Waiting for Lillie

We arrived in Nanning yesterday and are getting settled. Our flight here was a bit of an adventure. The in flight movie was in Chinese and they play it over the speakers of the plane so everyone can hear it. Our lunch choices were chicken and rice or fish and rice. We were excited to see fruit cups on our tray until we read the label. It was white fungus and pear with rock sugar soup.

The airport in Nanning reminded me of Mexico with only one luggage pick up so it was easy to find. The weather is very nice and the flowers are amazing. It started snowing on our visit to the Great Wall so this is a great change of pace. After checking into our hotel, we found a pink crib waiting in our room. It is made of metal and is no bigger than a play pen. The beds are twin and very hard so we will appreciate getting back to the comforts of home.

We went out to the grocery last night and found some drinks for our fridge. We are going to go back and buy some fruit and apple juice later. You can not imagine what it is like to cross the street. You really need to say a prayer and hold your breath. We saw families of three on a moped and new motorcycles are not allowed to cut down on the number in the city. We had dinner last night with two other couples. One of the couples had pheasant and duck. The other had things that looked more like home while we went with corn and pork ribs. I was excited to find that they served baked sweet potatoes and expect that to be a staple for the next few days.

We are leaving to pick up Lillie in four hours...