Nanning July 26

We woke up early today - i was anxious to see if my pictures had uploaded. I was having troubles with the internet last night -well... we were so dissappointed b/c the internet to the hotel was down.  We were supposed to Skype home to the kids - we knew they were waiting at home so we decided to call on our cell phone instead.  We added the international calling plan before we left but i'm not looking forward to the cell phone bill next month.  It was wonderful talking to all of the kids though:) It sounds like they are having fun with family and friends.

 

After breakfast, we met our guide to venture out to the country.  It is so fun just driving around and watching the people.  The countryside was so amazing.  We actually got to experience pictures that you see of China in the rural areas.  We brought a bag full of candy to hand out to the children and old people.  They really enjoyed that - so did we:) We saw so many people working VERY hard planting rice, washing clothes or selling their crop at the local market (even fresh meat).  The people were very friendly and the scenery was awesome.

 

We then headed to get some lunch at Pizza Hut and now we are back at the hotel.  We plan on swimming and having dinner here.  Tomorrow, we will probably take a walk around the lake which we see from our hotel window and then meet David around 2:30 to pick Maylynn up at 3:30!  We can't wait - we are pr-ying that we will have a easy transition and that she will accept us - it is going to be much different than when we got Hayleigh - we are preparing for the worst but definately hoping for the best!

 

Ps - I was able to upload the pics from yesterday and am working on todays.  The internet is very slow and "time's out" - ugh... very frustrating... You can see the pics at Maylynn's backup blog