Kunming - Day 2: Sightseeing

We had kind of a rough night last night. Emma slept in bed with us and kept waking up and rolling around to see if we were still there. We just kept reassuring her and we hope she is getting the picture that we are not going anywhere!  Anyway, at 2 am she was up for the morning. Lovely way to start the day, thank God our adrenaline was still going from gotcha day!!

We spent the morning in the hotel -- breakfast at 6 am (the minute they opened up the restaurant), playing with toys in the room, and bath time.   :-)

Playing in the tub early in the morning

After the bath we got her dressed. Matt left the room to get her a bottle and came back to find this in our bed...cutest thing ever, right?!

Naptime

After her nap we took a walk to a park near our hotel, Green Lake Park. It was beautiful and Emma had a great time. As you can see, there were tons of seagulls. Our guide explained the seagulls fly south to this Kunming park from Russia every winter.

Green Lake Park

Green Lake Park

Now to be clear... Matt calls Seagulls 'dumpster chickens'. I don't really have a disrespect for the birds but Matt has always said they just dig in garbages. Anyway, in China they are apparently considred lovely birds. Our guide actually compared them to Angels. So I was glad Matt kept the dumpster chicken comment to himself.  In any case, Emma had a bawl...

After Green Lake park we headed back to the hotel for lunch and then at 2 pm our guide picked us up to visit another park in Kunming, Daguan Park.    This park was just gorgeous as well.  Kind of a mixture of a lovely lake & the jersey shore (think games/rides, roller coasters, etc).  At one point we ran across this situation....

Daguan Park - Adult Gerbil Toy

I really didn't understand what it was...I just knew it looked like something 'gerbil esque' and looked similar to an event from the show Wipe-out.  I proceeded to beg Matt to get in it. I actually tried to bribe him with various items but he wouldn't budge. I then called him a chicken and said he was in the Army and shouldn't be afraid of a blow up gerbil adult toy.  He still didn't budge. So I decided to just jump right in.

After I completed this $3 workout, our guide admitted I was the first adult he had ever seen do that.  Not sure if it was meant as one but I took it as a compliment. :-)

All in all it was a great day. Emma enjoying walking through all of the parks and we enjoyed seeing Kunming. It really is beautiful and the people are lovely.

But I am here to tell you...by 5 pm Emma was pooped. As we were walking out of the park, the Chinese senior citizens at the exit were laughing and kind of pointing at the stroller. 

We looked down and saw her like this. :-)

Anyway, it is now 9 pm and she is soundly asleep in her crib. We are not far behind her.  

Tomorrow is a big day! We will be seeing a few sites around town with a local!  My dear friend from grade and high school, Maggie Rauch, once lived in Kunming and she connected us with one of her friends here. We are really looking forward to meeting her friend, Jane, and seeing the city from her perspective.  I am amazed at what a small world it truly is.  Thank you all for your comments on the blog and on FB. We can feel your hugs all the way here in China!!