Guangzhou

We bussed to Guangzhou from Shenzhen, it was about 2 and a half hours, so not so bad. While we were waiting in the lobby for our room keys Donavan brought out a cake for Nathan for his birthday, so the whole hotel new we arrived when everyone sang for him!  The following day we had a press event out in front of the magnificent Theatre- Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Memorial Hall. Guangzhou has a lot of orphan's  homes, so we spent a day at Shiaman Island. It was a very cute shopping area with a percentage of all the profits supporting the orphanges!  Great excuse to shop!  Matthew even enjoyed the area.  

Opening night went well and Mr. Chow, the presenter, greeted us at the hotel with all of his friends that came to see the show. Mr. Chow also hosted a wonderful cast party for us. Matthew has definitely turned into a teenager!  He was getting pics with all of the girls! 

In the past towns  we were mostly on the outskirts of town, here we were right in the middle of the downtown area and we FINALLY SAW THE CHINA WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO SEE.  It was a neighborhood behind the hotel where people live and work and play! We walked through this neighborhood everyday.  We bought our newspapers here so the all got to know us, it is our favorite "chinese" spot from the whole trip!

We gathered in the morning of the 2nd in the lobby to bus to the airport and then fly to Fuzhou.  On the plane they served wine and champagne for Tiffan's and Dillon's birthday! The wine in China is called Die Nasty! It really is; and you can get a head ache just smelling it! (Actually it's call Dynasty!) So needless to say none of us really drank any!