Happy at the play area
Walking with Daddy
First McDonald's meal...yum!
Christmas in China
Street scene in Chongqing
Chongqing Metropolitan Center at night
Today was a “free day,” nothing planned, so we went to the Metropolitan Center, a 7 story shopping mall and city square. We had gone last night with one of the other couples, just to get away from the hotel and the same restaurant we have been eating at.
After walking around the mall today we went to McDonald’s. Not our favorite place to eat and we certainly don’t want to encourage Nina to eat there all the time, but at least it was familiar and we knew what we were eating. She enjoyed the chicken and corn and apple juice and after lunch we played in the play area, which she LOVED. She liked sliding with Daddy and crawling in the tunnel. We took a taxi back to the hotel and she was asleep before we got back (a successful trip!).
One note about the traffic in Chongqing. There are many cars and busses, but that is not the most interesting part. There are lanes in the street but no one uses them. They just drive anywhere and weave in and out of traffic until they get through. Pedestrians just walk whenever they get a chance and will wait in the middle of the street if they need to. We thought there would be an accident a few times while we were in the taxi, but we made it back safely. Thank God we don’t have to drive here ourselves!
2 comments:
da,da,da,da,da, I'm loving it, too. Such fun to read where you've been and how you are. Loved the call this am. I got a chance to giggle with Nina. She sounds wonderful. Dad didn't get back until much later. We are looking in to an alternate plan in case our cell phones don't do the trick. Love to you all, Mom
You took MY granddaughter to McDonald's. Just kidding! Perhaps she will get into the Buffalo Burgers in Bozeman.
Dad
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