Our pick up time today was 2:00, so we slept in, ate breakfast and took a walk around their version of a Wal-mart. Our coordinator was busy gathering paperwork and double checking to make sure it was all correct. When he picked us up at 2, we all three doubled checked everything. There was a small error so we had to go back to the notary’s office and get it changed. Then we stopped by the Civil Affairs office and picked up his passport and legal copies of the adoption. Our train left Wuhan at 6:35 and we arrived in Guangzhou at 10:30. Our guide Kathy picked us up and took us to the Victory Hotel on Shamin Island.
We had a couple of funny moments today. First, the English translations of some Chinese words are so funny. When Jeremy and our guide Eric was at the bank, one of the signs on the window said, “Love the window”. Eric started laughing and said that it meant the widow was for special care people like the elderly, etc. He commented that they probably used google translate. One day when we were in the park, the sign on the lawn said, “Take your trash but leave your virtue on the lawn.” We laughed forever. Today in the mall, we took a picture of a department store sign that said, “Formal suits, trousers, shoes, and famous shit.” I wish we had taken pictures of all the crazy signs we have seen. So funny.
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