Today, after breakfast, we tooka taxi to Shamian Island (no seatbelts!!!) and toured around the little tourist shops there. We had a lot of fun, and got some cute outfits for Georgia :) ...

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    Today we went to Shamian Christ Church on Shamian Island, which has been there since the 1800s, and enjoyed a very nice service in Mandarin and English. Georgia slept through most of it :) Afterwards we went to a pearl/jewelry bazaar/market/"mall"--5 floors of wholesale jewelry! It was great, but pretty overwhelming!
    Georgia is a wild little girl! We call her "bullet" :) She laughs, giggles and screeches all kinds of little words, and talks up a storm! She is very independant, and stu...
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    We visited Shamian island today for Georgia's medical exam. She did great! The floor at the clinic was tiled with flooring that read "Happy Birthday" :) On our way there we saw a man carrying 2 rats by the tail...our guide said sometimes people eat them!! (she doesn't :))
     Our hotel is very nice, and huge! There is a Starbucks and several shops selling "American" food so we feel right at home!
    The weather is cool here, which is unusual for this area. We're hoping it will warm up s...
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