Guiyang City Pavilion & New Foods

Life in our hotel room is getting a little old, even for Joyah.  She was fussy a lot before breakfast and when we left the room she started expressing joy.  After breakfast we returned to Skype with the boys and she immediately threw herself backward and cried when entering the room.  Of course getting the tablet out to Skype made her upset too.  It is strange how much she hates the sight of the tablet!

Today we had a short trip to see the oldest landmark area and cultural center of the city.  They call the area, The Pavilion.   There was a crowd gathered in one area to take turns using whips to spin a large top.  They keep a rhythm to music along with the cracks of the whips.  It was enjoyable to just walk around.

Our guide then took us shopping for local gifts that are specific to the city of Guiyang, where our children are from.  He also gave us a lesson in how to properly serve and drink tea.

For lunch our guide took us to our hotel restaurant to try some new foods.  I loved the dumplings and dim sum.  The dim sum was like a baked puff of bread with your choice of meat or veggie type fillings.  James was brave enough to eat some chicken feet but I was not too interested.

Joyah ate in a high chair for the first time and fed herself some banana, rice and veggies.  She is not very independent and does not like to be put down so this was a great accomplishment.  As you will see in the picture, she loves to snarl her nose and make faces for attention.

Tonight our group has made plans to walk to the supermarket after naps just to get out of out of our rooms.  It actually is quite the adventure to find something you think you can eat and figure out how to pay for it.