Wednesday!
Today
was our final full day in Jinan City, the place where Megan has lived
her whole life. This morning, Michael and I (Jeffrey) went to visit the
Jinan Children's Welfare Center. We were able to see where Megan had
play time and played with her classmates. We also learned that she was
actually staying with a volunteer family in an apartment attached to the
main orphanage building. This is where she slept and had her meals.
She slept in a tiny bed with a red Telly-Tubby. I met the father of
the volunteer family and he was very gracious and smiled greatly when we
spoke of Megan. They called her "Li zi" which means chestnut. It was
very cute how all of the caretakers were asking where she was. And then
they had to explain to all of the children that I was Li zi's Baba. :)
It was quite extraordinary and I could have easily taken a couple of
sisters home for Megan right there. They said please bring her back
when she was older.
Kelly stayed back at the hotel while I visited the orphanage. We didn't want to confuse her with bringing her back there. Little Miss Megan was quite a pistol for her and her stubbornness is going to be that pretty little girl's downfall. After a morning nap, she was much improved. I guess a princess needs her sleep.
In the afternoon we visited Black Tiger Spring where the city's natural springs are located. The city of Jinan is known as the City of Springs. They are located right in the middle of the city. Many people come there every day to fill water jugs. It's pretty fascinating how all of these people come and hang out at the springs. We even saw a pool off to the side for people to play in so they would stay out of the springs that people were filling their water jugs in.
After the springs, we walked through "Old Street" that was one of the oldest parts of the city. It was very crowded with vendors and people and a bit stinky! After "Old Street" we walked along Daming Lake. There were several people having wedding photos taken as it was a very beautiful area.
That about wraps of today's events. The little chestnut is now sleeping quietly and her Mama and Baba are getting tired, too.
Kelly stayed back at the hotel while I visited the orphanage. We didn't want to confuse her with bringing her back there. Little Miss Megan was quite a pistol for her and her stubbornness is going to be that pretty little girl's downfall. After a morning nap, she was much improved. I guess a princess needs her sleep.
In the afternoon we visited Black Tiger Spring where the city's natural springs are located. The city of Jinan is known as the City of Springs. They are located right in the middle of the city. Many people come there every day to fill water jugs. It's pretty fascinating how all of these people come and hang out at the springs. We even saw a pool off to the side for people to play in so they would stay out of the springs that people were filling their water jugs in.
After the springs, we walked through "Old Street" that was one of the oldest parts of the city. It was very crowded with vendors and people and a bit stinky! After "Old Street" we walked along Daming Lake. There were several people having wedding photos taken as it was a very beautiful area.
That about wraps of today's events. The little chestnut is now sleeping quietly and her Mama and Baba are getting tired, too.
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