This is our last full day in Chongqing. We have a wake up call at 5am tomorrow morning where we will travel to Guangzhou for the third and final leg of this amazing journey! It should be interesting to see how Gracie and the other babies do on the plane. But enough about tomorrow.... here's what we did today!
We started the day out with two blow-out diapers! Yep.... didn't think you'd be reading about poopy diapers now did you? LOL! Looks like we have things under control thanks to banannas, rice congee and pedialite!
We visited the Chongqing Zoo today to see the pandas! Did you know that nearly 80% of the pandas come from the Chongqing Province? It was very cool to see these guys up close. We caught them at feeding time. These guys were tearing up the bamboo! We saw one panda mama that had borne six cubs over her life and is the worlds oldest mama panda bear. The zoo was really quite pretty... the gardens and the swan pond were gorgeous.
Gracie enjoyed riding around in her stroller... but I think she was on sensory overload and was a bit quiet. Funny note... Gracie christened Ed today! So much for Huggies (China brand)... they leaked! I turned around and it was just pouring out her diaper on to Ed's shirt. I'm not upset... Josh christened me while still in the hospital...turnabout is fair play...right? Heee-heee
We ended the afternoon with Chongqing "hot pot". It's kind of like going to the Melting Pot and there in the center of your table is the pot to cook your food. It's in two layers with the center being the "hot" pot. Hot does not even begin to describe the spices! Ed ate a piece of meat that was cooked and it numbed his tongue! We think one of the little peppers may have been hidden in it. But yep... about a half hour his tongue was messed up! They brought us all kinds of food to cook.... chicken, fish, pork, beef, sausage, mini-weiners, water chestnuts, noodles, crab rolls, and other things I just didn't recognize! : )
This is our last post from Chongqing and I am not sure of the connections at the White Swan so if I don't post for a bit you'll know that it was due to a bad connection. We are hoping for blue skies and warm weather.... we haven't seen a blue sky (seriously) since leaving FL. Beijing was very smoggy and Chongqing was no different. It's like fog all day long! : (
