Exploring Guangzhou

Monday night, we went to Shaiman Island, this is where we had the medical appointment too. The island is very scenic. We walked around, shopped, had dinner at Lucy's, which has more western food. Then we found the park, which was a fun diversion. The park is right along the Pearl River. The River was very pretty at night, they have dragon boats lit up on the water that are very authentic. We woke up Tuesday to have the TB reading at the clinic. They had injected Danielle's arm with the TB liquid on Friday and then we had to go back to make sure that the injection did not indicate a possilbe TB infection. She was fine, no TB. The clinic was madness.

Then we headed to the Guangzhou zoo. Danielle loved to see all the animals up close. We especially loved seeing the pandas!

Avery was still suffering from a heavy cough, so we headed back to the hotel to hang out for the rest of the afternoon. Once we got a second wind, we headed out for a walk around the area. We met up with about 8 police just standing on the sidewalk in a busy shopping area. They stopped us and asked to see our passports. ummmm..... we forgot to bring them this time. Stupid. They were not happy, although I don't understand why they care. We quickly talked our way out of them apprehending us for lack of proper ID and headed back to the hotel to get our passports. We went to dinner at an authentic Italian restaurant nearby. Jack and Avery were not impressed with the pizza - just not Chicago enough for their palate.

Today we are heading to the Consulate for the swearing in ceremony - the last formal step before they will issue Danielle's visa to return home. We are ready to get home.... we are ready to see Austin again... we are ready for Danielle to start her new life with us!!