Last Full Day in Nanchang

Little Miss Cutie Pie has a habit of waking in the night.  She has things to do, crawling around, being wide awake.  Kristie reread the information from the caregiver at the orphanage stating that she likes to get up at around midnight to be fed.  What?????  The last couple nights, however, it was a bad sound/smell that was noticed first....Avery may have some sort of "bug," the symptoms of which we hope improve dramatically  before tomorrow's flight to Guangzhou!  Despite the minor issues, she remains charming, alert, curious, and adventuresome.  She loves to play, to stand, to babble, to be tickled, to laugh.  She really is delightful.

Kristie stayed home with her this very cold day while Ginny and Anya joined others to visit the main historic site in Nanchang.  No old Chinese ladies were wagging their fingers about inappropriate baby care to us today. This is a 1500 year old pavilion built for ceremonies and celebrations.  Within the pavilion we were able to view the elaborate mosaic walls and painted designs covering all surfaces.    The 360 degree views of Nanchang from the upper levels showed the dramatic changes in China from the Teng Dynasty to an entire skyline of highrise buildings that have been built in the last ten years.  That is what we have seen in our trip here - traditional Chinese ways radically and rapidly changing.  Not all things have made equal progress resulting in irregular traffic rules and jams of bicycles, motorbikes, cars and busses; fancy facilities with central heating issues, etc.  We are not sorry to leave Nanchang.  We are grateful to have Avery, but are looking forward to Guangzhou and then home.