Guangzhou-Day 2

We had a fun day today but boy was it hot and humid!  We spent the morning visiting White Cloud Mountain and Gardens.  It was absolutely beautiful!  We of course managed to leave the camera behind so we had to use Jeff's iphone to get pictures.  Thankfully his iphone takes decent pictures!  We were dripping sweat about an hour after being out in the heat, but we still managed to enjoy our time.  We took a tram up and down the mountain, got to see some amazing sights, hear some good Chinese singing and see some beautiful flowers.  Then we headed back to the hotel and Mackenzie and I spent some time at the pool while Jeff hung out in the room so Phynley could nap.  We went out to dinner with some friends that we have met here.  Our first Thai excursion since being here.  Apparently the number of us got lost in translation because they took 8 plus three young kids to a table that seated 5 and so we had to wait some more to finally get seated.  This is the first restaurant we have gone to where we have had to actually wait to be seated.  And then the ordering process was a bit odd.  She didn't think we ordered enough food, but by the time we were finished, we still had food left over.  It was nice to get to know another family a little bit and we had a good time.  Stopped at the 7 eleven for ice cream on the way home.  Phynley did great the whole evening!  Very little fussing and she's pretty calm.  Wonder how much that will change once we get her home! 
We got to skype Grammie I and the girls this evening and now we are getting ready to head to bed.  We have an early morning consulate appointment tomorrow.  We have to meet in the lobby by 7:50, which is way earlier than we have been getting up, or at least way earlier than everyone else except me has been getting up!  I think it takes 20 minutes to get there, should take us an hour or so and then we are coming back to change and head to Shamien Island, where we will do our souvenir shopping :)  So excited that we get to eat lunch at Lucy's!  It was one of our favorite restaurants when we were here the last time.  American food!!  I think I am going to get a burger or at least something not chicken!!  We have had a lot of chicken in an effort to get foods that everyone can like and share that's not too spicy for the kids.  It should be a fun day!  We were going to go to the Canton Tower tonight but decided to postpone it till tomorrow night since we had to be up early tomorrow, so there should be lots to post about tomorrow :)  Hopefully we all make it out alive.  Mackenzie is questioning whether we will all die, but we did manage to survive the first deathtrap, the Ferris wheel, so I am feeling pretty optimistic about our chances.