Museum & Tea Party

Today was very cold and rainy...again. The forecast looks like rain and cold weather for the next 10-days. Guangzhou is experiencing an unusual cold spell with temperatures in the low 40's. We were expecting temperatures in the high 50's to low 60's so we've been bundling up with what we have. Rebecca took us to a beautiful museum today. The highlight of the tour was the tea room (Undercover but still open air) where we were treated to traditional tea service. Rebecca explained how much the Chinese hate tea made from tea bags. My father-in-law Ed, who recently retired from McCormick, told her he quit his job when McCormick started putting their tea in tea bags. I think the guide took him literally, so it was pretty funny.

Jim and I met with Rebecca later in the day to prepare for receiving Jake tomorrow. His foster mother calls him Sha Ming, which translates to little emperor. Our appointment is scheduled for 3:00 pm.

We've done a horrendous job of taking pictures thus far. Hopefully today we'll do a better job now that everyone is feeling more on schedule. That last statement is somewhat questionable since I started working on this at about 5 am. Emily set up in her bed at 4 am and said, "I'm hungry right now!" I had this great idea of walking over to Starbucks at 6 am, but found out they don't open until 7:30! You cannot believe what the Chinese call coffee, think Sanka crystals.

Hope all is well back home.