Is There Something On My Face?

We got to our hotel at around 11:00, explored the room a little and took a short nap.  We went to a mall that Adam knew of for lunch and to walk around a little bit.  The hotel manager speaks English so she told a Cab Driver where to take us and gave us this card for our return trip:

on the back there is a map!

We went to a place that had a picture menu for lunch.  We ordered by pointing to pictures on the wall…apparently we didn’t point well because we still needed help from the manager.  This was our first meal in China where we were served rice!  I thought I ordered chicken but I ordered fish…so Adam was nice enough to switch with me.

We walked around, which was an interesting experience.   People stared at us (at first I thought there was something on my face…nope just our height and white skin.  Adam even scared a little girl.  She was looking at him wide eyed and mouth opened like “What is that?” and when Adam noticed her he smiled at her and she ran away…it was hilarious!)  As we walked through the stores people were very nice, however they followed closely behind us as we walked up and down aisles.

The mall (Jusco) was everything I could want in a mall…grocery store…clothing…bumper cars…jewelry…electronics…dance dance revolution and McDonalds!  Not only was there everything but it was organized by floor.  Bottom floor: restaurants, and a grocery store Next floor: women’s clothing and jewelry.  Next Floor: men’s clothing and electronics, there was a shop called Playboy complete with the playboy bunny but it sold men’s athletic clothing (get it play…boy).  Next Floor: The kids area, there was a pretty cool play place, children’s music blasting through the toy store and the many clothing stores for children only, not only that but it included a teen section with an arcade complete with bumper cars! 

We are about to unpack and settle in before dinner!