Trina Blog

today is our last day in Guangzhou, which makes me sad because i think this ismy favorite place so far. Last night was insane! it was christmas eve here, the family and i decided to do to some last minute shopping since it was pretty much the last shopping day we had. when we go to the mall at night everything is liteup so we decided to go one more time. I dont think i have ever really been in an area so crowded, we tried to take a taxi back to the hotel which is normally about a 5 minute or less ride, which ended up being about a 15 minute ride, and the guy couldnt even get us all the way to the hotel we got about half way and then it took us a half hour to walk to the hotel. there were people lining the streets with glow sticks and santa hats, a couple people were wearing devilhorns which confused mom and me. children were chasing each other with sillystring and tired toddles yawning in the arms of parents. There was music blaring and lines down the streets for the restaurants. Mom and i were enjoying all of it but were excited to think about getting to the hotel where we were sure no one would be other then the other people staying there. but as we got closer we realized that the hotel is exactly where everyone was in fact going.confused and curious mom and i decided to wade thru the sea of people and see what all the fuss was about, we figured maybe there was something going on that we didnt know about. But no, 10 minutes of following led us to the lobby (a normally 5 second walk) to see that everyone was crowded around the giant christmas tree and waterfall that had been there since the day we checked in.... parents with children placed their kids in front of any christmas tree they could find and, as if they were trained young, every child sported the"victory" sign, even those as young as 2. it was pretty entertaining to watch.So that was our christmas eve in china. Christmas is a much calmer event, which includes lounging around the hotel, wondering the market shops with dired snakes and live scorpians, places where mom tells dad to walk up with meng and i so we dont get kidnapped, and of course massages.... oh and how could i forget the presents, but we have plenty of time to so those since we are doing it mom's way (one present every couple hours or so) so i hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday! and merry christmas!!