Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Day 8-9 Out and About in Hefei



On Wednesday, March 4, 2009, we took a bus to the Hefei Zoo. J and G fought over who got to push C in the stroller. She LOVES the stroller and likes to be bumped around ALOT. J's favorite animal that we saw there was the Giant Panda and the smaller Red Panda. There was a loud howling monkey that almost broke our eardrums. It was very different because there was an amusement park in the middle and we went on the bumper cars! J, G and a few of our friends in our group were running into each other and having a blast!

J was the first one to make C belly laugh. She did it by hiding her little doll and finding it again. She also laughs so hard at J and G when they burp on purpose!! We will try to publish the video!

Then on Thursday, March 5, 2009, we took a tour of an ancient wizard, judge type ruler. His name was Baogongci. He was the only one in the land who told the truth. He lived 1000 years ago. There were alot of wax figures and gold sculptures about the stories surrounding his life in this temple. J was the one who got to hold C's hand throughout the temple today. Happy! J and G spent some time in the indoor swimming pool with one of their friends from our group.

The funniest part about this whole trip so far was a Chinese phrase that C keeps saying to us when we make tooting noises. We do this all the time to try and make her laugh. We asked our guide Michelle to tell us what C is saying to us and she said C is saying "you fart!" Hilarious!