Out and about in Guangzhou

After breakfast on our small worship service sat Starbuck’s, we met our guide Becky who took us to the Chan Family Temple.  This is really a mansion / estate for the Chan Family but once the PRC established they were no longer able to keep it as a residence, and then changed it to a private school for the family.  Now it is a Museum that exhibits the many carvings in brick, wood, and stone that were part of the original building, as well as some of the most amazing embroideries.  I would say the most amazing I’ve ever seen, but since these are among the only embroideries I’ve ever seen, we’ll just leave it at amazing.

We then went to lunch to a favorite restaurant of our guide, Pizza Hut.  Then we toured a jewelry wholesale center, where you could buy loose gems, gold chain by the meter etc.  Not a whole lot to write home about.

Next we came back to the hotel, and Maisey and Daddy went for a swim.  This is her second time the the pool in a week, and probably her second time swimming ever.  She did great!  A little tentative, but she looked cute so overall a good outing.  Tomorrow we go to Sha Mian Island in Guangzhou (gwahn-jo) to visit the open markets where you can buy anything from jewelry to live scorpions.  I hope I get some good photos.

After that we went to dinner FaceTimed with the boys and psyched myself up to stay up late to FaceTime with my church group.

 

 

More to come, stay tuned.