Good Things and Bad Things

 At our house, every night over supper, we talk about good things and bad things that happened that day.  It is basically our way of getting our kids to tell us about their day.  Well - our good thing today was that we visited Xuanwu Park just outside of the city wall of Nanjing.  It was interesting to see the city wall.  It was even nicer to see a little bit of nature.  Nanjing is such a big and busy city, we didn't even know how much we needed a little peace and quiet and sunshine.  

This is one of the few times Drew let me hold him today!  He is really attached to his Daddy!

Thanks to some good and helpful travel companions, we probably have more pictures of Joe and I together from this trip than from any other time in our marriage!

Super cool!

Our guide told us that standing in this gate will make you a "top student."

This is Denise, our guide here in Nanjing.  She has been very helpful for us on this trip.

Denise told us that families and couples come to the park and hang ribbons on the trees with messages for good luck.

Notice the American man beside the flag.  He is the dad of one of the moms in our group.  He has been telling us that everyone is staring at him because he is bald with white hair.  Today at the park this group of college students asked him if they could take a picture with him.  They gathered all of their friends and their college flag, and then around 15 people took pictures of them all together.  It was quite a fiasco!

Our bad thing for the day is that Drew does not seem to be feeling well.  He is still coughing and it is keeping him up at night.  Our medical check is coming up on Saturday, and we really hope that he is feeling better by that point.

Tomorrow we fly to Guangzhou.  That is pretty much the final leg of our trip.  I am looking forward to taking the next steps, getting Drew's visa, and then heading home.