Day 12 Fun in Guangzhou

Today all the families went to the Chen family temple in Guangzhou. The temple is a sacred place to the Chinese people. Our guide, Michael, led us through the temple. They had many valuable things, like nice "China" plates. They also had nice things from elephant tusks. There were bricks in the temple were really fun. They were slippery enough to slide on, so J, G, D, and A were sliding around. G fell down after a while, but he was okay. After we left the temple, the families went to a "mall", which was more like a shop. There were many fans there that were really cool. Then we all went to the hotel, the White Swan. J and her mom, G and his mom, and D and his dad went to drop off laundry and saw hackeysack-type things for 5 yuan. J got one, G got one, and D got 4! Then we went to Subway, but they were out of bread! D and his dad split up with us. So we went to "Lucy's Cafe and Bar" for lunch. What was so ironic is that we saw D and his dad in Lucy's. After that, we went back to the hotel and hung out. Later, all the families went to a Thai restaurant. After that, J, G, D, and A had ice cream. Then we all went back to the hotel. J, G, and D were playing tag in the hall. We kept playing till 9:00 Chinese Time. Overall, it was a great day.

Day 10-11 our last in Hefei

Today, we went shopping with all the families in our free day in Hefei. We got C's first pair of shoes, got some real American food, and had loads of fun with our two new friends: Abbey and Dominic. First, we got a pair of white shoes with black polka dots for C. Then, we went into a Nike store to look for a pair of sneakers for me. All four(J, G, A, and D) of us kids went into the store and J was juggling a soccer ball and lots of people were watching me. D and G were dribbling the basketballs and trying to jump up and hit the signs that told you were things were. D and G only hit it about twice!! J didn't find any sneakers but that is okay. Then we went to lunch at Pizza Hut. It was really good. Then we went to Dairy Queen and that was really good too!!! We went back to our hotel and had fun on our last day in Hefei.

We got up early to go to the airport. Michelle our guide had to tell C what was going on and that it was going to be okay. We had to say bye to Michelle too and that was pretty hard. We were traveling in China without a guide!! C did great on the plane ride. When we got to our hotel, C started running around and J had to catch her!! We had a great dinner and we took D with us and met A there. We were very excited to be in another part of China!!