Zhanjiang

July 2, 2007

After very long plane rides yesterday we were exciting about the big day today, seeing the orphanges! We had a very good buffet breakfast in the Crowne Plaza Hotel. We met Elise and our driver downstairs at 8:40am. We drove about 30 minutes before we reached big gates, and we knew we were there. Mom and Dad said that they reconized the well fare home from the big statue in the front. we met the director and we talked with him about the well fare home. from everything to the kids, the nannies, and the building itself. after the brief orientation we traveled upstairs to a play room to play with the kids. the infants were all under the age of 2, except for one little girl that was almost three (she was the directors adopted daughter). After having a very fun time with the children we toured the building a little more. After a very exciting morning packed back into the van for a short ride to Elise's sister's school (were she taught Engilsh). We saw her teach then Elise's sister, Cindy, introduced us to her students. They were all very excited to see Americans that spoke Engilsh. They all had questions for us, all 50 of them! After answering questions Cindy announced that class was over and the students all rushed up to us with pens and paper asking us for our autographs! After being mobbed by 50 kids we quickled walked to the teachers lounge were we were "safe" from the kids. They even followed us upstairs. Some of them even had "gifts" for us, the gifts were Chinese paper books and pens. After a very adventureous morning we were invited to Elise and Cindy's apartment were we met their father. They said that there mother was away. She was helping the older sister with her new born baby. Since it was almost lunch time, Elise and her family took us out to a Chinese seafood Resturant that they thought was very good. after having a very intresting lunch (some dishes were 'Sweet and Sour Squid' and 'Earthworms with Soy Sauce'!!!) we dropped Cindy and her father off at the apartment. After going to the hotel for a couple minutes to put our swimsuits on we drove to the beach! We arrived at the South China Sea and had fun playing in the sea and building sand castles! After an exugsting day we finally came back to the hotel for a quick meal then SLEEP!!! Tomorrow we have planned to go to the finding place and then to the airport for a 4:00pm flight to Guangzhou.