she took it from him and then looked over at me as if to say "Ha!". Oh my...I might have to eat some words!

PS Rylee thinks McDonald's french fries are pretty cool!