It's us again....hope all is well at home. We are still learning about An Zhen's culture here. We've been touring the last 2 days with our adoption travel group and 2 Chinese tour guides who are sharing a wealth of info. Today we visited the Great Wall of China. It way incredible! Mountains surround you and then there is this cool brick wall in between that goes all over and around. Hopefully you can see a glimpse from the pictures we posted. We got to climb as far as we could go...but it was so steep that we did not get too far.... Down below they were giving camel rides. I thought that was kinda neat too. A little trivia: The Great wall can be seen from outer space.We also went to a porcelin factory and jade factory. There is lots of history and Chinese beliefs tied in with this. Our Guide told us we must take home at least one piece of jade for our child. The Chinese believe that you must surround yourself with jade from beginning of life to end. We chose for her handmade jade stamp that has her English name and her Chinese name engraved on it. He engraved it right there in about 2 min. It was interesting to see how this dialect pronounces her name...different from what we had heard before. Her name means "pure", as in spotless.
We also visited the Olympics venues, The "Bird's Nest" and the "Water Cube". Check out this picture of Clifton...the entire area was transformed for the Olympics.
Tonight we are going out with Shane and Kathy our friends from Seattle. He is a church planter and is pastor of a new church in that area. They have 2 boys and are adopting a 20 mth old on Monday, like us. We are going to the Night Market ...hopefully taking a taxi instead of Rikashaw...you know that story...catch up with everyone tomorrow night.
Love, Rozanne
Posts
Rozanne we are so glad that ya'll are doing well. Everyone at the store says to tell you hello. We cannot wait to see An Zhen and know ya'll we be awesome parents for her. See you soon
ReplyDeleteLandon and Haven Caldwell
I told you! I knew I was right!!! :)
ReplyDeleteHey Rozanne and Clifton - We are praying from Peru! Got your link through the Crosswinds blog Bubba sent us and have been following everyday. Blessings - Allen W Bradford
ReplyDeleteThis is like a soap opera or something. I find myself trying to rush home each day to be able to read the blog b/c I just can't get enough of it. I'm serious I get all giddy each time I read it. I get upset with Bobby when he gets to read it before I do. Allison sends me a text every morning counting down the days. We just can't wait. We were talking last night about how much fun it's going to be when you get An Zhen and she is in the pictures. I'm so emotional right now so I cry everytime I think about it. Praying for safety and easy communication for you guys! I love yall.
ReplyDelete