Last Day in Wuhan

June 29, 2007

Today we were up and ready, bright and earily. We met Elsie and Christina downstairs in the lobby ready to shop today. Our driver took us to a small village in the middle of Wuhan to do silk fabric shopping. We picked up a lot of Chinese print silk fabrics. Dad even found a very neat Chinese shirt that he liked (hand made). Because it was a little smaller than intended we couldn't buy it. We even asked if we could buy a few Chinese buttons that were on the shirt, but the owner said that they were handmade! She said that there was a very "simple" knot that we needed to learn. It took around 10 minutes just to get the first part of the knot. Even though the knot looked very complicated it was actually a very simple process! After the wonderful shopping experince we had nothing on the itinerary today. So Christina suggested that we go to the Wuhan Preventional Museum. The museum was dedicated to the history behind a lost tomb of an emporer. Part of the tomb had bells that the emporer had owned. The bells were in very good condition even though the tomb was floded. They had the original bells in the museum. They also have a copy of the bells that we saw in a performance of playing of the bells. After a very educational morning we returned to the hotel around 12:00 after seeing the hotel that Mom and Dad had stayed at for the adoption. Hungery for lunch, Elise pointed us in the right direction for a very good resturant. After a very confusing ordering (no one spoke good English) we finally got chicken, noodles, and dumplings at the 'T House'. After a VERY apitizing breakfast we enjoyed playing in the pool! When 7:30 came around we head out to the park across the street to watch a water/light show. The show was complete with music and VERY bright and colorful lights in the water. After walking up and down the streets of Wuhan, China trying to find a decent place to eat (that wouldn't gross Becca out) we finally ended up eating at the hotel! After a very fun and exahuging day we were glad that we could just...SLEEP!