Today we toured Tang Wen (I have to check the spelling) Pavilion in Nanchang. According to our guide, one of the top three pavilions in all of China. It was just lovely! I adore the colors, rooftops, paintings, tiles, gardens, and music we saw here today- as well as the views of the Nanchang city skyline against the Gan river from the top floors of the pavilion.
We had a terrific lunch at a local restaurant trying new Chinese foods- I've loved every meal we've had at local restaurants, even though I miss big napkins and big glasses of ice water. It's funny to us that we are served Coke and Sprite at every meal because that is what is thought that us Westerners want to drink, and probably many do, but not us. Many of us in our adoption group say we've drank more Coke here in China than when we are home. They are very hospitable in the restauraunts though, for sure.
Our daughter is progressing well, but I will save that post for another time since it's already late and I need to sleep. Let's just say, she's eating up all the food we are giving her and realizing that we are giving her the nourishment and love she has wanted and needed for the past 14 months.
I know every adoption story is different, but this one takes the cake, and vastly differs from her older brother's experience in a Vietnam orphanage. We noticed immediately that she had a connection with her older brother's photographs that were sent to her this summer through Ann at Red Thread China. She knew who he was and recognized him when we asked her who
ge ge (older brother) was. It was an amazing sign to us that we needed that first day, when we saw the physical state she was in. -just an affirmation that, yes, she was chosen for us for a reason and is already a part of our family.
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