Let me just say, thank goodness Julianne is a great sleeper! She's been sleeping soundly 10 hours straight every night! Now for ourselves, not so much. Every sound she makes at night makes our parental "spider sense" tingle and we wake up to check out the situation. She of course is fine, and we try to get back to sleep. I myself am doing great on just four hours a night.
Today we went to the museum in Lanzhou. Our guides told us about the history of many of the pieces of pottery and copper items. The upper floor was devoted to dinosaurs. Many fossilized remains have been discovered in sections of China so dinosaurs hold a particular interest over here.
Our next stop was the Water Wheel Park along the Yellow River, the second longest river in China (the longest being the Yangtze). Once again people surrounded us in curiosity and to have their pictures taken with us. This was a predominantly Muslim area so many of the men wore white caps and the women wore scarves around their heads. The pizza place was the favorite eatery of our guide. Even though it's pizza, it's still the Chinese take on pizza. Many combinations of pizza just didn't make to mouth water (prawn anyone?) when looking over the menu (printed on English as well). We did order "the hot one" and it was quite good!
Tomorrow is a free day with no guide. She will be busy taking care of the proper paper work to process Julianne's passport for our departure out of the country.
One last thing...How's this for a school day? The local children (who all wear uniforms, BTW) go to school at 8:00 am. and stop at about noon. At this time, they go home, eat lunch, TAKE A NAP, then return to school at 2:00. The rest of the school day then lasts until about 4:00. They have two major breaks in the year, summer (when it's too hot) and winter (when its too cold - but also for some important national and religious holidays).
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