Guangzhou...{day 10}

today {Sunday} was a leisurely day here!

YAY! {it was much needed!:)}

We visited the "Chen Ancestoral Hall"

this morning...

{dragons are everywhere here I am guessing it

is due to 2012 being the year of the dragon !?!}

Our entire group :)

it is amazing how spending a week or

two with complete strangers is

{in a foreign land :)!}

binds you together!

the Chen Ancestoral Hall was built in 4 yrs.

& the details in it are amazing!

Ch*na has/had some seriously talented craftsmen!

here is an scene carved out of stone..

one of several!

just a lovely walkway :)
all the palaces & temples we have seen are

built from stone & are cold & silent.

{of course - I picture ancient Asian people

in silk robes hurrying through these

halls :) & imagine what life must have been like

back then...}

although there are some things

 I don't like to think about...

like the huge sacraficial altar

that still sits in the main building...

I can't resist snapping pictures of the details...

{even if there is a lot of nasty looking gargoyles around!}

this talented artist paints with his hands!

no brush included!

amazing & beautiful!

{sobering & real!}

Most of the population here live on less then

$13 a day {in little a.'s province}

& this is a high figure for a lot of the country!

 

{beautiful garden paths}

The guys in our group were craving steak

{e. especially :)} so our guide made us

reservations at the Japanese Steakhouse

here in our hotel....

What a fun experience it was...

The chef cooked our food right in front of us!

{It wasn't real filling, for me, but I made a

stop at Starbucks afterword;)!}Somehow "seeing" the food "before" it is cooked &

watching them "cook it" enhances the flavor

{& decreases the worry of food poisoning ;)!}

the littles really enjoyed the show too :)

& now E. is dreaming up how "he" can build

one of these big grills to cook on :)

our clothes all laundered, pressed & delivered to
our hotel. wow! Although it is nice to have clean
clothes, I am looking forward to doing my own
laundry :)..
{only 4 days to go!}

--Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord...
Psalm 150:6--