Our first day together as a family was incredible! We started off the day visiting Nanning's Green Mountain Park. Today is a Holiday called Children's Day. How appropriate for a day to celebrate our new family. All the kids were off from school spending time with their parents. It was fun to spend the morning at the park. It was very tropical with lots of sculptures, monuments etc. We stopped off to see some sculptures of the twelve animals that are associated with various years Chinese are born. Sofie was born in the year of the Tiger. Chloe and Lesli the year of the snake. Nate the year of the horse and Jim the year of the pig...lol. Then off to visit the Pagoda which is a towering historic tomb honoring the monks in Nanning. Then we stopped off to feed some very fat and hungry fish.
After leaving the park we went off to a shop that sells ocean pearls that come from Sofie's home town of Beihai. The ladies in the shop were from Beihai too and of course they immediately feel in love with little Miss Sofie Grace.
Tomorrow we visit a Provincial Museum to learn about Sofie's province of Guangxhi. By Friday we should have Sofie's passport ready so we can leave for Guangzhou for the last week of our journey.
The family bonding time today was the most special part of the trip so far.
Stay tuned for more to come....
Jim, Lesli, Chloe and Sofie
What a wonder day. It sounds like it was created just for your family. Congratulations on your first family day.
ReplyDeleteMunson family, you have been in my prayers since you left. Jennifer and I were reading and tears just spilled out over you all. Please give Sophie and Chloe squeeeeeeeezes from us. Keeping you all in my prayers. Blessings, Diana
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