Chinese Afternoon and Dinner

After quite a nap we wandered around this afternoon and found the pet market, the herb market, and the way to Shamian Island all in about 10 blocks. The pet market was full of fish, dogs, cats, lizards, etc. The herb market was full of lots of things that none of us could identify. We found a few things that looked like ginger and it looked like you could buy dried seahorses by the shovel load. I'm not sure exactly why anyone would do that, but you could from more than one shop owner.

We asked about a good place for dinner and the person at our hotel suggested the Guangzhou restaurant. Katie carefully looked over the menu and found there was nothing that she would eat. I thought I could be a little more adventurous, so I took a look and agreed with her. Luckily, there was an additional menu with options that sounded a little more palatable. It turned out that we had a really good meal. Once I forget the image of the duck skull that stared at me for most of the meal, I might be able to sleep again.

Most importantly, we are grateful to all be here safely, healthy, with our luggage, and pretty well rested! And we can't describe how excited and happy we our to get our little girl tomorrow!!!